Horticultural Hijacking: The Dark Side of Beneficial Soil Bacteria
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 10:02
in Biology & Nature
It's a battleground down there -- in the soil where plants and bacteria dwell. Even though beneficial root bacteria come to the rescue when a plant is being attacked by pathogens, there's a "dark side" to the relationship between the plant and its white knight, according to University of Delaware research reported in Plant Physiology.