Threshing Yards: Graveyard of Maternally Borne Seed Microbiome?

Plant domestication, at least in cereals, is associated with the loss of the shattering allele. In such species, grains are manually harvested and threshed, leaving behind naked seeds. This could have led to the loss of maternally borne seed microbiomes and their associated benefits in modern-day do...

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Published inTrends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 965 - 968
Main Authors Hemapriya, M., Nataraja, Karaba N., Suryanarayanan, T.S., Shaanker, R. Uma
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2020
Subjects
Alleles
Cemeteries
crop domestication
Domestication
harvesting and threshing
Microbiota
seed accessory structures
seed microbiome
shattering allele
crop domestication
seed microbiome
harvesting and threshing
shattering allele
seed accessory structures
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Summary:Plant domestication, at least in cereals, is associated with the loss of the shattering allele. In such species, grains are manually harvested and threshed, leaving behind naked seeds. This could have led to the loss of maternally borne seed microbiomes and their associated benefits in modern-day domesticated species.
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ISSN:0169-5347
1872-8383
DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.010