02397naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400540007410000150012824501710014326000090031452015440032365300330186765300140190065300330191465300160194765300240196370000200198770000190200770000250202670000160205170000160206777300480208321596582023-12-13       2023    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a0929-13937 ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.1052352DOI1 aSCHWAB, S.  aAnalysis of the endophytic microbiota of roots and culms of two commercial sugarcane cultivars inoculated with a synthetic microbial community.h[electronic resource]  c2023  aThe adoption of bioinputs in agriculture has aroused great interest in recent years and, in this scenario, the inoculation of crops with synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) has shown to be promising. In sugarcane crop, inoculation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria (NFB) in consortium with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) has shown positive results on plant development and nutrition. However, considering that the microbiota plays a fundamental role in the growth and health of the host plant, especially the endophytes, which are closely associated, few studies have explored the effects of SynCom inoculation on the endophytic microbiota of sug-arcane. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of SynCom inoculation on the structure of the endophytic microbiota of sugarcane. The results of the analyses revealed that the microbiota diversity remained unchanged due to the inoculation treatment, while differences in microbial communities were found between the two evaluated commercial cultivars, RB867515 and RB92579, and between the two plant organs, roots and culms, under field conditions at the end of the first crop growth cycle (~360 days). Furthermore, microbes specifically detected in roots or culms present potential valuable applications in sugarcane cultivation in the future. Alto-gether, our data support that the inoculated microorganisms exerted their beneficial effects during the initial stages of plant development, which opens up space for new research with SynComs in these primordial stages of cane cropping.  aArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi  aBioinputs  aBiological nitrogen fixation  aInoculation  aMicrobial diversity1 aPIRES, A. de S.1 aCANDIDO, G. Z.1 aSAGGIN JUNIOR, O. J.1 aREIS, V. M.1 aCRUZ, L. M.  tApplied Soil Ecologygv. 195, 105235, 2023.