Drought-induced assembly of rhizosphere mycobiomes shows beneficial effects on plant growth.

ABSTRACT: Beneficial interactions between plants and rhizosphere fungi can enhance plant adaptability during drought stress. However, harnessing these interactions will require an in-depth understanding of the response of fungal community assembly to drought. Herein, by using different varieties of wheat plants, we analyzed the drought-induced changes in fungal community assembly in rhizosphere and bulk soil. We demonstrated that drought significantly altered the fungal communities, with the contribution of species richness to community beta diversity increased in both rhizosphere and bulk soil compartments during drought stress. The stochastic processes dominated fungal community assembly, but the relative importance of deterministic processes, mainly homogeneous selection, increased in the drought

SUBMITTER: Pan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264929 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature