Researchers hope the introduction of forest soil and the thousands of fungal spores and other microbes living within it will provide over time a needed boost to trees planted in compact, ...

“Biodiversity is much higher in natural ecosystems than in the city,” said Brand, and that includes the fungi living in the soils. Bashian-Victoroff collected soil for the new experiment from Bole ...

Farmland often harbors a multitude of pathogens which attack plants and reduce yields. A research team has now shown that inoculating the soil with mycorrhizal fungi can help maintain or even improve ...