Breeding of microbiomes conferring salt tolerance to plants
Caio Guilherme Pereira, Joseph A. Edwards, Albina Khasanova, Alexis L. Carlson, Vanessa L. Brisson, Estelle Schaefer, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Susannah Green Tringe, John P. Vogel, David L. Des Marais, Thomas Juenger, Ulrich G. Mueller
This study breeds microbiomes that confer salt tolerance to plants by selecting for beneficial microbial communities, showing increased seed weight and reduced sodium concentration in treated plants.
Microbiome · Nov 27, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology