jumpincactus
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I need to say up front that this link got turned on to me by my son and apprentice grower. Thought I would share it with my fellow soil nerdz. Great write and amazing findings. The ground beneath our feet is like a galaxy/universe that is just getting explored. ..........I warn it is a scientific study and a long read, but worth every para. peace :smoking:
heres a teaser.
"However, new concepts are emerging which point to a wider range of nutrient sources for plants [19]and question the ‘soil microbial loop’ concept. We recently demonstrated that roots can incorporate large organic molecules including proteins and DNA [20], [21], and this implies that plants may be less dependent on microbial activity for break-down of organic matter than currently assumed. Adding to mounting questions of plant-microbe interactions in soil is the discovery that diverse microbes without known relationships with plants exist in roots [22]."
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0011915
heres a teaser.
"However, new concepts are emerging which point to a wider range of nutrient sources for plants [19]and question the ‘soil microbial loop’ concept. We recently demonstrated that roots can incorporate large organic molecules including proteins and DNA [20], [21], and this implies that plants may be less dependent on microbial activity for break-down of organic matter than currently assumed. Adding to mounting questions of plant-microbe interactions in soil is the discovery that diverse microbes without known relationships with plants exist in roots [22]."
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0011915
