Describe beneficial and harmful ways in which microorganisms interact with agricultural crops

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Certain microbes are beneficial to crops when they produce nutrients (e.g., NH4+, SO42-) usable by a crop from a substrate that was unusable. Other microbes can cause diseases in plants, much like pathogens cause disease in humans.

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Which cells typically have cell cycles lasting several months?

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Carbohydrates are used by our cell organelles called ________________ to perform respiration and produce a molecule of energy called_________________.

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