The fungus that makes bread better for you

New research in Plants, People, Planet indicates that bread wheat’s micronutrient content can be increased by cultivating it with a specific type of fungus. When investigators grew different types of wheat with and without the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, they observed that crops grown with fungi developed larger grains with greater amounts of phosphorus…

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Israel strikes Iran and braces for retaliation

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel has launched a strike against Iran following months of mounting tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, dramatically escalating the crisis that has gripped the Middle East for more than a year. Massive explosions…

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