98% of grass or tree or tobacco or pepper roots are invaded by fungus, and cannot survive in soil if they are not invaded by fungus. Rice is one of the rare ex

98% of grass or tree or tobacco or pepper roots are invaded by fungus, and cannot survive in soil if they are not invaded by fungus. Rice is one of the rare exceptions. Having their roots invaded by fungus is probably what enabled plants to colonize land in the first place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza