Characteristics of bacterial communities in rhizosphere and bulk soil in Fe-deficient citrus growing in coastal saline-alkali land
Tianchi Jiang, Jiuzhou Chen, Yu Huang, Xiaoyan Chang, Yuping Wu, Gaoping Liu, Runze Wang, Kuan Xu, Lingli Lu, Haizhong Lin, Shengke Tian · 2024
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Tianchi Jiang and co-authors study the bacteria around citrus roots in salty coastal soil where iron runs short, in a 2023 paper. Salt blocks iron uptake and yellows the trees, cutting yield. Soil from the root zone and the open field, at several depths, was profiled for chemistry and for bacterial communities using gene sequencing.
Nutrients faded with depth while salts grew, and the root zone held more nutrients and less salt than open soil. Open soil favored salt-tolerant groups, while roots enriched Pseudomonas, Streptomyces, and Duganella, bacteria that help plants gather nutrients and release iron carriers. The authors suggest citrus roots recruit this help to resist iron stress, hinting at microbe-based fixes for orchards.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tianchi Jiang, Jiuzhou Chen, Yu Huang, Xiaoyan Chang, Yuping Wu, Gaoping Liu, Runze Wang, Kuan Xu, Lingli Lu, Haizhong Lin, Shengke Tian |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |