Mycorrhiza

• CHICAGO, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Textile Yarn Market is estimated at USD 14.4 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 18.5 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2023 to 2028 according to a report published by MarketsandMarkets™.
• Key factor contributing to the growing demand for textile yarn is the expanding middle class in emerging economies.
• The plant segment in the textile yarn market is experiencing growth due to several key factors.
• The polyester segment in the artificial yarn category of the textile yarn market is experiencing significant growth due to widespread adoption of polyester yarn in various industries and applications.

• These mycorrhizal fungi live in partnership with plants, offering nutrients, water and protection from pests in exchange for carbon-rich sugars.
• Now, new research shows this single group of fungi may quietly be playing a bigger role in storing carbon than we thought.
• These microscopic filaments take up the equivalent of more than a third (36%) of the world’s annual carbon emissions from fossil fuels – every year.

This fungi-plant partnership is 400 million years old

• They thread networks of microscopic filaments through the soil and into the roots of almost every plant on earth.
• They’ve been partnering with plants for more than 400 million years.
• In return, plants pump sugars and fat made by photosynthesis in their leaves down through their roots to the fungi.

How do these fungi fit into the carbon cycle?

• Now we know the carbon transfer from plants to mycorrhizal fungi isn’t a side note – it’s a substantial part of this equation.
• By analysing almost 200 datasets, the researchers estimate the world’s plants are transferring a staggering 3.58 billion tonnes of carbon per year to this underground network.
• Here's what the evidence says

  To be clear, fungal carbon doesn’t present a climate solution by itself.

What does this mean for the climate?

• Once in the soil, these compounds can be used by other soil microorganisms, such as bacteria.
• In fact, other studies suggest this fungal necromass might contribute more to the carbon content of soil than living fungi.
• What does this mean for climate change?
• While atmospheric CO₂ concentrations keep rising, it doesn’t necessarily mean fungi are storing more of it.

Protecting our fungal networks

• When we cut down forests or clear land, we not only disrupt life above the ground, but underground as well.
• We need to safeguard these hidden fungal networks which give our plants resilience – and play a key role in the carbon cycle.
• But as we learn more about how fungi and plants cooperate and store carbon, it’s well past time for that to change.

• To promote its industry leadership in biorational and biostimulant product innovation, Valent BioSciences LLC has announced significant investments at several of its key research and development facilities.
• Valent BioSciences subsidiary Mycorrhizal Applications LLC has announced an expansion of its research facilities at the Bio Research & Development Growth Park at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Valent BioSciences and Mycorrhizal Applications, fully owned member companies, are excited about contributing to sustainable innovation through these expansions.
• Earlier this year, Valent BioSciences announced it is undertaking a major expansion at its Osage, Iowa, manufacturing facility.

• b'Mazor, Israel--(Newsfile Corp. - May 12, 2021) - Groundwork BioAg announced today it raised $11 million in venture capital financing led by Ibex Investors with the participation of ProDelta and Future Foodways.
• With this new funding, Groundwork BioAg will accelerate and expand production of its mycorrhizal platform to meet global demand for natural, sustainable solutions that increase agricultural productivity while preserving soil health.\nGroundwork BioAg, a global bioagriculture technology company, produces highly effective mycorrhizal inoculants.
• "With its high efficacy and broad applicability, Groundwork BioAg can feasibly treat over one billion hectares, nearly all of the world\'s farmland, with these beneficial fungi.
• Groundwork BioAg is the first to use innovative techniques to solve challenges inherent in high-volume mycorrhizal inoculant production.