Bacterial inoculation while transplanting coupled with a later harvesting time point yields a reproducible microbial community The Science m-CAFEs researchers used model plant Brachypodium distachyon, shown here in a quartz sand-filled fabricated ecosystem (EcoFAB) inside a Magenta box, to study soil-plant-microbe interactions. . Increasing pressure on agricultural systems and environmental degradation has created a need to examine new methods for developing sustainable agricultural … [Read more...]