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The Global Challenge

Phytobiomes and the 2050 Vision for Agriculture 32 Growing Seasons Kellye Eversole 17 January 2018 Exploring Phytobiomes Workshop & Genome Conference San Diego, California

Agricultural Declining Cereal Yields Productivity How do we is not rising reverse the fast enough to trend and sustainably achieve feed the world sustainable production in in 2050 32 growing seasons? TFP= Total Factor Productivity – the ratio of #GAPReport outputs to inputs @Harvest2050

Moving From Simple to Complex Plant-Based Agriculture: A Complex System and Weather Traditional science approach Reality – agriculture is a complex A “Phytobiome” • Reductionist system Micro- Arthropods, Other • World is linear and can be • non-linear organization and Macro- and Plants understood by focusing on • governed by multiple non-linear Viruses Arachnids individual components interactions and environmental Myriapods Worms - variables Birds Algae Rodents - Plant genetics • adaptation via learning or Fungi Ruminants Nematode Weeds - or evolution • “Biome” – Site - Weather it can be influenced Soils Associated organisms specific environment Paradigm shift to a systems approach – the phytobiome

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Holy Grail for Phytobiomics

To understand, predict, and control emergent phenotypes within specific phytobiomes for the sustainable production INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE of food, feed, and fiber FOR PHYTOBIOMES RESEARCH

How do we get there? A nonprofit consortium of industry, academic, and governmental scientists

Phytobiomes Alliance Phytobiomes Alliance Vision

-Organisms Macro -Plants Management -Animals Practices -Insects By 2050, all farmers have the ability to use Geophysical Our mission is to establish a science and technology Microbiomes Environment predictive and prescriptive analytics based foundation for site-specific, phytobiome-based on geophysical and biological conditions for enhancement of sustainable food, feed, and fiber determining the best combination of crops, management practices, and inputs for a production specific field in a given year. ©

Why Now? Strategies

● Omics-enabling technologies and data • Focus on pre-competitive science ● Systems-level methods - convergence • Determine research, resource, and technology gaps and develop roadmaps to fill them ● Advances in computational science - Machine learning, deep learning • Coordinate and manage projects to address gaps - Analytics - Predictive analytics • Facilitate international and public-private collaborations - Quantum computing • Develop an interdisciplinary community of researchers ● Precision Agriculture committed to advancing phytobiomes science - Variable rate technology…seeding & input - Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) • Empower industry growth and profitability - , plant, & weather sensors - Robots

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Fundamental Research Areas Short-term Priorities

• Databases that support correlation studies between biological and • Universal, common, and environment-specific trends in geophysical phytobiome components • Whole genome & 16S microbe sequences, metagenomics composition • Metadata to include crop, variety, soil characteristics, weather and climate, • Mechanisms by which distinct phytobiome components management practices interact • Standards (minimum information, sampling, reference datasets…) • Genetic linkages that connect phytobiome components • Genome sequence-based classification system for microbes • Impacts of phytobiome components on plant health • Preliminary crop models for several agroecosystems (cereals, vegetables, forage, trees…) • Multidirectional feedbacks that influence phytobiome • Regulatory science roadmap for microbials components • 3 to 5 year strategic roadmap with specific deliverables

Longer-term Targets Phytobiomes Alliance Organizational Structure

Executive Director • Simple, simulation models that are functionally accurate Board of Directors Board Chief Operating Officer of Directors Communications Director to real world complex conditions – e.g., greenhouse Establishes overall vision

studies that reflect field conditions Coordinating Committee Data New Working Executive Office Working Group Group • Financial sponsors Oversees and runs daily • Validated and optimized models • Project leaders Scientific operations Coordinating • Trait- and gene-based microbial genomics datasets • Establishes priorities, Committee strategic plans, and Climate/ • Standards Integration of microbial data with databases and roadmaps Working Group Weather Working Group equipment used in precision agriculture Members Topical Working Groups Regulatory • Systems level predictive and prescriptive analytics for Working Group Implements strategic plans on-farm implementation

Upcoming Meetings Join Us!

Scientific Coordinating Committee • Phytobiome Research to Improve Agricultural Productivity,  Alliance sponsors AAAS annual meeting, Austin, TX, February 2018  Project leaders • Phytobiomes Research Symposium, France (in planning for Alliance working groups late 2018)  Overall topical leader  Involved in projects aimed at filling gaps in knowledge, resources, or • Phytobiomes Database workshop (in planning, 2018 or tools early 2019) • Regulatory Science workshop (late 2018 or early 2019) Subscribe to Mailing List • Keystone Symposium on Phytobiomes, 2019  www.phytobiomesalliance.org

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Thank you for your attention! International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research Sponsors www.phytobiomesalliance.org

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