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Corn roots secrete certain chemicals that affect soil quality. In some fields the effect can increase wheat yields by more than 4 percent. That’s when wheat is planted subsequent to corn in the same soil, researchers from Switzerland’s University of Bern found.
Valentin Gfeller
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