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The world of fungi inside seed banks

The world of fungi inside seed banks

FromNaked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast


The world of fungi inside seed banks

FromNaked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

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5 minutes
Released:
Apr 8, 2021
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Podcast episode

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We share our planet with microbes. Some do us harm, others do us good and are known as our microbiome. Plants also have a microbiome, and in a paper out recently, scientists working in a seed bank report how they got curious about what microbes could be stored away inside banked seeds. And by surveying seeds from just 1 type of plant, they found about 200 species of fungi. Katie Haylor spoke to study author Rowena Hill... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Released:
Apr 8, 2021
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Probing the weird, wacky and spectacular, the Naked Scientists Special Editions are special one-off scientific reports, investigations and interviews on cutting-edge topics by the Naked Scientists team.