Trichomes form genotype-specific microbial hotspots in the phyllosphere of tomato.
Peter KusstatscherWisnu Adi WicaksonoAlessandro BergnaTomislav CernavaNick BergauAlain TissierBettina HauseGabriele BergPublished in: Environmental microbiome (2020)
Our results provide first evidence of a highly specific trichome microbiome in tomato and show the importance of micro-niches for the structure of bacterial communities on leaves. These findings provide further clues for breeding, plant pathology and protection as well as so far unexplored natural pathogen defense strategies.