Restoration of damaged ecosystems usually involves fairly crude techniques. A new study suggests that the use of soil inocula can ‘design’ new target communities more subtly.
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Marrs, R. Ecological restoration: Soil microbes call the shots. Nature Plants 2, 16117 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.117
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