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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Main Authors: Jun Yuan, Jun Zhao, Tao Wen, Mengli Zhao, Rong Li, Pim Goossens, Qiwei Huang, Yang Bai, Jorge M. Vivanco, George A. Kowalchuk, Roeland L. Berendsen, Qirong Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0537-x