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Plant-soil microorganism interactions: heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated soil microorganisms.
Ecology - 1 Mar 2008
Schweitzer Jennifer A, Bailey Joseph K, Fischer Dylan G, LeRoy Carri J, Lonsdorf Eric V, Whitham Thomas G, Hart Stephen C
Abstract excerpt
Although soil microbial communities are known to play crucial roles in the cycling of nutrients in forest ecosystems and can vary by plant species, how microorganisms respond to the subtle gradients of plant genetic variation is just beginning to be appreciated. Using a model Populus system in a common garden with replicated clones of known genotypes, we evaluated microbial biomass and community composition as...
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