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Drought-tolerant rhizobacteria boost crop resilience

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Drought reshapes microbial communities around wheat roots. Synthetic microbial communities constructed from single-cell-sorted drought-tolerant bacteria provide a promising strategy to enhance crop resilience.

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J.J. acknowledges support from the National Key R&D Program of China (2024YFD1200202) and Jiangsu Provincial Program for Agricultural Sci-tech Innovation and Extension (2024-SJ-029). B.W. acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42277304). X.L. acknowledges support from the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (BX20240168) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20241558).

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    Xu Liu, Baozhan Wang & Jiandong Jiang

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Liu, X., Wang, B. & Jiang, J. Drought-tolerant rhizobacteria boost crop resilience. Nat Food 6, 1000–1001 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01250-8

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