Inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plant yield: study

Re:Inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plan... by bequanna on Monday December 04, 2023 @11:44PM (#38527199)

The biggest reason I hear from farmers whey they don't switch to organic farming practices is that yields are too unpredictable (and usually much lower) with current organic methods for field crops.

So maybe someone smarter than me could chime in: Could we expect similar results with field crops like corn, soybeans, wheat?

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Re:Inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plan... by randomdata on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:11AM (#38527353)

> yields are too unpredictable (and usually much lower) with current organic methods for field crops.

While big yields are fun, at the end of the day all that matters is producing something for consumers that justifies the effort. The yield itself is ultimately immaterial. The trouble is that organic methods don't get you there – at least not without being certified organic, which is its own can of worms.

> Could we expect similar results with field crops like corn

The article suggests that the study was done specifically on corn (maize).

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Re:Inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plan... by analyte123 on Monday December 04, 2023 @11:54PM (#38527257)

So they say: https://locusag.com/biologicals/rhizolizer-row-crops/

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Re:Inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plan... by andtong on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @12:28AM (#38527448)

Masanobu Fukuoka[1] was able to get high yields of rice (top 5% in Japan) while only using natural methods of farming. Also, while other fields were left fallow, he got a crop of barley. So basically double the yields of any other farm.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka

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