Spatio-Temporal Variation in the Phyllospheric Microbial Biodiversity of <i>Alternaria Alternata</i>-Infected Tobacco Foliage.

ABSTRACT: Phyllospheric microbial composition of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is contingent upon certain factors, such as the growth stage of the plant, leaf position, and cultivar and its geographical location, which influence, either directly or indirectly, the growth, overall health, and production of the tobacco plant. To better understand the spatiotemporal variation of the community and the divergence of phyllospheric microflora, procured from healthy and diseased tobacco leaves infected by Alternaria alternata, the current study employed microbe culturing, high-throughput technique, and BIOLOG ECO. Microbe culturing resulted in the isolation of 153 culturable fungal isolates belonging to 33 genera and 99 bacterial isolates belonging to 15 genera. High-throughput sequencing rev

SUBMITTER: Dai YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9370072 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature