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Main Authors: Busby, Posy E, Apigo, Austen, Sirova, Dagmara, Pérez-Pazos, Eduardo, Gervers, Kyle A, Neat, Abigail, Romero-Jiménez, María-José, Anderegg, Leander D L, Taylor, Gail
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Published: The New phytologist 2026
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41540554/
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author Busby, Posy E
Apigo, Austen
Sirova, Dagmara
Pérez-Pazos, Eduardo
Gervers, Kyle A
Neat, Abigail
Romero-Jiménez, María-José
Anderegg, Leander D L
Taylor, Gail
author_facet Busby, Posy E
Apigo, Austen
Sirova, Dagmara
Pérez-Pazos, Eduardo
Gervers, Kyle A
Neat, Abigail
Romero-Jiménez, María-José
Anderegg, Leander D L
Taylor, Gail
Busby, Posy E
Apigo, Austen
Sirova, Dagmara
Pérez-Pazos, Eduardo
Gervers, Kyle A
Neat, Abigail
Romero-Jiménez, María-José
Anderegg, Leander D L
Taylor, Gail
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Do stomatal traits modulate leaf microbiome assembly? Busby, Posy E Apigo, Austen Sirova, Dagmara Pérez-Pazos, Eduardo Gervers, Kyle A Neat, Abigail Romero-Jiménez, María-José Anderegg, Leander D L Taylor, Gail Plant Stomata Microbiota Plant Leaves Models, Biological Quantitative Trait, Heritable Elucidating the factors controlling plant microbiome assembly is a major research goal in plant biology given a growing awareness of microbial community contributions to host plant health and fitness. While stomata have long been recognized to influence pathogen colonization, less is known about whether or how stomatal traits regulate diverse communities of nonpathogenic microbes that make up the majority of the leaf microbiome. In this Viewpoint, we propose that stomata are a primary filter by which plants influence the assembly of leaf-associated microbial communities. We discuss three nonmutually exclusive hypotheses for how stomatal traits influence leaf microbes, including preliminary support for each based on published studies of foliar fungi and bacteria. The stomatal density hypothesis argues that a greater density of pores increases the rate of microbial entry into the leaf, while the stomatal function hypothesis posits that the duration and speed of stomatal opening and closing regulate microbial access into the leaf. The stomatal covariation hypothesis recognizes that many other leaf traits covary with stomatal traits and thus could contribute to observed relationships between stomatal traits and leaf microbiome structure. Finally, we propose research priorities to improve our understanding of stomatal control over leaf microbiome assembly.
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spellingShingle Do stomatal traits modulate leaf microbiome assembly?
Busby, Posy E
Apigo, Austen
Sirova, Dagmara
Pérez-Pazos, Eduardo
Gervers, Kyle A
Neat, Abigail
Romero-Jiménez, María-José
Anderegg, Leander D L
Taylor, Gail
Plant Stomata
Microbiota
Plant Leaves
Models, Biological
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Do stomatal traits modulate leaf microbiome assembly? Busby, Posy E Apigo, Austen Sirova, Dagmara Pérez-Pazos, Eduardo Gervers, Kyle A Neat, Abigail Romero-Jiménez, María-José Anderegg, Leander D L Taylor, Gail Plant Stomata Microbiota Plant Leaves Models, Biological Quantitative Trait, Heritable Elucidating the factors controlling plant microbiome assembly is a major research goal in plant biology given a growing awareness of microbial community contributions to host plant health and fitness. While stomata have long been recognized to influence pathogen colonization, less is known about whether or how stomatal traits regulate diverse communities of nonpathogenic microbes that make up the majority of the leaf microbiome. In this Viewpoint, we propose that stomata are a primary filter by which plants influence the assembly of leaf-associated microbial communities. We discuss three nonmutually exclusive hypotheses for how stomatal traits influence leaf microbes, including preliminary support for each based on published studies of foliar fungi and bacteria. The stomatal density hypothesis argues that a greater density of pores increases the rate of microbial entry into the leaf, while the stomatal function hypothesis posits that the duration and speed of stomatal opening and closing regulate microbial access into the leaf. The stomatal covariation hypothesis recognizes that many other leaf traits covary with stomatal traits and thus could contribute to observed relationships between stomatal traits and leaf microbiome structure. Finally, we propose research priorities to improve our understanding of stomatal control over leaf microbiome assembly.
title Do stomatal traits modulate leaf microbiome assembly?
topic Plant Stomata
Microbiota
Plant Leaves
Models, Biological
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41540554/