New Phytologist: There is new evidence for the co-evolution of plants and microorganisms

New research explores the co-evolution of apples and microorganisms
.

Image source: Lunghammer-TU Graz Drought, severe weather, record temperatures and emerging pathogens threaten the world's food supply
.

Therefore, people need to make crops more robust while overcoming the above-mentioned challenges
.

An international research team led by the Technical University of Graz in Austria published a new study in the "New Botanist", pointing out that microbiota research and management provide great potential for achieving these goals
.

The study of microbiota is only a few decades old, but some breakthrough discoveries have been made
.

Both organisms and microbial groups have evolved in co-evolution, that is, interacting with each other
.

This new study confirms this
.

Today, people think that all living organisms are "holographic organisms"-units that work together and possess many special microorganisms
.

The latter always dominates in numbers
.

For example, the number of microbes in humans is 10 times that of their own cells
.

Therefore, microorganisms are listed as important targets for new health treatments and disease prevention
.

The same applies to cultivated plants, but so far, little is known about its potential and has not been exploited
.

Here, the interdisciplinary research team compared the microbiota of modern domesticated apple varieties with those of their wild ancestors and closely related species
.

With the help of molecular analysis and bioinformatics methods, the research team was able to determine for the first time that the microbial population is the same degree of heredity as genes
.

The results showed that genetically similar apples contained similar microbiota
.

Surprisingly, modern apple varieties still contain some wild ancestor microbiota
.

This study shows that the microbiota is also "reproductive" and has changed a lot over time
.

So far, many microorganisms have been lost in this process
.

These lost microorganisms are now expected to help people adapt crops to climate change again
.

This is because the focus of breeding now is no longer the size and sweetness of the apple, but its toughness and health
.

Researchers are convinced that the microbiota of the wild ancestors of apples from Central Asia contains valuable microorganisms
.

The first author of the paper, Ahmed Abdelfattah of the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology of the Graz University of Technology, believes: "The results of the research have laid the foundation for new ecological strategies for plant breeding and opened up new perspectives
.

" For example, it can be envisaged to introduce microorganisms in a targeted manner.
To change the plant microbiota to increase its resistance
.

Gabriele Berg, director of the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, said that the team’s vision is to apply this new knowledge to plant health and even the health of humans and the planet
.

After all, the apple, which has appeared many times in human history, is just a symbol
.

Related paper information: https://doi.
org/10.
1111/nph.
178 202020 Hot Articles Featured 1.
Cups! A full paper cup of hot coffee, full of plastic particles.
.
.
2.
Scientists from the United States, Britain and Australia “Natural Medicine” add another strong proof: the new crown virus is a natural evolution product, or has two origins.
.
.
3.
NEJM: Intermittent fasting is right The impact of health, aging and disease 4.
Heal insomnia within one year! The study found: To improve sleep, you may only need a heavy blanket.
5.
New Harvard study: Only 12 minutes of vigorous exercise can bring huge metabolic benefits to health.
6.
The first human intervention experiment: in nature.
28 days is enough to improve immunity.
7.
Junk food is "real rubbish"! It takes away telomere length and makes people grow old faster! 8.
Cell puzzle: you can really die if you don't sleep! But the fatal changes do not occur in the brain, but in the intestines.
.
.
9.
The ultra-large-scale study of "Nature Communications": The level of iron in the blood is the key to health and aging! 10.
Unbelievable! Scientists reversed the "permanent" brain damage in animals overnight and restored the old brain to a young state.
.
.