Spatio-temporal variation in the root-associated microbiota of orchard-grown apple trees

• Published in: Environmental microbiome Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
• Main Authors: Becker, Maximilian Fernando, Hellmann, Manfred, Knief, Claudia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 17.06.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Annual variations; Apple; Apples; Community structure; Endosphere; Farming systems; Fruit trees; Fruits; Heterogeneity; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microorganisms; Orchards; Pathogens; Rhizosphere; RNA; rRNA 16S; Seasonal variations; Sedimentation & deposition; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatio-temporal variation; Temporal variations; Trees; Germany
• ISSN: 2524-6372; 2524-6372
• DOI: 10.1186/s40793-022-00427-z

Background The root-associated microbiome has been of keen research interest especially in the last decade due to the large potential for increasing overall plant performance in agricultural systems. Studies about spatio-temporal variation of the root-associated microbiome focused so far primarily o...