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Soil health is big business, but some research shows fungal products don't work as promised
There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they actually ...
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Why KU researchers say many soil health fungal products don't work as promised
These are called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. The paper in New Phytologist concluded with a plea for improving the industry. It said the U.S. “fully lacks regulations” on the quality of these ...
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Research shows fungal products don’t work as promised
There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they actually ...
Microplastics disrupt terrestrial ecosystems, affecting plants and food webs
Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs), plastic particles and fibers with sizes ranging from nanometers (≥ 1 nm) to micrometers (≤ 5 mm) ...
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Two key proteins boost tomato's phosphorus efficiency and plant health
The natural process of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS), in which plants exchange carbon for essential nutrients with fungi, is one way to overcome this challenge. Despite its importance ...
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Professor Katie J Field
Many key crop species have been shown to be able to form mutualistic symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. This is leading to the development of novel approaches in crop breeding and ...
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Soil health is big business, but KU researchers say many fungal products don't work as promised
Liz Koziol works with the world’s largest collection of a category of soil fungus that benefits many plant species, the International Collection of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi.