The portion of the article that attracted my interest states:
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It is understood that TERI has achieved a "technological breakthrough by mass cultivation of a consortium of mycorrhizae" and 60,000 plants of jatropha using mycorrhizae have been established across the country.
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Mycorrhizae are a type of fungi. I'm yet to figure out how exactly the fungi helped in the production of biodiesel, but will hopefully dig up soon and update this brief note.
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I think this is like what Morels do for the host tree. It is a simbiodic relationship. I have read that trees inoculated with Morels grow faster.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post. Thanks