Effects of maize resistance and leaf chemical substances on the structure of phyllosphere fungal communities.

ABSTRACT: It is well known that plant genotype can regulate phyllosphere fungi at the species level. However, little is known about how plant varieties shape the fungal communities in the phyllosphere. In this study, four types of maize varieties with various levels of resistances to Exserohilum turcicum were subjected to high-throughput sequencing to reveal the properties that influences the composition of phyllosphere fungal communities. The dominant fungi genera for all four maize varieties were Alternaria at different relative abundances, followed by Nigrospora. Hierarchical clustering analysis, non-metric multidimensional scaling and similarity analysis confirmed that the fungal communities in the phyllosphere of the four varieties were significantly different and clustered

SUBMITTER: Luo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10461017 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature