Climate change is altering associations between plants and soil microbiota, threatening ecosystem functioning and stability. Predicting these effects requires understanding how concomitant changes in temperature and precipitation influence plant-soil microbiota associations. We identify the pathways via which temperature and precipitation shape prokaryote and fungal rhizosphere and root-associated networks of the perennial grass Festuca rubra in cold-climate ecosystems. We found that joint effects of temperature and precipitation are key in shaping plant-soil microbiota associations, with the start of the growing season as a critical mediating factor. Specifically, the start of the growing season is advanced by increasing temperature but delayed by increasing precipitation. This joint pathway particularly shaped rhizosphere organic matter degrading microbiota and root-associated putative plant pathotroph-saprotrophs and beneficial microbiota. We conclude that understanding local temperature, precipitation, and seasonal changes is crucial to accurately predict how the unique plant-microbiota interactions shaping cold-climate ecosystems are evolving with the ongoing change in climate.

Department of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research University of Bergen Bergen Norway

Department of Botany Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway

Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences Průhonice Czech Republic

Soil Biology Group Wageningen University and Research Wageningen the Netherlands

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