Congratulations to the winner, runner up, and five honourable mentions
Winner
Ezgi Mehmetoglu Boz, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: Broad-range bacterial mutant screens in plant-associated Sphingomonas to identify key genes for successful and beneficial plant colonization
Runner up
Yiming Meng, University of Tartu: How can we best predict plant mycorrhizal types and statuses worldwide?
Honourable mentions
Meirong Chen, University of Tartu: Drivers of substrate preference and specificity of fungi in old-growth forests
Mary Ellyn DuPre, MPG Ranch: Effect of severe drought on co-occurring mycorrhizal guilds
Justus Hennecke, Wageningen University: Root functional strategies and plant diversity as determinants of soil fungal communities
Siva Raja Sekhar Reddy Jonnala, Estonian University of Life Sciences: DNA-based airborne spore surveillance enhances early detection of wheat fungal pathogens
Ziran Yang, Northwest A&F University: Effector SIE33 of beneficial endophytic fungus Serendipita indica mediates activation of plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses
