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Phytobiome is a term that relates to a plant (phyto) in a specific ecological area (biome). It includes the plant itself, the environment and all micro- and macro-organisms living in, on, or around the plant. These organisms include microbes, animals and other plants. The environment includes the soil, air and climate. Examples of ecological area are a field, a rangeland, a farm, a forest.

Knowledge of the interactions within a phytobiome can be used to create tools for agriculture, crop management, increased health, preservation, productivity, and sustainability of cropping and forest systems.

The Phytobiomes Roadmap is a document developed by a group of scientific societies, companies, research institutes, and governmental agencies. The Roadmap presents a strategic plan to study phytobiomes and proposes an action plan to apply phytobiome studies.

The Phytobiomes Alliance is an international, nonprofit consortium of academic institutions, large and small companies, and governmental agencies coordinating public-private research projects on various aspects of agriculturally relevant phytobiomes.

Phytobiomes is an open-access journal published by the American Phytopathological Society (APS). The journal focuses on transdisciplinary research that impacts the entire plant ecosystem.