Root exudates drive the soil-borne legacy of aboveground pathogen infection
Abstract Background Plants are capable of building up beneficial rhizosphere communities as is evidenced by disease-suppressive soils. However, it is not known how and why soil bacterial communities are impacted by plant exposure to foliar pathogens and if such responses might improve plant performa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | Microbiome |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0537-x |