Impacts of global change on the phyllosphere microbiome

YG Zhu, C **ong, Z Wei, QL Chen, B Ma… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plants form complex interaction networks with diverse microbiomes in the environment, and
the intricate interplay between plants and their associated microbiomes can greatly …

Microbiomes in agroecosystem: diversity, function and assembly mechanisms

C **ong, Y Lu - Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soils are a main repository of biodiversity harbouring immense diversity of microbial species
that plays a central role in fundamental ecological processes and acts as the seed bank for …

Plant developmental stage drives the differentiation in ecological role of the maize microbiome

C **ong, BK Singh, JZ He, YL Han, PP Li, LH Wan… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Plants live with diverse microbial communities which profoundly affect multiple
facets of host performance, but if and how host development impacts the assembly, functions …

Disease-induced changes in plant microbiome assembly and functional adaptation

M Gao, C **ong, C Gao, CKM Tsui, MM Wang, X Zhou… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background The plant microbiome is an integral part of the host and increasingly recognized
as playing fundamental roles in plant growth and health. Increasing evidence indicates that …

Biotic homogenization, lower soil fungal diversity and fewer rare taxa in arable soils across Europe

S Banerjee, C Zhao, G Garland, A Edlinger… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil fungi are a key constituent of global biodiversity and play a pivotal role in
agroecosystems. How arable farming affects soil fungal biogeography and whether it has a …

GWAS, MWAS and mGWAS provide insights into precision agriculture based on genotype-dependent microbial effects in foxtail millet

Y Wang, X Wang, S Sun, C **, J Su, J Wei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic and environmental factors collectively determine plant growth and yield. In the past
20 years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been conducted on crops to …

Precipitation balances deterministic and stochastic processes of bacterial community assembly in grassland soils

L Yang, D Ning, Y Yang, N He, X Li, CR Cornell… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial biodiversity is crucial for maintaining ecosystem functions. As climate change
progresses at both global and regional scales, there is a need to understand microbial …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial generalists and specialists differently contribute to the community diversity in farmland soils

Q Xu, P Vandenkoornhuyse, L Li, J Guo, C Zhu… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Microbial generalists and specialists are thought to have distinct impacts on
community dynamics, while there have been limited efforts to estimate their contribution to …

Deciphering the diversity patterns and community assembly of rare and abundant bacterial communities in a wetland system

Y Yang, K Cheng, K Li, Y **, X He - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Water microorganisms that have distinct contributions to community dynamics, including
many rare taxa and few abundant taxa, are crucial to the wetland ecosystem functions. In …

Distinct Responses of Rare and Abundant Microbial Taxa to In Situ Chemical Stabilization of Cadmium-Contaminated Soil

M Xu, Q Huang, Z **ong, H Liao, Z Lv, W Chen, X Luo… - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soil microorganisms, which intricately link to ecosystem functions, are pivotal for the
ecological restoration of heavy metal-contaminated soil. Despite the importance of rare and …