Description: Teaming with Fungi: The Organic Growers Guide to Mycorrhizae (Science for Product Description Product Description “Accomplishes what few other books have—helping growers use mycorrhizae to improve the immune systems of plants. This natural union between plants and fungi is the foundation of our food web.” —Paul Stamets, author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Teaming with Fungi is an important guide to mycorrhizae and the role they play in agriculture, horticulture, and hydroponics. Almost every plant in a garden forms a relationship with fungi, and many plants would not exist without their fungal partners. By better understanding this relationship, home gardeners can take advantage of the benefits of fungi, which include an increased uptake in nutrients, resistance to drought, earlier fruiting, and more. This must-have guide will teach you how fungi interact with plants and how to best to employ them in your home garden. Review “Accomplishes what few other books have—helping growers use mycorrhizae to improve the immune systems of plants. This natural union between plants and fungi is the foundation of our food web.” —Paul Stamets, author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World “A thorough yet accessible look at mycorrhizal fungi and their critical role in plant health and survival. . . . I recommend this book for the intermediate to advanced gardener, and certainly for anyone who grows plants professionally.” — The American Gardener “Does much to bring the concept to light.” — Choice “This small but mighty guide. . . translates complex science into clear language to enhance your knowledge of your garden soil.” — Michigan Gardener “At the end of this book, you will have all the knowledge you need to make your own inoculants and predict how they will benefit your crop, lawn, or garden.” — The Gardener “To say [Lowenfels] thinks deeply about this subterranean world [of soil] is an understatement.” — Hamodia “ Teaming With Fungi helpfully demonstrates just how to apply the core principles of the mycorrhizal fungi process to produce healthier, hardier, happier Cannabis plants.” — The Northwest Leaf “The third great microbe title of Lowenfels' organic gardener's earthy trilogy.” — The Daily Inter Lake From the Back Cover Improved drought tolerance, resistance to disease, and increased fruiting are just a few of the ways mycorrhizal fungi can enhance plant performance. Bestselling author Jeff Lowenfels clearly explains exactly how beneficial fungi can make or break a plant’s success, and how to best optimize the advantages. Applicable to all types of cultivation—from agriculture to horticulture and ornamental gardens to legal cannabis propagation— Teaming with Fungi reveals the key role mycorrhizal fungi play in growing successful plants. About the Author A popular national garden writer and leading proponent of gardening using concepts of the soil food web, Jeff Lowenfels is the former president of the Garden Writers of America. In 2005, he was inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame, the highest honor a garden writer can achieve. His is the author of Teaming with Microbes: The organic Gardeners's Guide to the Soil Food Web and Teaming with Nutrients: The Organic Gardener's Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition. With the completion of his third book, Jeff becomes Lord of The Roots. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Preface A staggering 80 to 95 percent of all terrestrial plants form symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi. In these relationships, or mycorrhizae (mycorrhiza, singular), the host plants supply the mycorrhizal fungi carbon, and in return, the fungi help roots obtain and absorb water and nutrients that the plants require. These relationships are vital to the health of almost all plants that grow on Earth. Each group of mycorrhizal fungi interacts and colonizes its plant host in a different way, in a process so complicated that it took scientists a long time to ca Features Timber Press Shipping Payment Returns Shipping for this item is free in the 48 continental United States. We do not offer shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, US Territories, APO & FPO. After your order has been shipped, you will receive an e-mail with the name of the carrier and the tracking number. We accept payments through PayPal. You may use a major credit card via PayPal. For all “Buy It Now” items, immediate payment is required. We permit returns if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Your return request must be initiated within 30 days of the purchase date. To initiate a return, please contact us through the eBay Message Center. You will receive an RMA number to ensure proper handling of the return. We do not provide refunds for a return WITHOUT an RMA number. You will be refunded in full, minus the shipping and handling expenses incurred at time of purchase.
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PartNumber: Illustrated
Book Title: Teaming with Fungi : the Organic Grower's Guide to Mycorrhizae
Number of Pages: 172 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Topic: Agriculture / Forestry, Agriculture / Organic, Life Sciences / Mycology
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Weight: 16.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Jeff Lowenfels
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover