Analysis of Competitive Effects on Nutrient and Spatial Sites

Competition for nutrients, food, light, and space is more severe between two closely related species occupying the same niche. It is because the closely related species require limited resources and will fight each other for the same resources. Certain inter-root microorganisms can occupy signal recognition sites faster and colonize stably around the root system, making root-knot nematode recognition of host plant roots less efficient, and the spatial location will be greatly affected, thus reducing infestation and suppressing disease development.

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Analysis of Direct Competition for Nutrients

• Nutrient competition, with emphasis on competition for carbon, has been suggested as an effective biocontrol mechanism. The carbon transfer from the host plant to the microorganisms is estimated to certain ratio of the total assimilated carbon. It thus seems plausible that the microorganisms compete with pathogens for this resource.
• Lifeasible provides analysis of direct competition for nutrients between plant nematodes and rhizosphere microorganisms, helping our customers to study the carbon sink strength of different rhizosphere microorganisms and the biological control of nematodes.

Fig.1 Schematic representation of interactions between rhizo-microorganisms and plants.

Analysis of Direct Competition for Space

• Competition for space could also involve rhizosphere microorganism interactions with plant nematodes since they both reside in roots.
• Negative effects due to space constriction can be exerted on plant nematodes as mycorrhiza exclusively forms in the cortex, where also migratory endoparasites nematodes feed. Space competition between rhizosphere microorganisms and sedentary endoparasites nematodes could be brought into play in case the feeding cells extend into the cortex.
• We provide analysis of direct competition for space between plant nematodes and rhizosphere microorganisms, helping our customers determine the relationship between plant nematodes and rhizosphere microorganisms by PCR and DNA sequencing and the inhibitory effect of rhizosphere microorganisms on nematode growth using spatial competition.

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