Fig 9. Evidence of disease-suppressive activity of the microbiome.

Bean plants were treated with Fusarium, Fusarium and Metarhizium, or water, and grown for 14 days in microbiome soil or sterilized soil (autoclaved three times). Disease symptoms of root-rot in bean plants is seen as discolouration, lesions, and/or necrosis on the hypocotyl and/or roots. There were no indications of disease on the above-ground tissues. Fusarium: Fusarium solani f. sp. phaseoli; Metarhizium: Metarhizium robertsii 2575-GFP.