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Study shows that inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plant yield by by up to 40% (phys.org)
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[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Fungi do what no other life forms can, from breaking down poluants in the soil, absorbing heavy metals, etc.

Advancing to this kind of understanding only shows we are in the right direction to make more with far less.

Imagine the amount of land we can free by just implement advanced farming techniques, leveraged by this type of knowledge.

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