Table 3.
The biological processes that underlie variation in the root microbiome.
| Biological process | enrichment | FDR q < 10% |
|---|---|---|
| stomatal complex formation | 77.4 | 0.0004 |
| PSII associated light-harvesting complex II catabolic process | 18.1 | 0.0035 |
| leaf vascular tissue pattern formation | 7.3 | 0.0244 |
| radial pattern formation | 14.7 | 0.0277 |
| root morphogenesis | 13.4 | 0.0277 |
| Golgi transport complex | 12.9 | 0.0277 |
| DNA endoreduplication | 7 | 0.0355 |
| negative regulation of photomorphogenesis | 10.3 | 0.0355 |
| photoinhibition | 10.3 | 0.0355 |
| embryo sac development | 3.7 | 0.0675 |
| pectate lyase activity | 5.3 | 0.0683 |
| anther dehiscence | 7.2 | 0.0737 |
| cellular response to abscisic acid stimulus | 6.4 | 0.0843 |
| nitrogen compound metabolic process | 6 | 0.0843 |
| cotyledon development | 4.4 | 0.0843 |
| cyclin-dependent protein kinase activity | 4.4 | 0.0843 |
| aging | 3.6 | 0.0843 |
The biological (gene ontology, GO) processes enriched in the 1% tail results from GWAS, after mapping the difference in species richness in the bacterial and fungal communities for each accession. Storey’s procedure20 was used to correct for multiple testing.