mycorrhizal fungi also can significantly increase food production with less fossil fuel inputs makes their use a no brainer. Taking a fresh look at managing the carbon level in soils with mycorrhizal fungi has never made more sense. Should we be trapped in a view of agriculture that is zero sum: agriculture wins and the environment loses? Agriculture loses and the environment wins? No, there is a better way. We need to manage our relationship with soil and agriculture so it can produce the food we need and at the same time increase soil fertility by inputting carbon into the ground. Can agriculture and mycorrhizal fungi mitigate climate change? Te fungal game changer is hidden right beneath our feet.
Michael P. Amaranthus is a retired
research soil scientist for the USDA and former associate adjunct professor at Oregon State University. He was the recipient of the USDA Highest Honors award for scientific achievement and has several mushrooms and truffles named in his honor. He is president of Myco Analytics LLC in Grants Pass, Oregon.
drmikeamaranthus@gmail.com.
James M. Trappe is currently Professor,
Forest Ecosystems and Botany-Plant Pathology at Oregon State University. With over 500 mycorrhizal scientific publications dating back since 1960 James continues his research activity today. Over the course of his career Jim has been author or joint author of 1 new order, 3 new families, 42 new genera/ subgenera, 215 new species and 168 new species combinations. Jim has 18 fungi named in his honor.
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