Phosphorus use efficiency in Eucalyptus and the microbiome involved

Project 2018–Present

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Department: Microbial Ecology
Research group: Kuramae Group
Funding: FAPESP - Sao Paulo Research Foundation

Soil phosphorus (P) availability may limit plant growth and alter root-soil interactions and rhizosphere microbial community composition. The composition of the rhizosphere microbial community can also be shaped by plant genotype. In this project we examine the rhizosphere bacterial and fungal including Arbuscular Mycorhizal Fungi (AMF) communities of young plants of 24 species of eucalypts (22 Eucalyptus and two Corymbia species) under low or sufficient soil P availability.