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ArticleEnvironmental microbiome2026

Disentangling the importance of microbiological and physico-chemical properties of Ethiopian field soils for the Striga seed bank and sorghum infestation.

Tamera Taylor, Getahun Benti, Marcio F A Leite, Luisa M Arias-Giraldo, Desalegn W Etalo, Sewunet Abera, Lorenzo Lombard, Jose G Maciá-Vicente, Stefan Sanow, Dominika Rybka and 13 more

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Tamera Taylor *Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6638-6693
Getahun Benti *Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Marcio F A LeiteDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4943-2213
Luisa M Arias-GiraldoDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Desalegn W EtaloDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Sewunet AberaDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Lorenzo LombardWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI-KNAW), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jose G Maciá-VicenteDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7174-7270
Stefan SanowDepartment of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1077-6588
Dominika RybkaDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Thomas MostertInstitute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Einar Martinez de la ParteDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-0888
Daniel LegesseEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-6171
Urgesa Tsega TuluEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4547-3387
Jiregna DaksaDepartment of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Roy van DoornWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI-KNAW), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Raycenne Rosa LeiteDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-2903
Taye TessemaEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Pedro W CrousWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI-KNAW), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9085-8825
Dorota KawaDepartment of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4227-1621
Eiko E KuramaeDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Jos M Raaijmakers *Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO -KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands. j.raaijmakers@nioo.knaw.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1608-6614
Siobhan M Brady *Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. sbrady@ucdavis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9424-8055

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStriga hermonthica (Striga) is a parasitic weed that severely affects sorghum yield in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent studies highlighted the soil microbiome's potential to suppress Striga through interference with specific stages in its life cycle.

resultsStatistical analyses of data collected from 48 Ethiopian sorghum field soils sampled across a > 1000-km-transect revealed that microbial communities and their interactions with soil physico-chemical properties correlated with Striga occurrence in the field. Striga infestation of sorghum and seedbank levels were negatively correlated with potassium and sulfur soil content and positively correlated with calcium and magnesium nutrient profile proportions. Microbiome analyses indicated that fungal communities were more responsive than bacteria to changes in Striga infestation and seedbank levels, with distinct microbial composition even in soils where Striga was not detected. Specific fungal and bacterial genera showed both positive and negative correlations with Striga measures, but patterns rarely held across taxonomic levels. To begin to validate these correlations, we tested an isolate from the fungal genus Neocosmospora, which negatively correlated with the Striga seedbank, and showed that this isolate promotes Striga seed germination in vitro. The data and analysis methods are integrated and shared in a public Shiny App for broader analysis and continued research on soil-Striga interactions.

conclusionsThis study highlights the complexity of soil-microbiome-Striga interactions and the potential for observational studies to reveal candidates for biological control of Striga.

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chemical analysisShiny applicationsoil microbiomeSorghum bicolorStriga hermonthicasub-Saharan Africa

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