1. Mitigating climate change through managing constructed-microbial communities in agriculture.
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Hamilton, Cyd E., Bever, James D., Labbé, Jessy, Yang, Xiaohan, and Yin, Hengfu
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CLIMATE change mitigation , *AGRICULTURAL microbiology , *AGRICULTURAL productivity , *LAND use , *POPULATION - Abstract
The importance of increasing crop production while reducing resource inputs and land-use change cannot be overstated especially in light of climate change and a human population growth projected to reach nine billion this century. Mutualistic plant–microbe interactions offer a novel approach to enhance agricultural productivity while reducing environmental costs. In concert with other novel agronomic technologies and management, plant-microbial mutualisms could help increase crop production and reduce yield losses by improving resistance and/or resilience to edaphic, biologic, and climatic variability from both bottom-up and top-down perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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