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Underground interactions: how roots communicate

01 Mar 24/in Farming and Horticulture

They may be out of sight, but Dr Charles Merfield tells us what science is beginning to understand about the complexity of root interactions.

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Dr Charles ‘Merf’ Merfield is an agroecologist who heads the Biological Husbandry Unit Organics Trust Future Farming Centre, consults and advises in sustainable agronomy and is co-owner of Physical Weeding. See merfield.com

(Image Credit: iStock – stereohype)

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