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Maize Drought Response SynCom

Community ID CommunityMech:000103
Ecological State ENGINEERED
Environment rhizosphere
ENVO:00005801

A plant-beneficial bacterial SynCom that modulates physiology and drought response of commercial maize hybrids.

Taxonomy

Taxon Ontology ID Functional Roles Abundance
plant-beneficial maize bacteria NCBITaxon:2
CROSS_FEEDER
N/A
  • PMID:34745050 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "we used a non-invasive real-time phenotyping platform in a one-to-one (plant-sensors) set up to investigate the impact of a synthetic community (SynCom) harboring plant-beneficial bacteria on the physiology and response of three commercial maize hybrids to drought stress (DS)."

Ecological Interactions

Ecological interaction network for Maize Drought Response SynCom Bipartite graph where circle nodes represent taxa and each ecological interaction is drawn as a distinct non-circular symbol, with colour repeating the same distinction (mutualism).
Taxon
Mutualism

Maize Drought Physiology Modulation

MUTUALISM

Evidence

  • PMID:34745050 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "we used a non-invasive real-time phenotyping platform in a one-to-one (plant-sensors) set up to investigate the impact of a synthetic community (SynCom) harboring plant-beneficial bacteria on the physiology and response of three commercial maize hybrids to drought stress (DS)."

Environmental Factors

Factor Value Unit
defined synthetic community design Synthetic community of plant-beneficial bacteria applied to three commercial maize hybrids. N/A
  • PMID:34745050 - SUPPORT (IN_VITRO)
    "we used a non-invasive real-time phenotyping platform in a one-to-one (plant-sensors) set up to investigate the impact of a synthetic community (SynCom) harboring plant-beneficial bacteria on the physiology and response of three commercial maize hybrids to drought stress (DS)."

Growth Media

greenhouse pot substrate (7:1 sphagnum:perlite)

Preparation notes: Maize hybrids grown in a netted greenhouse; drought imposed by switching from full to reduced irrigation; seeds stored at 4 °C prior to sowing.

Evidence

PMID:34745050

"Plants were grown in 18-L pots filled with a commercial substrate (Biogrow, Brazil) modified to contain a 7:1 sphagnum:perlite"

PMID:34745050

"the photoperiod was extended until 8:00 pm with halogen bulbs PAR38 100 W"