Question

2. How do plants help the soil?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Plants provide the primary food source for the soil ecosystem. Living plants or decomposing dead plant tissues feed hosts of soil microbes. Living plant roots actively exude sugars, amino acids and other compounds into the soil. This happens in the rhizosphere – a narrow region of soil surrounding the root.

Answer 2

Answer:

Plants provide the primary food source for the soil ecosystem. Living plants or decomposing dead plant tissues feed hosts of soil microbes. Living plant roots actively exude sugars, amino acids and other compounds into the soil. This happens in the rhizosphere – a narrow region of soil surrounding the root.