in the last few years agricultural scientists have discovered that plants seem to be less capable of fighting off attacks by certain pathogens when they grow in damaged soils with a low diversity of microbes.[47] Where the soil has been harmed by too much fertilizer, by pesticides or fungicides, excessive plowing or crushing by heavy machinery, their cry for help is more likely to be exploited by parasites and pests. In both cases a dysbiosis is caused.
