Facilitation of phosphorus uptake in maize plants by mycorrhizosphere bacteria

Abstract A major challenge for agriculture is to provide sufficient plant nutrients such as phosphorus (P) to meet the global food demand. The sufficiency of P is a concern because of it’s essential role in plant growth, the finite availability of P-rock for fertilizer production and the poor plant...

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Main Authors: Fabio Battini, Mette Grønlund, Monica Agnolucci, Manuela Giovannetti, Iver Jakobsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04959-0