Predictive Ecology and Management of Phyllosphere Microbial Communities Through Cross-Scale Synthesis

In this article, we summarize the main takeaways from a symposium and hybrid virtual in-person participatory discussion focused on challenges of scale in understanding ecology management phyllosphere microbial communities. We provide an overview confounding effects spatial inference ecology, organization interactions phyllosphere, advances remaining gaps measuring colonization across scales, epidemiology phyllosphere. hope to motivate further development adoption creative approaches solving enhance fundamental practical microbiomes.