Diversity of soil bacterial communities in response to fonio (Digitaria exilis Stapf) genotypes and pedoclimatic conditions in Benin.

ABSTRACT: In sub-Saharan regions, soil fertility is a major concern for plant productivity, influenced by physical, chemical, and biological components. Among biological properties, the recruitment of soil microbial communities by plant roots is influenced by both physico-chemical soil properties and plant characteristics, dependent on species or genotypes. Here, rhizosphere bacterial communities associated with five fonio genotypes cultivated under three pedoclimatic conditions were investigated. Rhizosphere soils were collected for high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characterize soil bacterial diversity. Additional parameters were assessed to classify soil fertility of the three pedoclimatic conditions and to evaluate relationships between the bacterial community's composition and soil fe

SUBMITTER: Akponikpe TLI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12857997 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature