Tomato Domestication Attenuated Responsiveness to a Beneficial Soil Microbe for Plant Growth Promotion and Induction of Systemic Resistance to Foliar Pathogens

Crop domestication events followed by targeted breeding practices have been pivotal for improvement of desirable traits and to adapt cultivars to local environments. Domestication also resulted in a strong reduction in genetic diversity among modern cultivars compared to their wild relatives, though...

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Main Authors: Amit K. Jaiswal, Tesfaye D. Mengiste, James R. Myers, Daniel S. Egel, Lori A. Hoagland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.604566/full