Abiotic treatment to common bean plants results in an altered seed microbiome.
A. F. Bintarti, P. J. Kearns, A. Sulesky-Grieb, A. Shade
This study investigates how abiotic treatments affect the seed microbiome of common bean plants, finding that water withholding and nutrient addition alter bacterial/archaeal communities but not fungal communities.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2020Microbiology