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Isolation and Analysis of Microbial Communities in Soil, Rhizosphere, and Roots in Perennial Grass Experiments
Published on: July 24, 2018
Drought-resistant trait of different crop genotypes determines assembly patterns of soil and phyllosphere microbial
Baobei Guo1,2, Hong Zhang1, Yong Liu1
1Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University , Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Importance:
In this paper, we investigated the assembly of the plant microbiome in response to water stress. We found that the determinant of microbiome assembly under water stress was the host type and that microbial communities were progressively filtered and enriched as they moved from soil to epiphyte to endophyte communities, with the main potential source being bulk soil. We also screened for bacterial communities that were significantly associated with crop enzyme activity. Our research provides insights into the manipulation of microbes in response to crop resistance to water stress.
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