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Plant domestication and the assembly of bacterial and fungal communities associated with strains of the common sunflower, Helianthus annuus.
The New phytologist - 1 Apr 2017
Leff Jonathan W, Lynch Ryan C, Kane Nolan C, Fierer Noah
Abstract excerpt
Root and rhizosphere microbial communities can affect plant health, but it remains undetermined how plant domestication may influence these bacterial and fungal communities. We grew 33 sunflower (Helianthus annuus) strains (n = 5) that varied in their extent of domestication and assessed rhizosphere and root endosphere bacterial and fungal communities. We also assessed fungal communities in the sunflower seeds to...
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