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Ancient and Modern Wheat Take Opposite Chemical Routes When Fed Beneficial Microbes

Beneath the surface of every wheat field, an invisible negotiation is underway between plant roots and the microbes that colonize them. A new study published in Plant and Soil has now mapped that negotiation in unprecedented chemical detail, revealing that modern bread wheat and ancient spelt respond to the same beneficial bacterial treatment in strikingly […]

Ancient and Modern Wheat Take Opposite Chemical Routes When Fed Beneficial Microbes

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Beneath the surface of every wheat field, an invisible negotiation is underway between plant roots and the microbes that colonize them.

A new study published in Plant and Soil has now mapped that negotiation in unprecedented chemical detail, revealing that modern bread wheat and ancient spelt respond to the same beneficial bacterial...

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Beneath the surface of every wheat field, an invisible negotiation is underway between plant roots and the microbes that colonize them. A new study published in Plant and Soil has now mapped that negotiation in unprecedented chemical detail, revealing that modern bread wheat and ancient spelt respond to the same beneficial bacterial treatment in strikingly […]

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