Response of the wheat mycobiota to flooding revealed substantial shifts towards plant pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Rainfall extremes are intensifying as a result of climate change, leading to increased flood risk. Flooding affects above- and belowground ecosystem processes, representing a substantial threat to crop productivity under climate change. Plant-associated fungi play important roles in plant performance, but their response to abnormal rain events is unresolved. Here, we established a glasshouse experiment to determine the effects of flooding stress on the spring wheat-mycobiota complex. Since plant phenology could be an important factor in the response to hydrological stress, flooding was induced only once and at different plant growth stages, such as tillering, booting and flowering. We assessed the wheat mycobiota response to flooding in three soil-plant compartments (phyllosphere, roots an

SUBMITTER: Francioli D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742542 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature