ITS2 metagenomic analysis of healthy and thickened Opuntia ficus-indica plants
Opuntia ficus-indica plants with and without thickening symptoms were analyzed. Soil, rhizosphere, root endosphere, calodode endosphere and cladode phyllosphere samples were collected under two climatic conditions, during the rainy and the dry seasons. Total DNA was obtained from all samples and the ITS2 region was sequenced.