Katy Heath, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

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Katy Heath, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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University of Illinois plant biology professor Katy Heath and her colleagues found that long-term nitrogen fertilizer use disrupts the mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and soil microbes.

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