Unravelling the Endophytic Virome Inhabiting Maize Plant

Endophytes are well-known for their symbiotic interaction with plants and ability to promote plant growth by producing various metabolites. The most well-studied endophytes bacteria fungi. For generations, viruses were misnamed, associations ambiguous. Recent advances in omics techniques, particularly next-generation sequencing, have given rise novel developments the mutualistic relationships that exist between viruses. Endogenous received a lot of attention animal world, but limited information exists on functions importance plants. Therefore, endophytic viral populations inhabiting root maize assessed this study first time using shotgun metagenomics. Complete DNA was extracted sequenced metagenomics from roots farming sites where organic fertilization (FZ), inorganic (CZ), planted no (NZ) being practised an experimental field. Our results identified 2 orders namely: Caudovirales (67.5%) Herpesvirales (28.5%) which dominated FZ site, although they do not show any significant difference (p > 0.05) across sites. At class level Microviridae, Phycodnaviridae, Podoviridae, Poxviridae site. Myoviridae Podoviridae more abundant CZ while only Siphoviridae predominated fertiliser site (NZ). Diversity analysis revealed (FZ). Taken together, research adds our understanding integration abundance is affected practices. In addition, potential can be exploited solve variety agronomic issues.