De la Fuente Canto Carla auteur aut IRD Simonin Marie auteur aut IRD King E. auteur aut IRD Moulin Lionel auteur aut IRD Bennett M. J. auteur aut IRD Castrillo G. auteur aut IRD Laplaze Laurent auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Plants forage soil for water and nutrients, whose distribution is patchy and often dynamic. To improve their foraging activities, plants have evolved mechanisms to modify the physicochemical properties and microbial communities of the rhizosphere, i.e. the soil compartment under the influence of the roots. This dynamic interplay in root-soil-microbiome interactions creates emerging properties that impact plant nutrition and health. As a consequence, the rhizosphere can be considered an extended root phenotype, a manifestation of the effects of plant genes on their environment inside and/or outside of the organism. Here, we review current understanding of how plants shape the rhizosphere and the benefits it confers to plant fitness. We discuss future research challenges and how applying their solutions in crops will enable us to harvest the benefits of the extended root phenotype. specialized root soil microbiome biocontrol plant nutrition drought salinity rhizosphere exudates 076 074 084 103 3 951-964 2020 0960-7412 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078066 10.1111/tpj.14781 0960-7412 [F B010078066] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078066 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2022-05/010078066.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2020-07-02 2025-02-24 fdi:010078066 fre