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SUMMARY:Achieving sustainable productivity in agriculture through benefici
 al microbial associations. - Prof. Giles E. D. Oldroyd\, FRS\, Crop Scienc
 e Centre\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20220207T193000Z
DTEND:20220207T210000Z
UID:TALK164443@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:The availability of nitrogen and phosphorus is a major limitat
 ion to crop productivity and this is currently addressed primarily through
  application of inorganic fertilisers to augment these limiting nutrients.
  Use of such fertilisers contributes the greatest cause of pollution from 
 agriculture in high and middle-income countries\, while access to inorgani
 c fertilisers is extremely limited for farmers in low-income countries. In
  natural ecosystems many species of plants acquire nitrogen and phosphorus
  through associations with beneficial fungi and bacteria\, but the use of 
 these beneficial microbial associations is currently very limited in agric
 ulture. Through a detailed understanding of how plants associate with bene
 ficial microorganisms\, we are attempting to broaden their use in agricult
 ure to facilitate sustainable productivity\, accessible to all of the worl
 d’s farmers.
LOCATION:Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, and Zoom
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