ArticleNature plants2021
Prolonged drought imparts lasting compositional changes to the rice root microbiome.
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96 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Root colonization by beneficial rhizobacteria.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Plant root plasticity during drought and recovery: What do we know and where to go?Frontiers in plant science · 2023Pooled it
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- Pseudomonads associated to salt-stressed plants facilitate stress adaption of soybean through enhanced lignin biosynthesis.Science advances · 2026Article
- Abiotic Stress Reshapes Rhizosphere Community Assembly and Tea Quality: Root Exudates, Plant-Soil Interactions and Microbial Management.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Mechanisms underlying rhizosheath dynamics in Kengyilia hirsuta in response to alternating drought and rewatering.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The plant microbiota: From theoretical advances to applications.Fundamental research · 2026Review
- Phenolic acid biosynthesis is associated with deleterious microbiome changes during Plasmodiophora brassicae-induced clubroot in pakchoi.Microbiome · 2026Article
- Manipulating root-associated microbiomes to boost drought resistance in dryland winter wheat with Streptomyces pactum Act12.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Effects of the tidal dehydration stress on epiphytic bacterial community of the intertidal macroalgaMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- From natural assemblages to synthetic communities in theFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- A conserved bacterial signature characterizes plant microbiome responses to drought.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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- Balancing water efficiency and crop productivity: rhizosphere microbiome shifts in drought-resistant rice.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of rhizosphere microbiomes of cultivated and wild rice under contrasting field water regimes.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth.PLoS biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Microbial symbioses can mitigate drought stress in crops but harnessing these beneficial interactions will require an in-depth understanding of root microbiome responses to drought cycles. Here, by detailed temporal characterization of root-associated microbiomes of rice plants during drought stress and recovery, we find that endosphere communities remained compositionally altered after rewatering, with prolonged droughts leading to decreased resilience. Several endospheric Actinobacteria were significantly enriched during drought and for weeks after rewatering. Notably, the most abundant endosphere taxon during this period was a Streptomyces, and a corresponding isolate promoted root growth. Additionally, drought stress disrupted the temporal dynamics of late-colonizing microorganisms, permanently altering the normal successional trends of root microbiota. These findings reveal that severe drought results in enduring impacts on rice root microbiomes, including enrichment of taxonomic groups that could shape the recovery response of the host, and have implications relevant to drought protection strategies using root microbiota.
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