Bioinoculant-induced plant resistance is modulated by interactions with resident soil microbes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Entomopathogenic fungi are increasingly used as bio-inoculants to enhance crop growth and resistance. When applied to rhizosphere soil, they interact with resident soil microbes, which can affect their ability to colonize and induce resistance in plants as well as modify the structure of the resident soil microbiome, either directly through interactions in the rhizosphere or indirectly, mediated by the plant. The extent to which such direct versus indirect interactions between bio-inoculants and soil microbes impact microbe-induced resistance in crops remains unclear. This study uses a split-root system to examine the effects of direct versus indirect (plant-mediated) interactions between an entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium brunneum, and resident soil microbes on ind

SUBMITTER: Rasool S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748581 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature