Claim · #6495564
Bacillus subtilis GB03 · facilitation · Capsicum annuum
facilitation · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aphid feeding on pepper plants increased the root populations of B. subtilis GB03”
- Source
- The rhizosphere microbiome and plant health
- Authors
- Berendsen R.L., Pieterse C.M.J., Bakker P.A.H.M.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- Trends in Plant Science
- Page
- 483
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphid-induced systemic recruitment of beneficial rhizobacteria is a well-documented tritrophic above-belowground signaling phenomenon.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“B. subtilis GB03 is a known PGPR; aboveground herbivory altering rhizosphere recruitment is consistent with root exudate literature.”
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