biostudies-literatureUnknown14Huang Q<i>Citrus reticulata</i> Blanco 'Orah' is grown throughout southern China and provides enormous economic value. However, the agricultural industry has suffered substantial losses during recent years due to marbled fruit disease. The present study focuses on the soil bacterial communities associated with marbled fruit in 'Orah'. The agronomic traits and microbiomes of plants with normal and marbled fruit from three different orchards were compared. No significant differences were found in agronomic traits between the groups, except for higher fruit yields and higher quality of fruits in normal fruit group. Additionally, a total of 2,106,050 16S rRNA gene sequences were generated <i>via</i> the NovoSeq 6000. The alpha diversity index (including the Shannon and Simpson indices), Bray-Curtis sFrontiers in plant science1098042https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10200933biostudies-literatureSoil bacterial communities associated with marbled fruit in <i>Citrus reticulata</i> Blanco 'Orah'.PMC10200933Li GLiu JWei CHuang HZeng ZHuang QChen DWang NHu CLiao HQin ZWei STan SLiu FfalseSoil bacterial communities associated with marbled fruit in <i>Citrus reticulata</i> Blanco 'Orah'.<i>Citrus reticulata</i> Blanco 'Orah' is grown throughout southern China and provides enormous economic value. However, the agricultural industry has suffered substantial losses during recent years due to marbled fruit disease. The present study focuses on the soil bacterial communities associated with marbled fruit in 'Orah'. The agronomic traits and microbiomes of plants with normal and marbled fruit from three different orchards were compared. No significant differences were found in agronomic traits between the groups, except for higher fruit yields and higher quality of fruits in normal fruit group. Additionally, a total of 2,106,050 16S rRNA gene sequences were generated <i>via</i> the NovoSeq 6000. The alpha diversity index (including the Shannon and Simpson indices), Bray-Curtis s2023-01-01T00:00:00Z20232025-04-27T21:26:10.109Z2025-04-06T19:15:59.325ZS-EPMC102009333722381710.3389/fpls.2023.1098042