Now Chinese experts have found that the type of microbes living off the tea roots make all the difference. A study entitled ...

Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

ectorhizosphere - the area surrounding (extracellularly) the root where microbes fed by root derived compounds may colonize (El-Morsy 1999; Lynch 1982) ectomycorrhizae - a plant-fungus ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A gene mutation in Medicago truncatula enhances plant root partnerships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi, improving nutrient uptake ...

Scientists have developed a new rice strain that emits 70% less methane, addressing a major source of greenhouse gas ...

“Those microbes need to eat, which means we need to pump more carbon and simple sugars into the ground via photosynthesis.” Without living roots, microbes can die off and processes such as ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes. Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more ...

Rice cultivation is responsible for around 12% of global methane emissions, and these emissions are expected to increase with ...