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Rhizosheath inhabiting Massilia are linked to heterosis in roots of maize

This study shows that maize hybrids form larger rhizosheaths than inbreds, which are linked with beneficial microbes such as Massilia. These interactions support root growth, nutrient uptake, and reduced nitrogen loss under stress.

Xiaoming He
Ling Gu
Peng Yu
ResearchOpen Access28 Nov 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-17
Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion

Characterization of seminal root number variation in the root systems of >9,000 global maize accessions and its wild relatives provides insights into root trait adaptation to environments during domestication and global expansion.

Peng Yu
Chunhui Li
Frank Hochholdinger
Research22 May 2024
Nature Genetics

Volume: 56, P: 1245-1256
Heritable microbiome variation is correlated with source environment in locally adapted maize varieties

He et al. found that locally adapted maize varieties exert patterns of genetic control on their root and rhizosphere microbiomes that follow variation in their home environments, consistent with a role in tolerance to prevailing stress.

Xiaoming He
Danning Wang
Peng Yu
Research21 Mar 2024
Nature Plants

Volume: 10, P: 598-617
Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation

The link between rhizosphere microbial community, root architecture and performance in nitrogen-poor soils is comprehensively investigated in maize, and the role of exuded flavone to promote specific beneficial bacterial taxa is characterized.

Peng Yu
Xiaoming He
Frank Hochholdinger
Research08 Apr 2021
Nature Plants

Volume: 7, P: 481-499
Characterization of maize roothairless6 which encodes a D-type cellulose synthase and controls the switch from bulge formation to tip growth

Li Li
Stefan Hey
Frank Hochholdinger
ResearchOpen Access06 Oct 2016
Scientific Reports

Volume: 6, P: 1-12
European maize genomes highlight intraspecies variation in repeat and gene content

De novo genome assemblies of four European flint maize lines and comparison with two US Corn Belt genomes provide insights into the dynamics of intraspecies variation in repeat and gene content in maize genomes.

Georg Haberer
Nadia Kamal
Klaus F. X. Mayer
ResearchOpen Access27 Jul 2020
Nature Genetics

Volume: 52, P: 950-957
Transcriptomic changes in barley leaves induced by alcohol ethoxylates indicate potential pathways of surfactant detoxification

Johanna Baales
Viktoria V. Zeisler-Diehl
Lukas Schreiber
ResearchOpen Access24 Feb 2024
Scientific Reports

Volume: 14, P: 1-16