Episode 226: Soil Bacteria & Rhizophagy

Описание: This week, I am delighted to welcome back champion of the soil food web, Jeff Lowenfels. Jeff is the author of the Teaming With series of books which look at what goes on at a micro level in the soil beneath our feet. His new title 'Teaming with Bacteria' lifts the lid on new findings about how plants use and interact with bacteria and he's here to give us the lowdown on this amazing relationship.


Dr Ian Bedford's Bug of the Week: Solitary Bees


What We Talk About


Rhizophagy


Bacteria and endophytic bacteria


How bacteria helps make healthy soil


What bacteria does for plants and vice versa


How plants attract bacteria


How plants know when to stop letting in bacteria


Can bacteria still exist happily in the soil without a plant?


Bacteria and monocrops


Bacteria carried in seeds


Bacteria and hydroponics


Simple and practical things we can do to help the plant/bacteria relationship


Bacteria research and the future of gardening and plant growing


About Jeff Lowefels


Jeff Lowenfels is the author several of award-winning books on plants and soil, and he is the longest running garden columnist in North America. Lowenfels is a national lecturer as well as a fellow, hall of fame member, and former president of the Garden Writers of America.


Links


The Teaming with series, written by Jeff Lowenfels


Teaming with Bacteria (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8971/978164...)


Teaming with Nutrients (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8971/978160...)


Teaming with Fungi (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8971/978160...)


Teaming with Microbes (https://uk.bookshop.org/a/8971/978160...)


Other episodes if you liked this one:


Mycorrhizal Fungi with Jeff Lowenfels (https://rootsandall.co.uk/podcast/epi...)


Mycorrhizal Fungi with Dr Petra Guy (https://rootsandall.co.uk/podcast/epi...)


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