Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Roy, Nazish and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2024) Disease resistance correlates with core microbiome diversity in cotton. Current Microbiology, 81 (9): 302. ISSN 0343-8651
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This study investigates the relationship between the diversity of core microbiome and disease susceptibility in cotton plants. The results show a strong inverse relationship between the two variables, with the resistant variety possessing higher diversity of microbiota.AI Topics:
Understanding the resident microbial communities and their above and below ground interactions with plants will provide necessary information for crop disease protection and stress management. In this study, we show how diversity of core microbiome varies with disease susceptibility of a crop. To test this hypothesis, we have focused on identifying the core microbial species of cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) susceptible Gossypium hirsutum and CLCuD resistant Gossypium arboreum under viral infestation. Derivation of core membership is challenging as it depends on an occupancy threshold of microbial species in a sampling pool, whilst accounting for diferent plant compartments. We have used an abundance– occupancy distribution approach where we dynamically assess the threshold for core membership, whilst marginalizing for occupancy in four compartments of the cotton plant, namely, leaf epiphyte, leaf endophyte, rhizosphere, and root endophyte. Additionally, we also ft a neutral model to the returned core species to split them into three groups, those that are neutral, those that are selected by the plant environment, and fnally those that are dispersal limited. We have found strong inverse relationship between diversity of core microbiome and disease susceptibility with the resistant variety, G. arboreum, possessing higher diversity of microbiota. A deeper understanding of this association will aid in the development of biocontrol agents for improving plant immunity against biotrophic pathogens.
Aqueel, Rhea
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Badar, Ayesha and Aqueel, Rhea and Nawaz, Ali and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2025) Microbiota transplantation for Cotton Leaf Curl Disease suppression - core microbiome and transcriptome dynamics. Communications Biology, 8 (1): 380. ISSN 2399-3642
Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Roy, Nazish and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2024) Disease resistance correlates with core microbiome diversity in cotton. Current Microbiology, 81 (9): 302. ISSN 0343-8651
Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Ijaz, Umer and Malik, Abdulla Kauser (2024) Microbial influencers and Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) susceptibility: a network perspective. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15: 1381883. ISSN 1664-302X
See full publications listBadar, Ayesha
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Badar, Ayesha and Aqueel, Rhea and Nawaz, Ali and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2025) Microbiota transplantation for Cotton Leaf Curl Disease suppression - core microbiome and transcriptome dynamics. Communications Biology, 8 (1): 380. ISSN 2399-3642
Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Roy, Nazish and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2024) Disease resistance correlates with core microbiome diversity in cotton. Current Microbiology, 81 (9): 302. ISSN 0343-8651
Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Ijaz, Umer and Malik, Abdulla Kauser (2024) Microbial influencers and Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) susceptibility: a network perspective. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15: 1381883. ISSN 1664-302X
See full publications listRoy, Nazish
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Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Roy, Nazish and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2024) Disease resistance correlates with core microbiome diversity in cotton. Current Microbiology, 81 (9): 302. ISSN 0343-8651
Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Roy, Nazish and Mushtaq, Qandeel and Ali, Aimen Fatima and Bashir, Aftab and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2023) Cotton microbiome profiling and Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) suppression through microbial consortia associated. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 9 (1): 100. ISSN 2055-5008
See full publications listIjaz, Umer
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Cholet, Fabien and Vignola, Marta and Quinn, Dominic and Ijaz, Umer Z. and Sloan, William T. and Smith, Cindy J. (2025) Microbial ecology of drinking water biofiltration based on 16S rRNA sequencing: a meta-analysis. Water Research, 281: 123684. ISSN 0043-1354
Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
Badar, Ayesha and Aqueel, Rhea and Nawaz, Ali and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2025) Microbiota transplantation for Cotton Leaf Curl Disease suppression - core microbiome and transcriptome dynamics. Communications Biology, 8 (1): 380. ISSN 2399-3642
See full publications listMalik, Kauser Abdulla
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Badar, Ayesha and Aqueel, Rhea and Nawaz, Ali and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2025) Microbiota transplantation for Cotton Leaf Curl Disease suppression - core microbiome and transcriptome dynamics. Communications Biology, 8 (1): 380. ISSN 2399-3642
Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Roy, Nazish and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2024) Disease resistance correlates with core microbiome diversity in cotton. Current Microbiology, 81 (9): 302. ISSN 0343-8651
Aqueel, Rhea and Badar, Ayesha and Roy, Nazish and Mushtaq, Qandeel and Ali, Aimen Fatima and Bashir, Aftab and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla (2023) Cotton microbiome profiling and Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) suppression through microbial consortia associated. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 9 (1): 100. ISSN 2055-5008
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