Mycorrhiza: the symbiotic relationship in soil that promotes plant health
Life and business partners Gary Farr and Lindy Anderson are avid proponents of regenerative agriculture. Apart from researching it, they conduct field trials of its concepts on their smallholding in the rural Lidgetton area of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. In addition, their business, Regenerative Agriculture Specialization, markets products to help farmers build up healthy soils to grow crops profitably and sustainably.
Farr and Anderson stress the importance of farmers and other soil cultivators encouraging the development of fungal mycorrhizae if they want healthy soils. According to the New York Botanical Garden: “Mycorrhizae are symbiotic relationships that form between fungi and plants. The fungi colonise the root system of a host plant, providing increased water and nutrient absorption capabilities, while the plant provides the fungus with carbohydrates formed from photosynthesis.”
In the study, ‘Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as natural
