Rational reduction of a sorghum SynCom that preserves growth promotion reveals flavonoid-mediated plant microbe interactions
Dean Pettinga, Citlali Fonseca-García, Genevieve Krause, Hannah Ploemacher, Travis J. Wheeler, Chaevien S Clendinen, Pubudu Handakumbura, Robert G. Egbert, Devin Coleman‐Derr
The paper reduces a sorghum synthetic microbial community to identify a stable, growth-promoting variant that enhances flavonoid production and plant growth through dynamic gene expression and metabolomic changes.
New Phytologist · Jul 15, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology