How hungry roots get their microbes

Elife. 2022 Sep 13:11:e82391. doi: 10.7554/eLife.82391.

Abstract

Maize genes influence which species of bacteria are recruited from the soil, especially in the absence of nitrogen supplied by fertilizer.

Keywords: GWAS; genetics; genomics; host-microbe interaction; maize; plant microbiome; population genetics; rhizobiome.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Fertilizers*
  • Nitrogen / analysis
  • Plant Roots* / microbiology
  • Soil
  • Zea mays / microbiology

Substances

  • Fertilizers
  • Soil
  • Nitrogen