Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Identifying plant genes shaping microbiota composition in the barley rhizosphere

  • Carmen Escudero-Martinez,
  • Max Coulter,
  • Rodrigo Alegria Terrazas,
  • Alexandre Foito,
  • Rumana Kapadia,
  • Laura Pietrangelo,
  • Mauro Maver,
  • Rajiv Sharma,
  • Alessio Aprile,
  • Jenny Morris,
  • Pete E. Hedley,
  • Andreas Maurer,
  • Klaus Pillen,
  • Gino Naclerio,
  • Tanja Mimmo,
  • Geoffrey J. Barton,
  • Robbie Waugh,
  • James Abbott,
  • Davide Bulgarelli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31022-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A prerequisite to exploiting soil microbes for sustainable crop production is the identification of the plant genes shaping microbiota composition in the rhizosphere. Here, the authors report QTLs and the associated candidate genes underlying rhizosphere microbiome composition in barley.