{"id":13239,"date":"2024-01-06T16:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T16:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/?p=13239"},"modified":"2024-01-07T16:17:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T16:17:10","slug":"scientists-alter-rice-plant-microbiome-for-better-resistance-to-pathogens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/scientists-alter-rice-plant-microbiome-for-better-resistance-to-pathogens\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists alter rice plant microbiome for better resistance to pathogens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-15.png 840w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-15-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-15-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-15-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plants with the altered microbiome proved to be more resistant to harmful bacteria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depositphotos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;microbiome&#8221; is the unique population of microorganisms found in and on every plant and animal. Scientists have now genetically altered that population in rice plants, making them more resistant to harmful bacteria. The technology could one day reduce the need for pesticides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the initial phase of the study, the researchers identified a gene in rice plants which is responsible for their production of lignin (a biopolymer that makes up plants&#8217; cell walls).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scientists suspected that this gene also affects the makeup of rice plants&#8217; microbiome, so they deactivated the gene to see what would happen. Sure enough, populations of beneficial&nbsp;<em>Pseudomonadales<\/em>&nbsp;bacteria in the microbiome dropped when this was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, the researchers genetically altered the gene to make it&nbsp;<em>over<\/em>produce a specific metabolite during the lignin-synthesis process. As was suspected would happen,&nbsp;<em>Pseudomonadales<\/em>&nbsp;populations climbed to higher than normal levels as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the altered plants were subsequently exposed to&nbsp;<em>Xanthomonas oryzae<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 a harmful bacteria which causes a disease known as leaf blight \u2013 they were significantly more resistant to the pathogen than a control group of unmodified rice plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This breakthrough could reduce reliance on pesticides, which are harmful to the environment. We\u2019ve achieved this in rice crops, but the framework we\u2019ve created could be applied to other plants and unlock other opportunities to improve their microbiome,&#8221; said the University of Southampton&#8217;s Assoc. 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