Root Microbiome and Metabolome Traits Associated with Improved Post-Harvest Root Storage for Sugar Beet Breeding Lines Under Southern Idaho Conditions
Rajtilak Majumdar, Shyam L. Kandel, Carl A. Strausbaugh, Anuradha Singh, Suresh Pokhrel, Malick Bill · 2024
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Rajtilak Majumdar and five co-authors study why some sugar beet lines store better after harvest, in a paper from 2024. Stored beets can lose over a fifth of their sugar to rot and breathing losses. The team compared root microbes and chemistry in disease-resistant breeding lines and one standard, prone variety grown under southern Idaho conditions.
Resistant lines carried distinct microbe mixes at mid and late storage, with several bacterial groups flagged as markers of resistance. Their roots also ran richer pathways for amino acid use. Links between root chemistry and microbe counts suggest the plant's own compounds help recruit a protective root community.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rajtilak Majumdar, Shyam L. Kandel, Carl A. Strausbaugh, Anuradha Singh, Suresh Pokhrel, Malick Bill |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 59 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |