Insufficient sampling constrains our characterization of plant microbiomes

Abstract Plants host diverse microbial communities, but there is little consensus on how we sample these communities, and this has unknown consequences. Using root and leaf tissue from showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa), we compared two common sampling strategies: (1) homogenizing after subsampling...

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Main Authors: Lorinda S. Bullington, Ylva Lekberg, Beau G. Larkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83153-9