The phyllosphere microbiome shifts toward combating melanose pathogen

BackgroundPlants can recruit beneficial microbes to enhance their ability to defend against pathogens. However, in contrast to the intensively studied roles of the rhizosphere microbiome in suppressing plant pathogens, the collective community-level change and effect of the phyllosphere microbiome in response to pathogen invasion remains largely elusive.ResultsHere, we integrated 16S metabarcoding, shotgun metagenomics and culture-dependent …