'Soil probiotics' promise bigger, healthier crops, but there's a downside
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 09:50
in Mathematics & Economics
More than half the world's plant-derived energy intake comes from just three crops: rice, wheat and maize. These crops, like most land plants, live in an evolutionarily ancient partnership with a certain type of fungus, called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.