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Barley plants fine-tune their root microbial communities through sugary secretions - EurekAlert

<p>Different types of barley recruit distinct communities of soil microbes to grow around their roots by releasing a custom mix of sugars and other compounds, according to a new study led by Jacob Malone of the John Innes Center, UK, publishing April 25^th<strong> </strong>in the open-access journal <em>PLOS Biology</em>.</p>

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