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Effects of Seed Endophytic Bacteria on Life History and Reproductive Traits in a Cosmopolitan Weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris

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PLANTS-BASEL
卷 11, 期 19, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants11192642

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plant fitness; life history; reproductive traits; seed bacteria; seed germination; selection

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  1. Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2021R1I1A2047635, NRF-2020R1A6A3A13072013]

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The research suggests that seed endophytic bacteria influence post-germination traits by delaying germination season, leading to altered expression of reproductive traits and relative fitness in plants.
Diverse bacteria inhabit plant seeds, and at least some of them can enhance plant performance at the early developmental stage. However, it is still inconclusive whether seed bacteria can influence post-germination traits and their contribution to plant fitness. To explore the evolutionary and ecological consequences of seed endophytic bacteria, we isolated four bacterial strains from the seeds of an annual weedy plant species, Capsella bursa-pastoris, and conducted a common garden experiment using seeds inoculated by isolated bacteria. Seeds infected by bacteria tended to germinate in spring rather than in autumn. Bacterial treatment also altered the expression of plant life history and reproductive traits, including flowering dates, rosette diameter at bolting, number of inflorescences, and fruit production. The results of the path analyses suggested that such effects of bacterial treatments were due to bacterial inoculation as well as germination delayed until spring. Spring germinants with bacterial infection showed a weaker association between post-germination traits and relative fitness than those without bacterial infection. These results suggest that seed bacteria likely affect the expression of post-germination traits directly or indirectly by delaying the germination season. An altered contribution of plant traits to relative fitness implies the influence of seed bacteria on the strength of natural selection.

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