[HN Gopher] Soil bacteria could improve crop yields, via fungi ___________________________________________________________________ Soil bacteria could improve crop yields, via fungi Author : PaulHoule Score : 39 points Date : 2021-04-06 20:12 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (news.cornell.edu) (TXT) w3m dump (news.cornell.edu) | chasebank wrote: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_natural_farming | RangerScience wrote: | This is the lived thesis of | https://www.instagram.com/flavorkit/channel/?hl=en who's sort of | a travelling amateur farmer (in the sense of self-educated | through love of the topic) and constantly talking about soil as | an ecosystem and the _very_ important role fungus plays in that | ecosystem. | | She's an excellent person to follow if you want to apply this | stuff to your home gardening. | solomonb wrote: | This has been a huge topic in permaculture and organic | gardening circles for a while. | | A major proponent of the 'soil food web' is Dr. Elaine Ingham | who has written a ton on the topic. From a more intuitive and | less scientifically 'rigorous' angle you have Korean Natural | Farming techniques where you sample 'indigenous microbes' from | healthy natural environments and then introduce them into your | garden. | vram22 wrote: | KNF seems to be based on basically based on the same | principles as Dr. Ingham talks about, if you take a high | level view. | vram22 wrote: | Dr. Elaine Ingham has done a lot of work on this, and talked | about it a lot, too, at conferences and in videos. I had | mentioned her and a brief gist of her work in an HN thread about | no-till, some months ago, here: | | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24828524 | | Her claims are huge. It would be great if they were true. And | they may be, based on her arguments and research. | | Check out her video, The Roots of Your Profits. | pneumonic wrote: | > 'Among the hyphae microbiomes were... "bacterial predators" | that kill and eat other bacteria by causing them to burst and | release their contents.' | | This occurring at the surface of the hyphae may provide phosphate | and nitrogenous compounds that the fungus can absorb. | say_it_as_it_is wrote: | Jeff Lowenfels wrote three books about soil enrichment that you | may find interesting. | | 1. Teaming With Microbes: The Organic Gardener'Guide To The Soil | Food Web | | 2. Teaming With Nutrients: The Organic Gardener's Guide to | Optimizing Plant Nutrition | | 3. Teaming With Fungi: The Organic Grower's Guide to Mycorrhizae | | http://www.jefflowenfels.com/ ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-04-06 23:00 UTC)