Analysis of Endophytic Bacterial Communities and Investigation of Core Taxa in Apple Trees.

ABSTRACT: ire blight disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating affliction in apple cultivation worldwide. Chemical pesticides have exhibited limited effectiveness in controlling the disease, and biological control options for treating fruit trees are limited. Therefore, a relatively large-scale survey is necessary to develop microbial agents for apple trees. Here we collected healthy apple trees from across the country to identify common and core bacterial taxa. We analyzed the endophytic bacterial communities in leaves and twigs and discovered that the twig bacterial communities were more conserved than those in the leaves, regardless of the origin of the sample. This finding indicates that specific endophytic taxa are consistently present in healthy apple trees and may be involved in

SUBMITTER: Lee Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10412964 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature