Tomato Domestication Affects Potential Functional Molecular Pathways of Root-Associated Soil Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: While it has been well evidenced that plant domestication affects the structure of the root-associated microbiome, there is a poor understanding of how domestication-mediated differences between rhizosphere microorganisms functionally affect microbial ecosystem services. In this study, we explore how domestication influenced functional assembly patterns of bacterial communities in the root-associated soil of 27 tomato accessions through a transect of evolution, from plant ancestors to landraces to modern cultivars. Based on molecular analysis, functional profiles were predicted and co-occurrence networks were constructed based on the identification of co-presences of functional units in the tomato root-associated microbiome. The results revealed differences in eight metabolic pathway categ

SUBMITTER: Smulders L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8472556 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature