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Research offers a reason why diversity in pla

<p>A&nbsp;<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frdcu.be%2FdtVlG&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cblynch%40ku.edu%7Cc3f6823fd9e74332641308dc00dfac1e%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638386207906424982%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6M1DYDiEZDWtTJlj1zCefoan3YQToeGAiQRBzmsOdjg%3D&amp;reserved=0">study</a>&nbsp;appearing in Nature Communications based on field and greenhouse experiments at the University of Kansas shows how a boost in agricultural yield comes from planting diverse crops rather than just one plant species: Soil pathogens harmful to plants have a harder time thriving. While crop rotation and other farming and gardening practices long have reflected benefits of a mix of plants, the new research puts hard data to one important mechanism underpinning the observation: the numbers of microorganisms in the soil tha ....

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