Field trials in India show that bio-fertilisers containing naturally occurring soil fungi enhance growth in rice plants. This may offer a pathway to reducing farmers’ reliance on synthetic fertilisers...

Mycorrhizal symbiosis improves the nutrition of most land plants and plays key roles in nutrient cycling and ecosystem function. To understand and leverage the biology of mycorrhizal symbioses for su...

By boosting beneficial microbes, researchers hope to increase crop resilience while reducing the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilisers.

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Legume crops can grow without added nitrogen fertilizers thanks to a remarkable partnership with rhizobia, soil bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen with

Plants interact with a plethora of organisms in the rhizosphere, with outcomes that range from detrimental to beneficial. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the most ubiquitous beneficial plant ...

The molecular machinery for replicating and repairing DNA accurately is critically important for life and highly conserved across the Tree of Life. Here we show that two major lineages of fungi, Glome...

In most soils across the globe, you will find arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. AM fungi act like an extended root system, foraging in the soil for nutrients and delivering them back to their plant-....

Abstract. As the human population grows, so does the demand for higher agricultural yields. As a result, agricultural intensification practices are increas

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