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Healthy soils for healthy plants for healthy humans

Heribert Hirt

Springer Science and Business Media LLC · 2020

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Summary

The microbiota of the human gut and the plant rhizome are similar in many ways and intricately connected with each other. A healthy plant therefore affects human microbiota and human health.

Outcomes reported

Source report: Diets & Regenerative Agriculture: Can Regenerative Agriculture support food security and diet goals? (2025); Diets & Regenerative Agriculture (2025) File: Diets and Regenerative Agriculture.pdf Ref#: Diets and Regenerative Agriculture.pdf #23 Original: Hirt, H. (2020). Healthy soils for healthy plants for healthy humans. EMBO Reports, 21(8). https://doi.org/10.15252/EMBR.202051069; Hirt, H. (2020). Healthy soils for healthy plants for healthy humans. EMBO Reports, 21(8). https://doi.org/10.15252/

Theme
Farming systems, soils & land use
Subject
Peer-reviewed research
Study type
Research
Source type
Peer-reviewed research
Status
Published
Geography
UK
DOI
10.15252/EMBR.202051069
Catalogue ID
IRmohfq8ok-fe0508
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