Sorghum crops in sub-Saharan Africa suffer heavy losses from the parasitic plant witchweed (Striga hermonthica). A new study shows how soil microbes can help protect sorghum from this pest and could ...

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A start-up has begun planting fungi and other microbes in soil collected from intact forests at a tree plantation in the state of Georgia. The effort to “rewild” the soil microbiome may help to grow ...

There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they actually do that, though, is a different matter. A burgeoning billion-dollar ...