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Host-mediated microbiome engineering (HMME) of drought tolerance in the wheat rhizosphere.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2019
Jochum Michael D, McWilliams Kelsey L, Pierson Elizabeth A, Jo Young-Ki
Abstract excerpt
Host-mediated microbiome engineering (HMME) is a strategy that utilizes the host phenotype to indirectly select microbiomes though cyclic differentiation and propagation. In this experiment, the host phenotype of delayed onset of seedling water deficit stress symptoms was used to infer beneficial microbiome-host interactions over multiple generations. By utilizing a host-centric selection approach, microbiota are...
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