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Martins, R.B. ; Siani, R. ; Treder, K.* ; Michałowska, D.* ; Radl, V. ; Pritsch, K. ; Schloter, M.

Cultivar-specific dynamics: unravelling rhizosphere microbiome responses to water deficit stress in potato cultivars.

BMC Microbiol. 23:377 (2023)

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BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests that soil microbes can improve plant fitness under drought. However, in potato, the world's most important non-cereal crop, the role of the rhizosphere microbiome under drought has been poorly studied. Using a cultivation independent metabarcoding approach, we examined the rhizosphere microbiome of two potato cultivars with different drought tolerance as a function of water regime (continuous versus reduced watering) and manipulation of soil microbial diversity (i.e., natural (NSM), vs. disturbed (DSM) soil microbiome). RESULTS: Water regime and soil pre-treatment showed a significant interaction with bacterial community composition of the sensitive (HERBST) but not the resistant cultivar (MONI). Overall, MONI had a moderate response to the treatments and its rhizosphere selected Rhizobiales under reduced watering in NSM soil, whereas Bradyrhizobium, Ammoniphilus, Symbiobacterium and unclassified Hydrogenedensaceae in DSM soil. In contrast, HERBST response to the treatments was more pronounced. Notably, in NSM soil treated with reduced watering, the root endophytic fungus Falciphora and many Actinobacteriota members (Streptomyces, Glycomyces, Marmoricola, Aeromicrobium, Mycobacterium and others) were largely represented. However, DSM soil treatment resulted in no fungal taxa and fewer enrichment of these Actinobacteriota under reduced watering. Moreover, the number of bacterial core amplicon sequence variants (core ASVs) was more consistent in MONI regardless of soil pre-treatment and water regimes as opposed to HERBST, in which a marked reduction of core ASVs was observed in DSM soil. CONCLUSIONS: Besides the influence of soil conditions, our results indicate a strong cultivar-dependent relationship between the rhizosphere microbiome of potato cultivars and their capacity to respond to perturbations such as reduced soil moisture. Our study highlights the importance of integrating soil conditions and plant genetic variability as key factors in future breeding programs aiming to develop drought resistance in a major food crop like potato. Elucidating the molecular mechanisms how plants recruit microbes from soil which help to mitigate plant stress and to identify key microbial taxa, which harbour the respective traits might therefore be an important topic for future research.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords Actinobacteria ; Drought Tolerance ; Potato Rhizosphere ; Rhizobiales ; Soil Microbiome; Drought Tolerance; Plant-growth; Extraction Method; Root-system; Bacterial Community; Fungal Communities; Soil Bacterial; Glycoalkaloids; Metabolites; Architecture

e-ISSN 1471-2180

Journal BMC Microbiology

Quellenangaben Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Article Number: 377

Publisher BioMed Central

Publishing Place Campus, 4 Crinan St, London N1 9xw, England

Non-patent literature Publications

Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis (COMI)
Research Unit Environmental Simulation (BIOP-EUS)

Grants Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis at Helmholtz Munich
Helmholtz Zentrum Mnchen - Deutsches Forschungszentrum fr Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) (4209)