Impacts of abiotic factors on the fungal communities of 'Honeycrisp' apples in Canada.

ABSTRACT: The maintenance of the beneficial plant microbiome to control plant pathogens is an emerging concept of disease management, and necessitates a clear understanding of these microbial communities and the environmental factors that affect their diversity and compositional structure. As such, studies investigating the microbiome of economically significant cultivars within each growing region are necessary to develop adequate disease management strategies. Here, we assessed the relative impacts of growing season, management strategy, and geographical location on the fungal microbiome of 'Honeycrisp' apples from seven different orchard locations in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone for two consecutive growing years. Though apple fruit tissue was dominated by relatively few fungal genera, significan

SUBMITTER: McLaughlin MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature