num_pages: 172
description: Accomplishes what few other books havehelping growers use mycorrhizae to improve the immune systems of plants. This natural union between plants and fungi is the foundation of our food web. Paul Stamets author of Mycelium How Mushrooms Can Help Save the WorldTeaming with Fungi is an important guide to mycorrhizae and the role they play in agriculture horticulture and hydroponics. Almost every plant in a garden forms a relationship with fungi and many plants would not exist without their fungal partners. By better understanding this relationship home gardeners can take advantage of the benefits of fungi which include an increased uptake in nutrients resistance to drought earlier fruiting and more. This must-have guide will teach you how fungi interact with plants and how to best to employ them in your home garden.
language: English
title: Teaming with Fungi: The Organic Grower's Guide to Mycorrhizae
publisher: Timber Press