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A new field of research looks at dark septate endophytes’ potential for helping crops become more efficient and cope with stress
Everybody and their pea-growing grandma knows about rhizobia, the nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria. But there are a host of other beneficial soil organisms that could potentially boost crop growth, increase stress tolerance, and reduce the need for fertilizer, say scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Semi-Arid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre in Swift Current. Dark septate endophytes,
Farmers are starting to think about Plan Bs, but there is no sign yet of a major shift in seeding intentions
Wet conditions across the Prairies and the increasingly likelihood that planting will be delayed this spring have some farmers starting to think about “Plan Bs.” “I think what a lot of farmers are probably doing is looking at the Plan Bs because they’re thinking they might have to use them later on,” said Bruce Burnett,
