Terpenes modulate bacterial and fungal growth and sorghum rhizobiome communities.

ABSTRACT: Terpenes are among the oldest and largest class of plant-specialized bioproducts that are known to affect plant development, adaptation, and biological interactions. While their biosynthesis, evolution, and function in aboveground interactions with insects and individual microbial species are well studied, how different terpenes impact plant microbiomes belowground is much less understood. Here we designed an experiment to assess how belowground exogenous applications of monoterpenes (1,8-cineole and linalool) and a sesquiterpene (nerolidol) delivered through an artificial root system impacted its belowground bacterial and fungal microbiome. We found that the terpene applications had significant and variable impacts on bacterial and fungal communities, depending on terpene class and concen

SUBMITTER: Chou MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580827 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature