Field trials conducted at The University of Queensland show microbial biotechnology could be a game-changer for farming with simultaneous benefits for soil regeneration, crop yield and carbon sequestration.
Field trials conducted at The University of Queensland show microbial biotechnology could be a game-changer for farming with simultaneous benefits for soil regeneration, crop yield and carbon sequestration.
UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation and the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability have collaborated with agri-biotech company Loam Bio to test fungal endophyte inoculants in soybean plants.
QAAFI Research Fellow Dr Vijaya Singh said fungal endophyte inoculants were beneficial microbes applied to seeds.
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Dr Vijaya Singh in the field at Gatton with the trial crop. (Photo Credit: University of Queensland Australia)
