Trophic interactions between predatory protists and pathogen-suppressive bacteria impact plant health.

ABSTRACT: Plant health is strongly impacted by beneficial and pathogenic plant microbes, which are themselves structured by resource inputs. Organic fertilizer inputs may thus offer a means of steering soil-borne microbes, thereby affecting plant health. Concurrently, soil microbes are subject to top-down control by predators, particularly protists. However, little is known regarding the impact of microbiome predators on plant health-influencing microbes and the interactive links to plant health. Here, we aimed to decipher the importance of predator-prey interactions in influencing plant health. To achieve this goal, we investigated soil and root-associated microbiomes (bacteria, fungi and protists) over nine years of banana planting under conventional and organic fertilization regimes differing in

SUBMITTER: Guo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9296445 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature