Signatures of prescribed fire in the microbial communities of Cornus florida are largely undetectable five months post-fire.

ABSTRACT: Prescribed burn is a management tool that influences the physical structure and composition of forest plant communities and their associated microorganisms. Plant-associated microorganisms aid in host plant disease tolerance and increase nutrient availability. The effects of prescribed burn on microorganisms associated with native ecologically and economically important tree species, such as Cornus florida L. (flowering dogwood), are not well understood, particularly in aboveground plant tissues (e.g., leaf, stem, and bark tissues). The objective of this study was to use 16S rRNA gene and ITS2 region sequencing to evaluate changes in bacterial and fungal communities of five different flowering dogwood-associated niches (soil, roots, bark, stem, and leaves) five months followi

SUBMITTER: Kapoor B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460572 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature