Shiqing Li, Xiaomei Li, Yueyu Ye, Man Chen, Haimin Chen, Dongfeng Yang, Meiya Li, Fusheng Jiang, Xiaobo Zhang, Chunchun Zhang
BACKGROUND: Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Reichb. f. (B. striata) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Orchidaceae family known for its diverse pharmacological activities, such as promoting wound healing, hemostasis, anti-inflammatory effects, antioxidant properties, and immune regulation. Nevertheless, the microbe-plant-metabolite regulation patterns for B. striata remain largely undetermined, especially in the field of rhizosphere microbes. To elucidate the interrelationships between soil physics and chemistry and rhizosphere microbes and metabolites, a comprehensive approach combining metagenome analysis and targeted metabolomics was employed to investigate the rhizosphere soil and tubers from four provinces and eight production areas in China...
May 17, 2024: BMC Plant Biology