Native edaphoclimatic regions shape soil communities of crop wild progenitors.

ABSTRACT: Unveiling the soil biological communities ecologically associated with crop wild progenitors (CWPs) in their habitats of origin is essential for advancing productive and sustainable agriculture. A field survey was conducted to investigate the edaphoclimatic conditions and soil bacterial, fungal, protist, and invertebrate communities of 125 populations of direct progenitors of major crops for world agriculture. The wild populations clustered into four ecoregions shaped by two edaphoclimatic dimensions: one summarizing variations in soil sand contents and nutrients concentrations, and the other featuring changes in aridity, soil pH, and carbon storage potential. We identified a common soil core community across CWPs that varied significantly along deserts to tropical seasonal forests and sav

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Alonso MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12515042 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature