Abstract:Purpose Soil microbial communities can mitigate the negative effects of drought on early-stage plant growth. However, the magnitude of this benefit may depend on both the microbial community’s previous host associations and the plant’s developmental stage.Methods We conducted a greenhouse experiment to investigate how microbial presence (autoclaved bulk vs. live bulk soils) and the microbial community’s association history (bulk soil vs. rhizosphere soil) affect germination and seedling growth during drought, … Show more
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