FEATURESTORY
by Bill Baugh
Microbe Plant
Interactions in
Nature
M
icrobe plant interac-
tions are an ongo-
ing, ever changing
encounter. This is a
microscopic, symbiotic relation-
ship unseen by the naked eye.
Here’s a great quote from Nature
the international weekly journal
of science.
Plant and microbe encoun-
ters can be friendly or hostile.
Densely colonized soil contains
beneficial mycorrhizal fungi and
rhizobia, which associate with
roots and provide plants with
mineral nutrients and fixed nitro-
gen, respectively, in exchange for
carbon. This article will discuss
only the friendly interactions be-
tween microbes and plants along
with bacteria and the microscopic
fungi, Trichoderma.
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www.GardenandGreenhouse.net
April 2018