Seed tuber imprinting shapes the next-generation potato microbiome
Y. Song, J. Spooren, C. D. Jongekrijg, E. H. H. Manders, R. de Jonge, C. M. J. Pieterse, P. A. H. M. Bakker, R. L. Berendsen
This study shows that seed tuber microbiomes are influenced by their production field and genotype, and these effects persist through storage and into the next generation, without direct vertical inheritance of specific microbes.
bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2023Microbiology