Building soil health and manipulating the soil microbiome, alongside targeted plant breeding that prioritizes preferential root architectural development, hold the key to the future success of regenerative agriculture. Greater integration is needed between disciplines focused on the rhizosphere scale with plant, microbiome and soil scientists working at the wider farm scale.
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S.J.M. and M.J.B. are funded by BBSRC Project Designing Sustainable Wheat (BB/X018806/1) and BreakTHRU (BB/W008874/1).
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Mooney, S.J., Castrillo, G., Cooper, H.V. et al. Root–soil–microbiome management is key to the success of regenerative agriculture. Nat Food 5, 451–453 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01001-1
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