microbial and pedogenic processes may clarify the biological intent of sclerotia
formation and autonomous homeostasis of soil ecosystem. Sclerotia grains in soil
may hold the key to understanding novel aspects of soil ecological systems.
As our eyes adjust to seeing them, sclerotia, which are so abundant in soil, will
become recognized as a new member of the soil constitution, a previously unknown
mesoscale component of soil.
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