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Host genotype and age shape the leaf and root microbiomes of a wild perennial plant.
Nature communications - 12 Jul 2016
Wagner Maggie R, Lundberg Derek S, Del Rio Tijana G, Tringe Susannah G, Dangl Jeffery L, Mitchell-Olds Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria living on and in leaves and roots influence many aspects of plant health, so the extent of a plant's genetic control over its microbiota is of great interest to crop breeders and evolutionary biologists. Laboratory-based studies, because they poorly simulate true environmental heterogeneity, may misestimate or totally miss the influence of certain host genes on the microbiome. Here we report a...
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