Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties
Xiaoming He, Danning Wang, Yong Jiang, Meng Li, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Chloee M. McLaughlin, Caroline Marcon, Li Guo, Marcel Baer, Yudelsy Antonia Tandrón Moya, Nicolaus Von Wirén A, Marion Deichmann, Gabriel Schaaf, Hans‐Peter Piepho, Zhikai Yang, , Peng Yu
The paper investigates how host genotype and source environment influence the microbiome of maize, finding genetic variants linked to microbiome composition and environmental adaptation.
Nature Plants · Mar 21, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetics