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Rain induces temporary shifts in epiphytic bacterial communities of cucumber and tomato fruit.
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Abstract
Understanding weather-related drivers of crop plant-microbiome relationships is important for food security and food safety in the face of a changing climate. Cucumber and tomato are commercially important commodities that are susceptible to plant disease and have been implicated in foodborne disease outbreaks. To investigate the influence of precipitation on plant-associated microbiomes, epiphytically associated bacterial communities of cucumber and tomato samples were profiled by 16 S rRNA gene sequencing (V1-V3) in the days surrounding two rain events over a 17-day period. Following rain, α (within-sample) diversity measured on cucumber and tomato fruit surfaces, but not tomato leaf surfaces, increased significantly and remained elevated for several days. Bacterial β (between-sample) diversity on cucumber and tomato fruit responded to precipitation. In the cucumber fruit surface (carpoplane), notable shifts in the families Xanthomonadaceae, Oxalobacteriaceae, Sphingobacteriaceae and Comamonadaceae were detected following precipitation. In the tomato carpoplane, shifts were detected in the families Enterobacteriaceae and Xanthomonadaceae following the first rain event, and in the Pseudomonadaceae and Oxalobacteriaceae following the second rain event. Few taxonomic shifts were detected in the tomato leaf surface (phylloplane). Exploring rain-induced shifts in plant microbiomes is highly relevant to crop protection, food safety and agroecology, and can aid in devising ways to enhance crop resilience to stresses and climate fluctuations.
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