Farmland often harbors a multitude of pathogens which attack plants and reduce yields. A Swiss research team has now shown that inoculating the soil with mycorrhizal fungi can help maintain or even improve yields without using additional fertilizers or pesticides. In a large-scale field trial, plant yield increased by up to 40%.
  • schmorpEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    more biodiversity = more soil health ?

    No shit, sherlock. Known by traditional gardeners everywhere. Wait till they discover they can also add trees to the mix!

    But seriously: more such studies, I’m really glad we are slowly overcoming the “Kill-all-but-the-crop” paradigm of agriculture.

  • @[email protected]
    1•1 year ago

    Well, the AMF only ‘shield’ the plants against fungal pathogens. If there are none and I understood it correctly, the AMF don’t do much.