Beneficial soil bacteria face a weed-killing threat from above | Cornell Chronicle
▻http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/06/aristildeglyphosate
As farmers battle in their above-ground war on weeds, they may inadvertently create underground casualties – unintentionally attacking the beneficial bacteria that help crops guard against enemy fungus.
Cornell researchers have found an agricultural conflict: negative consequences of the weed-killing herbicide #glyphosate on #Pseudomonas, a soil-friendly bacteria.