DRP004717
Do below-ground genotypes influence above-ground microbiomes of grafted tomatoes?
In this study, we evaluated how below-ground genotypes of plants determine bacterial and fungal community structures in leaves in field conditions. After growing grafted tomato individuals in a filed experiment, we analyzed the leaf microbial community compositions of the sampled tomatoes based on Illumina sequencing. The contributions of below-ground genotypes on the microbiome structures were then evaluated by comparing the community datasets of eight tomato rootstock strains.