The ancestral environment of teosinte populations shapes their root microbiome.
Christopher James BarnesMaria Sophie BünnerM Rosario Ramírez-FloresIda Broman NielsenJazmin Ramos-MadrigalDaria ZharikovaChloee M McLaughlinM Thomas GilbertRuairidh J H SawersPublished in: Environmental microbiome (2024)
Our results suggest that variation in the root microbiome is pre-conditioned by the genome for the local environment (i.e. non-random). Ultimately, these claims would be strengthened by confirming that these differences in the root microbiome impact host phenotype, for example, by confirming that the root microbiomes of high-elevation teosinte populations enhance cold tolerance.
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