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Thai teenager published in science journal

Thai teenager published in science journal

Student in the US breaks ground with fungi fertiliser research

Mr Keith working in the lab to isolate cells using an electronic pipette.

Inspired by Thailand’s leading role in agricultural production, one Thai student’s scientific research about using fungi as farm fertiliser is set to be published in an American academic journal.

“Seeing that fungi are not widely used in agriculture yet excites me because there is still major progress to be made in this field,” said Karit “Keith” Matanachai, a 17-year-old Thai high school student at a boarding school in the US who wrote a scientific paper titled “Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth of Phaseolus Vulgaris under Varying Soil Conditions of Salinity and…

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