/ Soil microbiome Content for UC Davis en /news/researchers-identify-microbes-help-plants-thwart-parasite <p><span><span><span><span><span>Bacteria that could help one of Africa鈥檚 staple crops resist a major pest have been identified by researchers at the 榴莲视频, Davis. Their findings, published March 26 in <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(24)00299-7">Cell Reports</a>, could improve yields of sorghum, a mainstay of food and drink in West and East African countries.</span></span></span></span></span></p> March 26, 2024 - 10:53am Andy Fell /news/researchers-identify-microbes-help-plants-thwart-parasite /blog/viruses-dynamic-and-changing-after-dry-soils-are-watered <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Viruses in soil may not be as destructive to bacteria as once thought and could instead act like lawnmowers, culling older cells and giving space for new growth, according to research out of the 榴莲视频, Davis, <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02207-5">published Sept. 28 in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution</a>.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> October 02, 2023 - 12:12pm Andy Fell /blog/viruses-dynamic-and-changing-after-dry-soils-are-watered