Metagenomic and culture-based analyses during cranberry fruit development reveals differences in mycobiome composition correlated with fruit rot development.

Metagenomic and culture-based analyses during cranberry fruit development reveals differences in mycobiome composition correlated with fruit rot developmentCranberry Fruit Rot (CFR) disease complex 12-15 fungal species correlated with CFR development. Lifestyle of CFR-associated fungi remains unclear: latent pathogens to endophytes or saprophytes. Multiple CFR-associated fungi can be isolated:-simultaneously or individually -from asymptomatic or symptomatic cranberries Key Unknowns in CFR Development How does the mycobiome structure shift across fruit development? Can co-occurrence patterns reveal mechanisms underlying fruit rot development? When does infection begin, and does it originate during the flowering stage, as current hypotheses suggest?