Seed-mediated vertical transmission of Pantoea core endophytes.

ABSTRACT: Plant-associated microorganisms, particularly endophytes, are essential for plant health and development. Endophytic microbiota is intimately associated with host plants colonizing various tissues, including seeds. Seed endophytes are particularly noteworthy because of their potential for vertical transmission. This pathway may play a role in the long-term establishment and evolution of stable bacteria-host interactions across plant generations. Hundreds of seed-bacteria associations have been recently uncovered; however, most seem to be transient or unspecific. Although it is known that microorganisms can be transmitted from plant tissues to seeds and from seeds to seedlings, the experimental confirmation of bacterial transfer through successive plant generations by inoculation remains un

SUBMITTER: Sanz-Puente I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12448475 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature