It has long been recognized that sustainable agriculture requires profound changes in agricultural practices (Eyhorn et al., 2019). Still, the vast majority of agro-ecosystems are grown as monocultures, that is, as large and continuous deployment of a single plant genotype over potentially vast areas (McDonald & Stukenbrock, 2016). The development of mechanization, plant breeding, and crop protection products promotes the use of monocultures because they facilitate crop management and ensure high yields under current management practices (Wuest et al., 2021).Unfortunately, these homogeneous and simplified agricultural landscapes are particularly vulnerable to disease outbreaks (Brown, 2015), since pathogens are best transmitted in genetically similar environments (Stukenbrock & McDonald, 2008). In addition, genetically identical crops increase the selection pressure toward pathogens overcoming plant resistance. As a result, defeated resistances are no longer of agronomic value, the available genetic diversity is eroding (Thrupp, 2000), and the need for pesticides increases (Brown & Tellier, 2011).Sustainable agriculture requires growers to preserve diversity and reduce inputs within the crops (Renard & Tilman, 2021). In