Leaf bacterial microbiota response to flooding is controlled by plant phenology in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

ABSTRACT: Leaf microbiota mediates foliar functional traits, influences plant fitness, and contributes to various ecosystem functions, including nutrient and water cycling. Plant phenology and harsh environmental conditions have been described as the main determinants of leaf microbiota assembly. How climate change may modulate the leaf microbiota is unresolved and thus, we have a limited understanding on how environmental stresses associated with climate change driven weather events affect composition and functions of the microbes inhabiting the phyllosphere. Thus, we conducted a pot experiment to determine the effects of flooding stress on the wheat leaf microbiota. Since plant phenology might be an important factor in the response to hydrological stress, flooding was induced at different plant gr

SUBMITTER: Francioli D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9249782 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature