Ms gene and Mr gene: Microbial-mediated spatiotemporal communication between plants

Abstract

Within dynamic agroecosystems, microbes can act as key intermediaries, facilitating spatiotemporal communication among plants. Future research could categorize key plant genes involved in plant–microbe interactions into microbiome-shaping genes (Ms genes) and microbiome-responsive genes (Mr genes), potentially leading to the construction of spatiotemporal molecular networks with microbes as intermediaries.