Deterministic assembly of rhizosphere bacterial community enables predictable and stable suppression of Verticillium wilt via microbial homeostasis
Jiamin Ai, Jiangying Huang, Chenyuan Wang, Xinrui Wang, Yiduo Zhao, Gehong Wei, Zhefei Li · 2026
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Jiamin Ai and colleagues studied in 2026 why some plant root microbes hold back Verticillium wilt while others fail. The wilt fungus itself was no more common around sick plants. The root community shifted from an orderly build to a random one, letting fast-growing bacteria drain carbon and crowd out helpful microbes.
Lab-built microbe mixes confirmed the pattern, since mixes built by orderly rules kept disease down no matter when or how much was added, while random mixes swung widely. The paper gives growers a design rule for microbe mixes that behave the same way every time.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jiamin Ai, Jiangying Huang, Chenyuan Wang, Xinrui Wang, Yiduo Zhao, Gehong Wei, Zhefei Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 88 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |