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How Do Allergies Work and Why Are Some of Them So Hot to Shake Off?

The use of bio fertilizers is advantageous over chemical fertilizers owing to their reduced burden on the environment. Some species of plants can form associations with these nitrogen fixing bacteria, as well as with species of fungi that help the plant capture sources of nitrogen, phosphorus and water from the soil. At the University of Cambridge we're currently undertaking field trials looking at varieties of barley that get hypercolonized by the beneficial fungi. Find out next time why some allergies are so hard to shake off.

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