Soil bacterial community composition is more stable in kiwifruit orchards relative to phyllosphere communities over time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Soil and phyllosphere (leaves and fruit) microbes play critical roles in the productivity and health of crops. However, microbial community dynamics are currently understudied in orchards, with a limited number incorporating temporal monitoring. We used 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing to investigate bacterial community temporal dynamics and community assembly processes on the leaves and fruit, and in the soil of 12 kiwifruit orchards across a cropping season in New Zealand.

Results

Community composition significantly differed (P < 0.001) among the three sample types. However, the communities in the phyllosphere substrates more closely resembled each other, relative to the communities in the soil. There was more temporal stability in the soil bacterial community

SUBMITTER: Louisson Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature