Maize Kernel-Associated Metagenomes Reveal Potential Microbe–Microbe Interactions that Underlie Fusarium Ear Rot Disease

As an alternative to host resistance, transgenic expression of entomocidal and antimicrobial proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in maize can mitigate Fusarium ear rot (FER). This study evaluated FER in Bt and conventional maize and the role of microbes in the kernel-associated metagenome usin...

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Published in:	Phytobiomes Journal
Main Authors:	Alison Adams, Dana Landry, Virginia Sykes, Tara Rickman, Alhagie K. Cham, Annemarie Timling, Heather Kelly, Jenifer H. McBeath, Bode A. Olukolu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The American Phytopathological Society 2024-07-01
Subjects:	Fusarium verticillioides metabarcoding microbe–microbe interactions OmeSeq-qRRS quantitative reduced representation sequencing Zea mays
Online Access:	https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PBIOMES-07-23-0074-R