Agricultural intensification reduces microbial network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in roots

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 13; no. 7; pp. 1722 - 1736
• Main Authors: Banerjee, Samiran, Walder, Florian, Büchi, Lucie, Meyer, Marcel, Held, Alain Y., Gattinger, Andreas, Keller, Thomas, Charles, Raphael, van der Heijden, Marcel G. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2019; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: 631/326/2565/855; 704/158; Abundance; Agricultural ecosystems; Agricultural land; Agriculture; Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bulk density; Colonization; Complexity; Deforestation; DNA sequencing; Ecology; Ekologi; Evolutionary Biology; Farming; Farming systems; Fungi; Glomeromycota - classification; Glomeromycota - genetics; Glomeromycota - isolation & purification; Intensive farming; Life Sciences; Markvetenskap; Microbial activity; Microbial Consortia; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Mycorrhizae - classification; Mycorrhizae - genetics; Mycorrhizae - isolation & purification; Organic farming; Phosphorus; Phosphorus - metabolism; Plant Roots - microbiology; Roots; Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Soil Science; Switzerland; Triticum - microbiology; Wheat; Switzerland

Root-associated microbes play a key role in plant performance and productivity, making them important players in agroecosystems. So far, very few studies have assessed the impact of different farming systems on the root microbiota and it is still unclear whether agricultural intensification influenc...