Abstract
Climate change is altering the dynamics of crop pests and diseases resulting in reduced crop yields. Using beneficial soil bacterial to increase crop health is a quickly developing area in sustainable agriculture, but it is unknown if climate change or interactions with other species could alter their effect. The plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Acidovorax radicis N35 is known to increase barley (Hordeum vulgare) plant growth under laboratory conditions, and we tested the stability of the plant-bacterial interactions when exposed to elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) and ozone (O3) levels while infesting the aboveground leaves with cereal aphids (Sitobion avenae) and the soil with beneficial earthworms. Acidovorax radicis N35 increased plant growth and reduced insect growth – with greatest effect in a high-stress elevated O3 environment, but reduced effects under elevated CO2. Earthworms promoted both plant and insect growth, but inoculation with A. radicis N35 alleviated some of the earthworm-mediated increase in pest abundance, particularly in the ambient environment. The consistency of these beneficial effects highlights the potential of exploiting local species interactions for predicting and mitigating climate change effects in managed systems. We conclude that microbial bioprotectants have high potential for benefiting agriculture via plant-growth promotion and pest suppression.
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Claim · model-written summary
A. radicis N35 increased barley growth.
- Taxon
- barley
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Hordeum vulgaret0 - Treatment
- Acidovorax radicis N35e0
- Interactor
- Acidovorax radicis N35Acidovorax radicis N35e0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Acidovorax radicis N35 increased plant growth”
t0“barley (Hordeum vulgare)”
Claim · model-written summary
A. radicis N35 reduced cereal aphid growth.
- Taxon
- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
- Treatment
- Acidovorax radicis N35e0
- Interactor
- insecte0pest
- Second interactor
- Acidovorax radicis N35Acidovorax radicis N35e0symbiont
- Outcome
- insect growthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“Acidovorax radicis N35 increased plant growth and reduced insect growth – with greatest effect in a high-stress elevated O3 environment, but reduced effects under elevated CO2.”
t0“barley (Hordeum vulgare)”
Claim · model-written summary
A. radicis effects were greatest under elevated O3 and reduced under elevated CO2.
- Taxon
- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
- Treatment
- elevated O3e0
- Outcome
- effecte0
- Direction
- greateste0
- Comparator
- elevated CO2e0
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e0“with greatest effect in a high-stress elevated O3 environment, but reduced effects under elevated CO2.”
t0“barley (Hordeum vulgare)”
Claim · model-written summary
Earthworms promoted plant and insect growth.
- Taxon
- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
- Treatment
- Earthwormse0
- Interactor
- EarthwormsCrassiclitellatae0other
- Outcome
- plant and insect growthe0
- Direction
- promotede0
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Verbatim
e0“Earthworms promoted both plant and insect growth”
t0“barley (Hordeum vulgare)”
Claim · model-written summary
A. radicis N35 alleviated some earthworm-mediated pest abundance increases, particularly under ambient conditions.
- Taxon
- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
- Treatment
- inoculation with A. radicis N35e0
- Interactor
- peste0pest
- Second interactor
- A. radicis N35Acidovorax radicise0symbiont
- Outcome
- pest abundancee0
- Direction
- alleviatede0
- Qualifier
- ambient environmente0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“inoculation with A. radicis N35 alleviated some of the earthworm-mediated increase in pest abundance, particularly in the ambient environment.”
t0“barley (Hordeum vulgare)”
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