A recent news article discusses the impact of plant/soil microbiome research on agriculture, specifically helping feed a projected 9 million people in 2050. Novozymes and other corporations are working with researchers and farmers to make microbial products that help promote and optimize plant growth in various ways (for instance, drought tolerance). The idea sounds a bit like probiotics for plants. Perhaps food crops (and humans) can benefit from just being inoculated by a species or…
Research on Plant Microbes May Help with Global Food Security
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