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If plants can pick fungi to help fight pests and diseases, it opens a door to greener farming and ecosystem recovery

Adam Frew, Western Sydney University; Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros, University of Jyväskylä; Jeff Powell, Western Sydney University; Natascha Weinberger, Western Sydney University, and Stephanie Watts-Fawkes, University of Adelaide

Despite its 500-million-year history, the plant-fungi alliance holds mysteries that, once unravelled, could revolutionise agriculture and ecosystem management.
Mycorrhizal fungi growing with a plant root Dr Yoshihiro Kobae

Hidden carbon: Fungi and their ‘necromass’ absorb one‑third of the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels every year

Adam Frew, Western Sydney University; Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros, Western Sydney University; Jeff Powell, Western Sydney University, and Natascha Weinberger, Western Sydney University

New research about underground fungal filaments suggests these networks store a vast amount of carbon. All the more reason to preserve them.

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