Breeding of microbiomes conferring salt tolerance to plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microbiome breeding through host-mediated selection is a technique to artificially select for microbiomes conferring beneficial properties to plants. Using a systematic selection protocol that maximises the heritability of microbiome effects, transmission fidelity, and microbiome stability through multiple selection cycles, we previously developed root-associated microbial communities conferring sodium and aluminium tolerance to Brachypodium distachyon, a model for cereal crops. Here, we explore the physiological mechanisms underlying our selected microbiomes' effect on plant fitness and analyse how our selection protocol shaped the composition and structure of these microbiomes. We analysed the effects of our selected microbiomes on plant fitness and tissue-nutrient con

SUBMITTER: Guilherme Pereira C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659146 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature