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Observing weak adaptation of duckweeds to their local microbiome depends on local pondwater
Summary
This paper is not primarily about microplastics — it examines whether duckweed plants show local adaptation to their native microbiome communities, finding only weak adaptation that also depends on local pond water chemistry.
While microbiome impacts on duckweed growth and traits varied across abiotic contexts, local microbiomes provided only limited growth benefits. Harnessing the effects of plant microbiomes is an exciting area of applied research. Despite our findings, bioprospecting in local microbiomes could still be fruitful: It may be ecologically safer, and other plants may locally adapt to microbiomes.
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