Farming and climate legacies effect seed and offspring rhizosphere microbiota
This project investigates epiphytic and endophytic bacterial communities associated with winter wheat seeds collected from the Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF), Germany, across three harvest years (2018, 2021, and 2024) under contrasting farming systems (organic and conventional) and climate treatments (ambient and future). The project also evaluates the contribution of seed-associated bacteria to offspring rhizosphere communities under drought.