This article is from ECHO Asia Note #43 Soil microbes influence almost every food production system on earth. Microbial life helps build and maintain human society because they are among our greatest agricultural allies. Ten years ago, I began studying an exceptional group of soil microbes called...
The aim of this report is to examine the important and intricate relationship which higher plants, such as trees and shrubs, have with soil microorganisms. In particular, this paper deals with the relationship between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi.