Bacterial endophyte communities of three agricultural important grass species differ in their response towards management regimes.

ABSTRACT: Endophytic bacteria are critical for plant growth and health. However, compositional and functional responses of bacterial endophyte communities towards agricultural practices are still poorly understood. Hence, we analyzed the influence of fertilizer application and mowing frequency on bacterial endophytes in three agriculturally important grass species. For this purpose, we examined bacterial endophytic communities in aerial plant parts of Dactylis glomerata L., Festuca rubra L., and Lolium perenne L. by pyrotag sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes over two consecutive years. Although management regimes influenced endophyte communities, observed responses were grass species-specific. This might be attributed to several bacteria specifically associated with a single grass species. We fu

SUBMITTER: Wemheuer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5244420 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature