Bacterial genes that improve plant growth by 40% identified
Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 22:20
in Biology & Nature
To find out what makes microbe-plant interactions "tick," scientists decoded the genome of a plant-dwelling microbe they'd shown could increase plant growth by 40 percent. The work could move the approach of using bacteria as growth-promoting agents one step closer to implementation for improved agriculture and biofuel production.