Scientists build robot to track plant-fungal trade networks, revealing nature’s underground supply chains

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Source: Vasilis Kokkoris - VU Amsterdam/AMOLF/SPUN

New research uses advanced robotics to track the hyper-efficient supply chains formed between plants and mycorrhizal fungi as they trade carbon and nutrients across the complex, living networks that help regulate the Earth’s atmosphere and ecosystems.

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