Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome

• Published in: Microbiome Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15
• Main Authors: Xiong, Chao, Singh, Brajesh K., He, Ji-Zheng, Han, Yan-Lai, Li, Pei-Pei, Wan, Li-Hua, Meng, Guo-Zhong, Liu, Si-Yi, Wang, Jun-Tao, Wu, Chuan-Fa, Ge, An-Hui, Zhang, Li-Mei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 13.08.2021; BMC
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Bacteria; Biodegradation; Corn; Crop microbiomes; Crop yield; Developmental stages; Endophytes; Environmental factors; Fungi; Leaves; Metagenomics; Microbial interkingdom networks; Microbiome assembly; Microbiomes; Phylloplane; Phylloplane microbiome; Physiology; Plant communities; Plant growth; Soils; Soil–plant continuum; Temporal dynamics; China

Background Plants live with diverse microbial communities which profoundly affect multiple facets of host performance, but if and how host development impacts the assembly, functions and microbial interactions of crop microbiomes are poorly understood. Here we examined both bacterial and fungal comm...