@article{fdi:010064084,
  title = {{A}ssociation of shifting populations in the root zone microbiome of millet with enhanced crop productivity in the {S}ahel region ({A}frica)},
  author = {{D}ebenport, {S}. {J}. and {A}ssigbets{\'e}, {K}omi and {B}ayala, {R}. and {C}hapuis {L}ardy, {L}ydie and {D}ick, {R}. {P}. and {G}ardener, {B}. {B}. {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study characterized specific changes in the millet root zone microbiome stimulated by long-term woody-shrub intercropping at different sites in {S}enegal. {A}t the two study sites, intercropping with woody shrubs and shrub residue resulted in a significant increase in millet [{P}ennisetum glaucum ({L}.) {R}. {B}r.] yield ({P} < 0.05) and associated patterns of increased diversity in both bacterial and fungal communities in the root zone of the crop. {A}cross four experiments, operational taxonomic units ({OTU}s) belonging to {C}hitinophaga were consistently significantly ({P} < 0.001) enriched in the intercropped samples, and "{C}andidatus {K}oribacter" was consistently significantly enriched in samples where millet was grown alone. {T}hose {OTU}s belonging to {C}hitinophaga were enriched more than 30-fold in residue-amended samples and formed a distinct subgroup from all {OTU}s detected in the genus. {A}dditionally, {OTU}s belonging to 8 fungal genera ({A}spergillus, {C}oniella, {E}picoccum, {F}usarium, {G}ibberella, {L}asiodiplodia, {P}enicillium, and {P}homa) were significantly ({P} < 0.005) enriched in all experiments at all sites in intercropped samples. {T}he {OTU}s of four genera ({E}picoccum, {F}usarium, {G}ibberella, and {H}aematonectria) were consistently enriched at sites where millet was grown alone. {T}hose enriched {OTU}s in intercropped samples showed consistently large-magnitude differences, ranging from 30-to 1,000-fold increases in abundance. {C}onsistently enriched {OTU}s in intercropped samples in the genera {A}spergillus, {F}usarium, and {P}enicillium also formed phylogenetically distinct subgroups. {T}hese results suggest that the intercropping system used here can influence the recruitment of potentially beneficial microorganisms to the root zone of millet and aid subsistence farmers in producing higher-yielding crops.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL} ; {SAHEL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}pplied and {E}nvironmental {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {81},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {2841--2851},
  ISSN = {0099-2240},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1128/aem.04122-14},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064084},
}