
ALT Dendrogram based on the similarity of the core fungal (a) and bacterial (b) community composition, according to Bray–Curtis index among Malus domestica cultivars, highlighting the difference between heirloom and modern cultivars. (c) Network analysis showing the core microbiome distribution from wild Malus species, to progenitors, to domesticated apple.

ALT The photo shows a screenshot of an article written by Alice Senarclens de Grancy in the Austrian News Paper Die Presse about the scientific paper "Evidence for host–microbiome co‐evolution in apple" published in New Phytologist, Nov. 2021. There is only one figure in the article that shows the differences in size/shape among wild apple species and the domesticated cultivar "Gala" which is the largest in size. Photo courtesy of Assoc. Prof. Awais Khan (Cornell University).













