Extended Data Fig. 9: Soil bacteria change the expression of receptor-like kinases.
a, Expression levels of nine receptor-like kinase, Zm00001eb291400, Zm00001eb304650, Zm00001eb323660, Zm00001eb323640, Zm00001eb334650, Zm00001eb325290, Zm00001eb239210, Zm00001eb442380 and Zm00001eb325300, in maize roots after inoculation with 12 bacterial strains which correspond to the OTUs that are enriched in the rhizosphere of HAC-exposed plants. Data are presented as mean + SEM. The exact number of biological replicates is indicated on each bar. Data points represent individual replicate samples. Asterisks denote significant differences between bacteria inoculation and buffer treatments (two-sided Student’s t test, *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001). Raw data and exact P values for all comparisons in this figure are provided in the Source Data. b, Correlations between bacteria-triggered plant growth, herbivore resistance and the expression of nine receptor-like kinases. Relative shoot biomass, larval weight, and damage area (bacteria/control) is correlated with relative expression levels of nine receptor-like kinase genes (bacteria/control) after inoculation with 12 bacterial strains which correspond to the OTUs that are enriched in the rhizosphere of HAC-exposed plants. Exact P values and Pearson’s r of correlations are shown.
