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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2024

Consistent effects of independent domestication events on the plant microbiota.

Riccardo Soldan, Marco Fusi, Massimiliano Cardinale, Felix Homma, Luis Guillermo Santos, Peter Wenzl, Marcel Bach-Pages, Elena Bitocchi, Maria Isabel Chacon Sanchez, Daniele Daffonchio and 1 more

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Riccardo SoldanUniversity of Oxford, Department of Biology, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: riccardosoldan@hotmail.it.
Marco FusiCenter for Conservation and Restoration Science, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.
Massimiliano CardinaleUniversity of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Lecce, Italy.
Felix HommaUniversity of Oxford, Department of Biology, Oxford, UK.
Luis Guillermo SantosThe Alliance Biodiversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Palmira, Colombia.
Peter WenzlThe Alliance Biodiversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Palmira, Colombia.
Marcel Bach-PagesUniversity of Oxford, Department of Biology, Oxford, UK.
Elena BitocchiDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Maria Isabel Chacon SanchezDepartamento de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Daniele DaffonchioRed Sea Research Center (RSRC), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Gail M PrestonUniversity of Oxford, Department of Biology, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: gail.preston@biology.ox.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011224/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R009236/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of plant domestication on plant-microbe interactions remains difficult to prove. In this study, we provide evidence of a domestication effect on the composition and abundance of the plant microbiota. We focused on the genus Phaseolus, which underwent four independent domestication events within two species (P. vulgaris and P. lunatus), providing multiple replicates of a process spanning thousands of years. We targeted Phaseolus seeds to identify a link between domesticated traits and bacterial community composition as Phaseolus seeds have been subject to large and consistent phenotypic changes during these independent domestication events. The seed bacterial communities of representative plant accessions from subpopulations descended from each domestication event were analyzed under controlled and field conditions. The results showed that independent domestication events led to similar seed bacterial community signatures in independently domesticated plant populations, which could be partially explained by selection for common domesticated plant phenotypes. Our results therefore provide evidence of a consistent effect of plant domestication on seed microbial community composition and abundance and offer avenues for applying knowledge of the impact of plant domestication on the plant microbiota to improve microbial applications in agriculture.

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MicrobiotaPhaseolusAgricultureDomesticationPhenotypeSeedsplant domesticationplant microbiotaseed microbiota

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PMID38232731
PMCPMC7617976

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