The tiny organisms living in soil may have a greater effect than previously known on yield and crop resistance to pests and disease. Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Kansas have shown that soil microbes — such as viruses, bacteria and fungi — play a role in heterosis or hybrid vigour,
Soil microbes play a surprising role in corn hybrid vigour
Research shows ‘what’s driving heterosis’ — and it’s more than just the genetics in the seed
