Microbe To Make Dead Soil Fertile

Mycorrhiza, a fungus, enables plants to survive under the most stressful circumstances

The phenomenon of using bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form directly usable by plant roots has been known for over 100 years and even commercially exploited for long to save on expensive chemical fertilisers. The use of microbes, including fungi and algae, for improving soil fertility has also been in vogue for quite some time. The latest, and perhaps the most spectacular, new entrant to this elite club of soil and plant friendly microbes is