Successive passaging of a plant-associated microbiome reveals robust habitat and host genotype-dependent selection [Microbiology]

There is increasing interest in the plant microbiome as it relates to both plant health and agricultural sustainability. One key unanswered question is whether we can select for a plant microbiome that is robust after colonization of target hosts. We used a successive passaging experiment to address this question by...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - January 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Norma M. Morella, Francis Cheng-Hsuan Weng, Pierre M. Joubert, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Steven Lindow, Britt Koskella Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research