Structure, variation, and assembly of the root-associated microbiomes of rice.

ABSTRACT: Plants depend upon beneficial interactions between roots and microbes for nutrient availability, growth promotion, and disease suppression. High-throughput sequencing approaches have provided recent insights into root microbiomes, but our current understanding is still limited relative to animal microbiomes. Here we present a detailed characterization of the root-associated microbiomes of the crop plant rice by deep sequencing, using plants grown under controlled conditions as well as field cultivation at multiple sites. The spatial resolution of the study distinguished three root-associated compartments, the endosphere (root interior), rhizoplane (root surface), and rhizosphere (soil close to the root surface), each of which was found to harbor a distinct microbiome. Under controlled gree

SUBMITTER: Edwards J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4345613 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature