Rhizosphere microbes and host plant genotype influence the plant metabolome and reduce insect herbivory
Charley J. Hubbard, Baohua Li, Robby McMinn, Marcus T. Brock, Lois Maignien, Brent E. Ewers, Daniel Kliebenstein, Cynthia Weinig
The paper investigates how rhizosphere microbes and plant genotype affect herbivory and metabolites in Boechera stricta, finding that microbes have a greater impact on herbivore resistance than plant genotype.
bioRxiv · Apr 9, 2018 · PreprintPlant Biology