Exogenous application of chitosan, benzothiadiazole and abscisic acid to Vitis vinifera var. Mouchtaro plants influence plant associated microbial communities.

We investigated the effects of foliar application of two elicitors, chitosan and benzothiadiazole, and a plant hormone, abscisic acid on plant-associated microbial communities. To address that we monitor at the harvest and the bacterial and fungal communities of the rhizosphere, phyllosphere and carposhpere.