The effect of plant domestication on host control of the microbiota

• Published in: Communications biology Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 936 - 9
• Main Authors: Soldan, Riccardo, Fusi, Marco, Cardinale, Massimiliano, Daffonchio, Daniele, Preston, Gail M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.08.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/181/2468; 631/326/2565/2134; Agricultural ecosystems; Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Crops, Agricultural - microbiology; Domestication; Host Microbial Interactions; Host plants; Life Sciences; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Natural selection; Perspective; Spermosphere

Macroorganisms are colonized by microbial communities that exert important biological and ecological functions, the composition of which is subject to host control and has therefore been described as “an ecosystem on a leash”. However, domesticated organisms such as crop plants are subject to both a...