Apple endophytic microbiota of different rootstock/scion combinations suggests a genotype-specific influence

Abstract Background High-throughput amplicon sequencing spanning conserved portions of microbial genomes (16s rRNA and ITS) was used in the present study to describe the endophytic microbiota associated with three apple varieties, “Royal Gala,” “Golden Delicious,” and “Honey Crisp,” and two rootstoc...

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Main Authors: Jia Liu, Ahmed Abdelfattah, John Norelli, Erik Burchard, Leonardo Schena, Samir Droby, Michael Wisniewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0403-x