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Mycorrhizal Fungi Cut Fertilizer Emissions While Keeping Yields

Mycorrhizal Fungi Cut Fertilizer Emissions While Keeping Yields

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

What they found

Replacing 25% of chemical fertilizer with organic plus mycorrhizal fungi cut N2O emissions by 34.6% while maintaining maize yield.

Replacing 25% of chemical fertilizer with organic plus mycorrhizal fungi cut N2O emissions by 34.6% while maintaining maize yield.

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reduced N2O emissions by 34.6%

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Field/ecology

Field/ecology

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

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SciOpen

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ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

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Fertilizer Emissions

Fertilizer Emissions

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are a type of beneficial fungi that form a symbiotic relationship with the roots of most land plants. Replacing 25% chemical fertilizers with organic alternatives and adding AMF reduced N2O emissions by 34.6% in black soil and 22.5% in fluvo-aquic soil, while maintaining maize yield.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are a type of beneficial fungi that form a symbiotic relationship with the roots of most land plants. Replacing 25% chemical fertilizers with organic alternatives and adding AMF reduced N2O emissions by 34.6% in black soil and 22.5% in fluvo-aquic soil, while maintaining maize yield.

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