RT Journal Article T1 The abundant fraction of soil microbiomes regulates the rhizosphere function in crop wild progenitors A1 De Celis Rodríguez, Miguel A1 Fernández Alonso, María José A1 Belda Aguilar, Ignacio A1 García, Carlos A1 Ochoa Hueso, Raúl A1 Palomino, Javier A1 Singh, Brajesh K. A1 Yin, Yue A1 Wang, Jun‐Tao A1 Abdala‐Roberts, Luis A1 Alfaro, Fernando D. A1 Angulo Pérez, Diego A1 Arthikala, Manoj Kumar A1 Corwin, Jason A1 Gui Lan, Duan A1 Hernandez Lopez, Antonio A1 Nanjareddy, Kalpana A1 Pasari, Babak A1 Quijano Medina, Teresa A1 Rivera, Daniela S. A1 Shaaf, Salar A1 Trivedi, Pankaj A1 Yang, Qingwen A1 Zaady, Eli A1 Zhu, Yong‐Guan A1 Delgado Baquerizo, Manuel A1 Milla, Rubén A1 García Palacios, Pablo AB The rhizosphere influence on the soil microbiome and function of crop wild progenitors (CWPs) remains virtually unknown, despite its relevance to develop microbiome-oriented tools in sustainable agriculture. Here, we quantified the rhizosphere influence—a comparison between rhizosphere and bulk soil samples—on bacterial, fungal, protists and invertebrate communities and on soil multifunctionality across nine CWPs at their sites of origin. Overall, rhizosphere influence was higher for abundant taxa across the four microbial groups and had a positive influence on rhizosphere soil organic C and nutrient contents compared to bulk soils. The rhizosphere influence on abundant soil microbiomes was more important for soil multifunctionality than rare taxa and environmental conditions. Our results are a starting point towards the use of CWPs for rhizosphere engineering in modern crops. PB John Wiley & Sons SN 1461-023X SN 1461-0248 YR 2024 FD 2024-06-21 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118711 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118711 LA eng NO de Celis, M., Fernández-Alonso, M. J., Belda, I., García, C., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Palomino, J., Singh, B. K., Yin, Y., Wang, J.-T., Abdala-Roberts, L., Alfaro, F. D., Angulo-Pérez, D., Arthikala, M.-K., Corwin, J., Gui-Lan, D., Hernandez-Lopez, A., Nanjareddy, K., Pasari, B., Quijano-Medina, T., et al. (2024). The abundant fraction of soil microbiomes regulates the rhizosphere function in crop wild progenitors. Ecology Letters, 27(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/ELE.14462 NO This research was supported by a 2019 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators, BBVA Foundation, granted to P.G.-P. The BBVA Foundation accepts no responsibility for the opinions, statements and contents included in the project and/or the results thereof, which are entirely the responsibility of the authors. M.C. and P.G.-P. were supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (DUALSOM, PID2020-113021RA-I00). The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation also supported this research, with a grant (PID2021-122296NB-100) to R.M. M.J.F.-A. was supported by a ‘María Zambrano’ postdoctoral fellowship (Spanish Ministry of Universities) at the URJC. NO Fundación BBVA NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) NO Ministerio de Universidades (España) DS Docta Complutense RD 29 abr 2025