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Introduction: Phyllosphere-associated microbes directly influence plant-pathogen interactions, and the external environment and the plant shape the phyllosphere microbiome. Discussion: These results ...

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We found that nanoselenium concentration had an effect on the phyllosphere bacterial diversity index, with low concentrations of nanoselenium (T1 ∼ T3) decreasing the α-diversity and the number of ...

The researchers also found that rice treated with zinc nanoparticles maintained more diversity among the microbes living on the leaves – called the phyllosphere – which may have contributed to ...

Combined exposure changed the profiles of ARGs and VFGs by decreasing microbial diversity in the phyllosphere. Host-tracking analysis identified some genera, such as Citrobacter and Aeromonas, as ...

To explore the spatial association between each environmental factor and phyllosphere bacterial community, Mantel tests were performed to examine the spatial correlation between each environmental ...

Rain-borne microbes can join the plant’s phyllosphere, protecting them from disease and stressors. Understanding their origin can improve plant health. When it rains, plants are not only showered with ...

“This phyllosphere microbial community, much like our own skin, is a first line of defense against disease, so we expected to see protection, though we didn’t know for sure,” Koskella said. Artificial ...

Phyllosphere bacterial communities have the potential to influence plant biogeography and ecosystem function through their influence on the fitness and function of their hosts, but the host attributes ...

Our knowledge of the microbiology of the phyllosphere, or the aerial parts of plants, has historically lagged behind our knowledge of the microbiology of the rhizosphere, or the below-ground ...