“…Disruption of genes responsible for synthesis of specialized metabolites such as triterpenes, sesterterpenes, and coumarins in Arabidopsis revealed the functions of these metabolites in modulating microbial communities (Chen et al, 2019;Huang et al, 2019;Stringlis et al, 2018;Voges, Bai, Schulze-Lefert, & Sattely, 2019). In soybean, changes in rhizosphere microbial communities during development and continuous cropping have been analyzed (Hara, Matsuda, & Minamisawa, 2019;Liu, Hewezi et al, 2019;Liu, Pan et al, 2019;Sugiyama, Ueda, Zushi, Takase, & Yazaki, 2014). We recently reported that daidzein, the major isoflavone secreted from soybean roots, diffuses within a few millimeters from the root surface and shapes the soybean rhizosphere bacterial communities (Okutani et al, 2020).…”