mSystems (Jun 2021)

Transmission of Seed and Soil Microbiota to Seedling

  • Aude Rochefort,
  • Marie Simonin,
  • Coralie Marais,
  • Anne-Yvonne Guillerm-Erckelboudt,
  • Matthieu Barret,
  • Alain Sarniguet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00446-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Seed microbiota can have a crucial role for crop installation by modulating dormancy, germination, seedling development, and recruitment of plant symbionts. Little knowledge is available on the fraction of the plant microbiota that is acquired through seeds.