Intermittent water stress favors microbial traits that better help wheat under drought

Schmidt, Ruth; Azarbad, Hamed; Bainard, Luke D.; Tremblay, Julien et Yergeau, Étienne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7112-3425 (2024). Intermittent water stress favors microbial traits that better help wheat under drought ISME Communications , vol. 4 , nº 1. DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycae074.

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Résumé

Microorganisms can improve plant resistance to drought through various mechanisms, such as the production of plant hormones, osmolytes, antioxidants, and exopolysaccharides. It is, however, unclear how previous exposure to water stress affects the functional capacity of the soil microbial community to help plants resist drought. We compared two soils that had either a continuous or intermittent water stress history (WSH) for almost 40 years. We grew wheat in these soils and subjected it to water stress, after which we collected the rhizosphere soil and shotgun sequenced its metagenome. Wheat growing in soil with an intermittent WSH maintained a higher biomass when subjected to water stress. Genes related to indole-acetic acid and osmolyte production were more abundant in the metagenome of the soil with an intermittent WSH as compared to the soil with a continuous WSH. We suggest that an intermittent WSH selects traits beneficial for life under water stress.

Type de document:	Article
Informations complémentaires:	Document ycae074
Mots-clés libres:	wheat; drought; microbial communities; metagenomics; plant-microbe interactions; rhizosphere
Centre:	Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt:	17 juin 2024 03:09
Dernière modification:	17 juin 2024 03:09
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/15693

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