Unveiling essential host genes and keystone microorganisms of the olive tree holobiont linked to Verticillium wilt tolerance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The plant holobiont concept emphasizes the critical role of the microbiome in host plant health and resilience. Microbial communities have been shown to enhance plant resistance to abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity, and to mitigate the impact of phytopathogens. Traditional microbiome engineering approaches face challenges due to the complexity of microbial interactions. To overcome these limitations, recent advances in transcriptomics and metataxonomics analyses enable the identification of microbiome-associated phenotypes, co-occurrence networks, and key host genes-microbiome interactions. We present a novel framework combining co-occurrence network analyses and transcriptome-microbiota correlations to identify keystone belowground microorganisms and host g

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Gonzalez AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659499 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature