Phyllosphere bacterial assembly in citrus crop under conventional and ecological management.

ABSTRACT: Divergences between agricultural management can result in different types of biological interactions between plants and microorganisms, which may affect food quality and productivity. Conventional practices are well-established in the agroindustry as very efficient and lucrative; however, the increasing demand for sustainable alternatives has turned attention towards agroecological approaches. Here we intend to explore microbial dynamics according to the agricultural management used, based on the composition and structure of these bacterial communities on the most environmentally exposed habitat, the phyllosphere. Leaf samples were collected from a Citrus crop (cultivated Orange) in Mogi-Guaçu (SP, Brazil), where either conventional or ecological management systems were properly applied in

SUBMITTER: Carvalho CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274167 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature