Table 1 Effect of knock-out or over-expression of LHY in the plant host on the relative abundance of pathogenic OTUs in the rhizosphere

(A) Mean relative abundance in total communities (%)

 Cladosporium exasperatum

5.0 (ab)

7.9 (b)

3.7 (a)

7.2 (ab)

 Plectosphaerella sp.

8.5 (a)

6.6 (a)

1.3 (b)

2.1 (a)

 Alternaria sp.

2.4 (ab)

3.0 (b)

1.4 (a)

3.5 (b)

 Dendryphion nanum

2.2 (a)

1.6 (a)

0.9 (b)

0.5 (b)

 Fusarium neocosmosporiellum

1.8 (a)

0.4 (ab)

0.3 (b)

0.7 (a)

(B) Mean relative abundance in active communities (%)

 Plectosphaerella sp.

6.4 (a)

2.9 (ab)

2.6 (b)

0.3 (ab)

 Alternaria sp.

5.3 (a)

5.1 (a)

1.6 (b)

4.7 (ab)

 Dendryphion nanum

5.2 (a)

6.1 (a)

3.9 (ab)

2.4 (b)

 Devriesia sp.

2.0 (a)

0.7 (b)

1.0 (ab)

0.7 (b)

 Fusarium neocosmosporiellum

1.2 (a)

0.7 (a)

0.1 (b)

1.2 (ab)