Bösch, Yvonne and Britt, Elisabeth and Perren, Sarah and Naef, Andreas and Frey, Jurg E. and Buhlmann, Andreas
(2021).
Dynamics of the Apple Fruit Microbiome after Harvest and Implications for Fruit Quality.
Microorganisms. 9
, 272
[Research article]
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Abstract
The contribution of the apple microbiome to the production chain of apple was so far largely unknown. Here, we describe the apple fruit microbiome and influences on its composition by parameters such as storage season, storage duration, storage technology, apple variety, and plant protection schemes. A combined culturing and metabarcoding approach revealed significant differences in the abundance, composition, and diversity of the apple fruit microbiome. We showed that relatively few genera contribute a large portion of the microbiome on fruit and that the fruit microbiome changes during the storage season depending on the storage conditions. In addition, we show that the plant protection regime has an influence on the diversity of the fruit microbiome and on the dynamics of pathogenic fungal genera during the storage season. For the genus Neofabraea, the quantitative results from the metabarcoding approach were validated with real-time PCR. In conclusion, we identified key parameters determining the composition and temporal changes of the apple fruit microbiome, and the main abiotic driving factors of microbiome diversity on apple fruit were characterized.
Authors/Creators: | Bösch, Yvonne and Britt, Elisabeth and Perren, Sarah and Naef, Andreas and Frey, Jurg E. and Buhlmann, Andreas | ||||||
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Title: | Dynamics of the Apple Fruit Microbiome after Harvest and Implications for Fruit Quality | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Microorganisms | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
Volume: | 9 | ||||||
Article number: | 272 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 2076-2607 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Microbiology (Microbiology in the medical area to be 30109) | ||||||
Keywords: | apple, fruit microbiome, fruit quality, Neofabraea spp | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-111023 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-111023 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 22832 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology (S) > Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 24 Mar 2021 14:23 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2021 14:31 |
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