Spatial Variation of Oomycetes and Bacteria on Surfaces, Solutions, and Plants from a Commercial Hydroponic Greenhouse

Author:

McGehee Cora1ORCID,Louyakis Artemis2ORCID,Raudales Rosa E.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269

2. Colgate-Palmolive Technology Center, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Abstract

The spatial distribution and diversity of plant pathogens and other microbial communities in commercial operations is the first step in identifying critical control points where crops may be at risk of disease. Our objective was to characterize the spatial variation of oomycete pathogens and bacteria across the production system of a greenhouse producing lettuce in hydroponics. We utilized DNA metabarcoding to identify oomycetes and 16S rRNA gene sequencing of bacteria from different production stages and sample types (surfaces, solutions, and roots) collected from a commercial greenhouse producing lettuce in deepwater culture. Pythium was the genus with the highest relative abundance (41 to 100%) across all production stages. P. dissotocum was detected in most samples, except for sowing and seedling surfaces and municipal water, where P. myriotylum was the most abundant species. Oomycete communities showed distinct clustering by production stages and sample types, where sowing and seedling surfaces and municipal water were separated from the rest. Proteobacteria had the highest relative abundance in the surfaces at the sowing (98%) and seedling (85%) stages. Municipal water was the only sample with less than 20% relative abundance of Proteobacteria and dominated by Cyanobacteria. Negative correlations between Pythium and 13 bacteria genera point to potential antagonists in hydroponics that should be further studied. Mapping the spatial variation of oomycetes and bacterial communities in a commercial greenhouse indicates that production stage and sample type influence microbial composition and potentially the risk to disease.

Funder

U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Services

Publisher

Scientific Societies

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