The effect of plant domestication on host control of the microbiota

Riccardo Soldan; Marco Fusi; Massimiliano Cardinale; Daniele Daffonchio; Gail M. Preston

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02467-6

Communications Biology (Aug 2021)

The effect of plant domestication on host control of the microbiota

Riccardo Soldan,
Marco Fusi,
Massimiliano Cardinale,
Daniele Daffonchio,
Gail M. Preston

Affiliations

Riccardo Soldan: University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences
Marco Fusi: Edinburgh Napier University, School of Applied Sciences
Massimiliano Cardinale: University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies
Daniele Daffonchio: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Gail M. Preston: University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02467-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Soldan and co-authors propose an evolutionary framework for understanding how host control of the microbiota is influenced by artificial selection. They go on to discuss the potential effect of domestication syndrome on the seed microbiome and plant-microbe interactions in the spermosphere.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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