Introduction of probiotic bacterial consortia promotes plant growth via impacts on the resident rhizosphere microbiome
J. Hu, T. Yang, V. P. Friman, G. A. Kowalchuk, Y. Hautier, M. Li, Z. Wei, Y. C. Xu, Q. R. Shen, A. Jousset
This study shows that introducing probiotic bacterial consortia to tomato plants enhances growth by increasing rhizosphere microbiome diversity and abundance of rare taxa, rather than directly adding beneficial traits.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2021Ecology