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
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Microbiota transplantation from Gossypium arboreum FDH228 to Gossypium hirsutum varieties significantly suppresses Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) incidence. The study highlights specific microbial and genetic mechanisms contributing to CLCuD resistance.AI Topics:
Microbiota transplantation is a strong tool for managing plant disease. This study investigates the effects of microbiota transplantation on Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) resistance in Gossypium hirsutum, a species with good fiber length but high susceptibility to biotic stresses. Using metabarcoding for V3-V4 16S rRNA gene amplicon, microbial fractions from both rhizosphere and phyllosphere of CLCuD-resistant species Gossypium arboreum, and susceptible cotton varieties are analyzed. Unique bacterial taxa have been identified associated with disease resistance. Interspecies and intraspecies microbiota transplantation is conducted, followed by CLCuD incidence assays. It is seen that rhizospheric microbiota transplantation from G. arboreum FDH228 significantly suppresses CLCuD in G. hirsutum varieties, outperforming exogenous salicylic acid application. While phyllospheric transplants also reduce disease incidence, they are less effective than rhizospheric transplants. Differential expression analysis DESeq2 is utilized to identify key bacterial genera correlated with CLCuD suppression, including Pseudoxanthomonas and Stenotrophomonas in the rhizosphere of G. arboreum FDH228. Functional pathway analysis reveals upregulation of stress response and metabolism in tolerant species. Transcriptomics reveals upregulation of genes involved in protein phosphorylation and stress response in interspecies rhizospheric microbiota transplants. This study highlights microbiota transplantation as a sustainable method for controlling CLCuD along with specific microbial and genetic mechanisms contributing to CLCuD resistance.
Title | Microbiota transplantation for Cotton Leaf Curl Disease suppression - core microbiome and transcriptome dynamics |
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Creators | Badar, Ayesha and Aqueel, Rhea and Nawaz, Ali and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Malik, Kauser Abdulla |
Identification Number | 10.1038/s42003-025-07812-7 |
Date | 6 March 2025 |
Divisions | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment |
Publisher | Nature Research |
Additional Information | This project is supported by Research Linkages Grant from Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany Grant No. 3.4-1017354-Pak, and Pakistan Academy of Sciences Grant No. 181 awarded to KAM. UZI is supported by BBSRC, NERC, Defra, and Scottish Government through the Bacterial Plant Diseases Program (BB/T010649/1). |
URI | https://pub.demo35.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/40 |
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Item Type | Article |
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Depositing User | Unnamed user with email ejo1f20@soton.ac.uk |
Date Deposited | 11 Jun 2025 16:34 |
Revision | 30 |
Last Modified | 12 Jun 2025 13:00 |
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