Metagenomic insight into drought-induced changes in the Egyptian wheat rhizosphere microbiome.

ABSTRACT: Wheat is one of the most important cereal crops and an important source of food for billions of people worldwide. However, drought stress can pose a real threat to its productivity and lead to significant yield losses, especially in Egypt. The rhizospheric microbiome of wheat can play an important role in drought stress and help wheat to respond to this abiotic stress. Understanding this microbiome is therefore also important to improve drought stress resilience and productivity. In this study, a metagenomic analysis was performed to investigate how the composition and diversity of microbial communities associated with the wheat rhizosphere change under drought. Taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses revealed a shift in microbial abundance, with Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria a

SUBMITTER: El-Halim HMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12343654 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature