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I was under the impression that the presence of fungi often boosts crop yields, not the other way around. i.e. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28708056 http
by pazimzadeh 7y ago
I was under the impression that the presence of fungi often boosts crop yields, not the other way around. i.e. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28708056 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28708056
I'm assuming that when you say microbes, you mean bacteria. What about using engineered fungi, which often already act as pesticides? i.e. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28905488 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28905488
- rotexo 7y agoElsewhere in the comments they say that their consortium includes a yeast isolate. Yeast are fungi.
- jbacher 7y agoFrom the pub you reference, it looks like some fungi can be beneficial. But many are not - many fungi cause wilts, rots, etc. We only use naturally-occurring microbes, without genetic engineering. We focus on the unit of the cell, rather than the unit of the gene, to make our products.
- pazimzadeh 7y agoAre you able to target detrimental fungi while sparing nitrogen-fixing species, along with those that naturally prey on insects?