Black carbon from straw burning curbs antibiotic resistance spread in plastic-mulched farmland

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Source: Mark 高維隆

By tracking ARG movement from soil into soybeans, a new study shows that black carbon not only counteracts the ARG-amplifying effects of plastic residues but also limits the transfer of resistance genes into plant tissues and seeds.

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