Profiling of rhizosphere-associated microbial communities in North Alabama soils infested with varied levels of reniform nematodes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Plant roots, nematodes, and soil microorganisms have a complex interaction in the rhizosphere by exchanging or communicating through biomolecules or chemicals or signals. Some rhizospheric (including endophytic) microbes process such compounds via biogeochemical cycles to improve soil fertility, promote plant growth and development, and impart stress tolerance in plants. Some rhizospheric microbes can affect negatively on plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) thus hindering the ability of nematodes in parasitizing the plant roots. Next-generation sequencing is one of the most widely used and cost-effective ways of determining the composition and diversity of microbiomes in such complex environmental samples.

Methods

This study employed amplicon sequencing (Illumina/N

SUBMITTER: Karapareddy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11925883 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature