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Title: Metagenomic analysis of Atriplex microbiomes: Investigating Plant-microbe interactions that enhance adaptation to extreme habitats

Author
item Lucero, Mary
item UNC, ADRIAN - New Mexico State University
item NALIM, AMEENA - New Mexico State University
item COOKE, PETER - New Mexico State University
item KHRESAT, SA'EB - Jordan University Of Science & Technology

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/15/2010
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Cryptic symbiotic microbes influence host adaptation by improving nutrient uptake or stress tolerance. Current technologies for increasing plant productivity, whether for food and fuel production or for restoration and remediation, often utilize approaches that bypass, rather than leverage, microbial influences. Such technologies are insufficient for reversing desertification and increasing vegetative production to meet the increased demands of expanding populations and changing climates. Improved understanding of host-microbe interactions across ecological gradients may facilitate technology development that harnesses microbial power to advance restoration, crop, and fuel production in extreme environments. The woody shrub genus, Atriplex , provides a useful model system in which to correlate microbial diversity with host adaptation to harsh arid and saline environments Atriplex species contain diverse microbial endophyte communities and are valued for forage, restoration, and remediation worldwide.Here we describe fungal and bacterial endophytes detected in micropropagated Atriplex canescens by microscopy, PCR, and pyrosequencing.