The presence of a significant endophytic fungus in mycobiome of rice seed compartments.

ABSTRACT: Seed microbial communities have been known to have a crucial role in the life cycle of a plant. In this study, we examined the distribution of the fungal communities in three compartments (husk, brown rice, and milled rice) of the fourteen rice seed samples. Ten fungal genera distributed throughout the three compartments of the rice seeds were identified as the core mycobiome of the rice seeds, regardless of collecting regions or cultivars. Based on the diversity analysis, the distribution of the fungal community in milled rice was found to be more diversified, evenly distributed, and differently clustered from the other two compartments. Among the core mycobiome, Moesziomyces dominated almost 80% of the fungal communities in the outer compartments of rice seeds, whereas the abundances of

SUBMITTER: Jeong E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11458573 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature