{
    "abstract": "Healthy soil is vital for ecosystem sustainability and global food security. However, anthropogenic activities that promote intensive agriculture, landscape and biodiversity homogenization, and climate change disrupt soil health. The soil microbiome is a critical component of healthy soils, and increasing evidence suggests that soils with low diversity or homogenized microbial systems are more susceptible to soil pathogen invasion, but the extent and mechanisms that increase the threat of pathogen invasion (i.e., increase in prevalence of existing species and introduction of new species) remain unclear. This article aims to fill this knowledge gap by synthesizing the literature and providing novel insights for the scientific community and policy advisors. We also present the current and future global distribution of some dominant soil-borne pathogens. We argue that an improved understanding of the interplay between the soil microbiome, soil health, host, and pathogen distribution, and their responses to environmental changes is urgently needed to ensure the future of productive farms, safe food, sustainable environments, and holistic global well-being.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. Electronic address: b.singh@westernsydney.edu.au.",
            "firstname": "Brajesh K",
            "initials": "BK",
            "lastname": "Singh"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Key Lab of Organic-based Fertilizers of China, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.",
            "firstname": "Gaofei",
            "initials": "G",
            "lastname": "Jiang"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Key Lab of Organic-based Fertilizers of China, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-saving Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China. Electronic address: weizhong@njau.edu.cn.",
            "firstname": "Zhong",
            "initials": "Z",
            "lastname": "Wei"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.",
            "firstname": "Tadeo",
            "initials": "T",
            "lastname": "S\u00e1ez-Sandino"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.",
            "firstname": "Min",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "Gao"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "College of Agro-grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.",
            "firstname": "Hongwei",
            "initials": "H",
            "lastname": "Liu"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.",
            "firstname": "Chao",
            "initials": "C",
            "lastname": "Xiong"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "Copyright \u00a9 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
    "doi": "10.1016/j.tim.2025.03.013",
    "journal": "Trends in microbiology",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2025-04-25",
    "pubmed_id": "40274492",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Plant pathogens, microbiomes, and soil health.",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x7885067b6ca0>"
}