Root-associated Bacterial Communities of Sugarcane Cultivated for Traditional Wasanbon Sugar differ among Cultivation Sites in Kagawa, Japan

Abstract

Sugarcane for traditional Wasanbon sugar has long been cultivated in Higashi-Kagawa. Three sugarcane cultivars were cultivated at three sites in Kagawa Prefecture, and root-associated bacterial communities were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Bacterial community compositions varied primarily according to the cultivation site rather than the cultivar, and soil bacterial communities showed similar site-dependent clustering patterns. These results indicate that the cultivation site affects the root-associated bacterial community structure.