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From flask to field: How tiny microbes are revolutionizing big agriculture

  • Written by Mathew Wallenstein, Associate Professor and Director, Innovation Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Colorado State University
imageBy unlocking phosphorus from soil, microbes help plants like these sugar beets take it up and boost plant growth.www.Shutterstock.com

Walk into your typical U.S. or U.K. grocery store and feast your eyes on an amazing bounty of fresh and processed foods. In most industrialized countries, it’s hard to imagine that food production is one of the...

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