Mycobiome Shifts in Ulmus minor Stems After Infection with Beneficial and Pathogenic Fungi

The assembly of plant microbial communities is a complex process orchestrated by plant physiology and microbial interactions under changing environmental conditions. In this work we aim to disentangle how an aggressive vascular pathogen, Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, affects the composition of the resident mycobiome of field elm (Ulmus minor). We also aim to determine the extent to which the inoculation of beneficial endophytes buffers the changes induced by the pathogen in the resident mycobiome composition. Three U. minor genotypes, two resistant and one susceptible to O. novo-ulmi, were inoculated... Mehr ...