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by pazimzadeh 2502 days ago
I was under the impression that the presence of fungi often boosts crop yields, not the other way around. i.e. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28708056

I'm assuming that when you say microbes, you mean bacteria. What about using engineered fungi, which often already act as pesticides? i.e. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28905488

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From the pub you reference, it looks like some fungi can be beneficial. But many are not - many fungi cause wilts, rots, etc.

We only use naturally-occurring microbes, without genetic engineering. We focus on the unit of the cell, rather than the unit of the gene, to make our products.

Are you able to target detrimental fungi while sparing nitrogen-fixing species, along with those that naturally prey on insects?
Elsewhere in the comments they say that their consortium includes a yeast isolate. Yeast are fungi.