Experimental evidence pointing to rain as a reservoir of tomato phyllosphere microbiota
M. E. Mechan Llontop, L. Tian, P. Sharma, L. Heflin, V. A. Bernal-Galeano, D. Haak, C. R. Clarke, B. A. Vinatzer
The paper tests if rain is a reservoir of tomato phyllosphere microbiota by comparing microbial communities on rain-exposed and protected tomato leaves.
bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2021Microbiology