FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97, 2021, fiab027 doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiab027 Advance Access Publication Date: 11 February 2021 Research Article RESEARCH ARTICLE Distinct rhizomicrobiota assemblages and plant performance in lettuce grown in soils with different agricultural management histories Doreen Babin 1, * ,†,‡ , Loreen Sommermann 2,†,# , Soumitra Paul Chowdhury 3,@ , Jan H. Behr 4 , Martin Sandmann 4 ,G¨ unter Neumann 5 , Joseph Nesme 6,§ , Søren J. Sørensen 6,¶ , Ingo Schellenberg 2 , Michael Rothballer 3 , Joerg Geistlinger 2 , Kornelia Smalla 1, and Rita Grosch 4 1 Julius K ¨ uhn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany, 2 Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Ecotrophology and Landscape Development, Institute of Bioanalytical Sciences (IBAS), Strenzfelder Allee 28, 06406 Bernburg, Germany, 3 Institute of Network Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum M ¨ unchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolst¨ adter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany, 4 Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Plant-Microbe Systems, Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979 Großbeeren, Germany, 5 University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, Department of Nutritional Crop Physiology, Fruwirthstraße 20, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany and 6 University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark ∗ Corresponding author: Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius K ¨ uhn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel: +49 531 299 3838; Fax: +49 531 299 3013; E-mail: doreen.babin@julius-kuehn.de One sentence summary: Long-term tillage, fertilization intensity and cropping history shaped the soil and rhizosphere microbiota assemblage of the model plant lettuce with implications for plant growth and health. † These authors contributed equally. Editor: Angela Sessitsch ‡ Doreen Babin, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7144-8898 § Joseph Nesme, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-5040 ¶ Søren J. Sørensen, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-9906  Kornelia Smalla, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7653-5560 # Loreen Sommermann, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6293-877X @ Soumitra Paul Chowdhury, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8576-8857 ABSTRACT A better understanding of factors shaping the rhizosphere microbiota is important for sustainable crop production. We hypothesized that the effect of agricultural management on the soil microbiota is reflected in the assemblage of the rhizosphere microbiota with implications for plant performance. We designed a growth chamber experiment growing the Received: 5 November 2020; Accepted: 9 February 2021 C  The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of FEMS. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com 1 Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/97/4/fiab027/6133471 by guest on 14 September 2023