Plants have a microbiome just like humans - and it could transform how our food is produced
Story Date: 7/25/2016

 

Source: WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 7/22/16


It's not just humans that rely on a healthy microbiome. Plants do too - and just as researchers have started coming up with treatments to heal the human microbiome, companies are now doing the same for plants. By adding probiotics to crops, the thinking goes, farmers can look forward to better yields without using any pesticides or GMOs.

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