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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Scientists have shifted from traditional breeding strategies to explore the microbiome of cotton plants to modulate plant defense mechanisms against Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD).AI Topics:
The failure of breeding strategies has caused scientists to shift to other means where the new approach involves exploring the microbiome to modulate plant defense mechanisms against Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD). The cotton microbiome of CLCuD-resistant varieties may harbor a multitude of bacterial genera that significantly contribute to disease resistance and provide information on metabolic pathways that differ between the susceptible and resistant varieties. The current study explores the microbiome of CLCuD-susceptible Gossypium hirsutum and CLCuD-resistant Gossypium arboreum using 16 S rRNA gene amplification for the leaf endophyte, leaf epiphyte, rhizosphere, and root endophyte of the two cotton species. This revealed that Pseudomonas inhabited the rhizosphere while Bacillus was predominantly found in the phyllosphere of CLCuV-resistant G. arboreum. Using salicylic acid-producing Serratia spp. and Fictibacillus spp. isolated from CLCuD-resistant G. arboreum, and guided by our analyses, we have successfully suppressed CLCuD in the susceptible G. hirsutum through pot assays. The applied strains exhibited less than 10% CLCuD incidence as compared to control group where it was 40% at 40 days post viral inoculation. Through detailed analytics, we have successfully demonstrated that the applied microbes serve as a biocontrol agent to suppress viral disease in Cotton.
Title | Cotton microbiome profiling and Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) suppression through microbial consortia associated |
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Creators | 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 |
Identification Number | 10.1038/s41522-023-00470-9 |
Date | 14 December 2023 |
Divisions | College of Science and Engineering 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 acknowledges support from UK Research and Innovation: Natural Environment Research Council NERC NE/L011956/1 and Engineering and Physical Science Research Council EPSRC EP/V030515/1. Some part of the work is conducted in University of Glasgow with mobility support to RA through International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) Project No. 1-8/HEC/HRD/2023/12777 under Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. |
URI | https://pub.demo35.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/422 |
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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 16:38 |
Revision | 32 |
Last Modified | 12 Jun 2025 09:12 |
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