Implications of Domestication in Theobroma cacao L. Seed-Borne Microbial Endophytes Diversity.

ABSTRACT: The study of plant-microbe interactions is a rapidly growing research field, with increasing attention to the role of seed-borne microbial endophytes in protecting the plant during its development from abiotic and biotic stresses. Recent evidence suggests that seed microbiota is crucial in establishing the plant microbial community, affecting its composition and structure, and influencing plant physiology and ecology. For Theobroma cacao L., the diversity and composition of vertically transmitted microbes have yet to be addressed in detail. We explored the composition and diversity of seed-borne endophytes in cacao pods of commercial genotypes (ICS95, IMC67), recently liberated genotypes from AGROSAVIA (TCS01, TCS19), and landraces from Tumaco (Colombia) (AC9, ROS1, ROS2), to evaluate micr

SUBMITTER: Toloza-Moreno DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11358227 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature