Slow down, microbes: When wheat learns to protect the nitrogen

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Source: Purna Kumar Khatri

Wheat plants can do more than grow grain. Research shows that their roots release natural compounds that slow down soil microbes and keep nitrogen in the soil potentially cutting losses, greenhouse gas emissions and costs for farmers.

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