Tomato growth stage modulates bacterial communities across different soil aggregate sizes and disease levels.

ABSTRACT: Soil aggregates contain distinct physio-chemical properties across different size classes. These differences in micro-habitats support varied microbial communities and modulate the effect of plant on microbiome, which affect soil functions such as disease suppression. However, little is known about how the residents of different soil aggregate size classes are impacted by plants throughout their growth stages. Here, we examined how tomato plants impact soil aggregation and bacterial communities within different soil aggregate size classes. Moreover, we investigated whether aggregate size impacts the distribution of soil pathogen and their potential inhibitors. We collected samples from different tomato growth stages: before-planting, seedling, flowering, and fruiting stage. We measured bac

SUBMITTER: Dong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10522649 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature