the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
Also called: phyllosphere
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Microbial cells were collected from the phyllosphere and rhizoplane separately.
Yoshiaki Ueda, Katharina Frindte, Claudia Knief, Md Ashrafuzzaman, Michael Frei 2016, 'Effects of Elevated Tropospheric Ozone Concentration on the Bacterial Community inthe Phyllosphere and Rhizoplane of Rice.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5028031?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phyllosphere fungi harbor a tremendous species diversity and play important ecological roles.
Ayako Izuno, Mamoru Kanzaki, Taksin Artchawakom, Chongrak Wachrinrat, Yuji Isagi 2016, 'Vertical Structure of Phyllosphere Fungal Communities in a Tropical Forest in ThailandUncovered by High-Throughput Sequencing.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5115777?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The fodder galega phyllosphere provided 4149 fungal isolates represented by 17 species and yeast-like fungi.
Bożena Cwalina-Ambroziak, Józef Koc 2012, 'Fungi colonising the above-ground parts of fodder galega (Galega orientalis Lam.)cultivated in pure sowing and mixed with smooth brome-grass (Bromus inermis Leyss.)',Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1894. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This progress will help define light recipes to optimize outputs on plant–phyllosphere communications.
Sofia D. Carvalho, José A. Castillo 2018, 'Influence of Light on Plant–Phyllosphere Interaction', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01482/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The microorganisms (mainly fungi) which live in the oak phyllosphere, occurred also on the galls.
Leszek Stanisław Jankiewicz, Barbara Dyki, Aleksandra Machlańska, Franciszek Dubert 2017, 'Oak leaf galls: Neuroterus numismalis and Cynips quercusfolii, their structure andultrastructure', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/6717. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contrast, potentially pathogenic fungal taxa in the phyllosphere increased during pest outbreaks.
Lukas Beule, Maren Marine Grüning, Petr Karlovsky, Anne l-M-Arnold 2017, 'Changes of Scots Pine Phyllosphere and Soil Fungal Communities during Outbreaks ofDefoliating Insects', Forestshttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/9/316. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phyllosphere bacteria can have important effects on plant health.
Angel Valverde, María González-Tirante, Marisol Medina-Sierra, Raúl Rivas, IgnacioSanta-Regina, José M. Igual 2017, 'Culturable bacterial diversity from the chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.)phyllosphere and antagonism against the fungi causing the chestnut blight and inkdiseases', AIMS Microbiologyhttp://www.aimspress.com/microbiology/article/1405/fulltext.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The community structure at species-level has no significant relationship either with host phyllosphere or locations.
Huan Zhu, Shuyin Li, Zhengyu Hu, Guoxiang Liu 2018, 'Molecular characterization of eukaryotic algal communities in the tropical phyllospherebased on real-time sequencing of the 18S rDNA gene', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-018-1588-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Very few taxa were unique to phyllosphere samples.
Andrea R. Ottesen, Sasha Gorham, Elizabeth Reed, Michael J. Newell, Padmini Ramachandran,Travis Canida, Marc Allard, Peter Evans, Eric Brown, James Robert White 2016, 'Using a Control to Better Understand Phyllosphere Microbiota', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0163482. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)