


Naturally occurring soil fungi could form part of a strategy to offset soil nutrient mining if a balance can be found between the immediate needs of farmers and the benefits of long-term fertility management to improve crop productivity on sandy soils in Niger. Cowpea, millet, dolic, voandzou, and sesbania are all associated with root-colonizing mycorrhiza fungi, which form symbiotic relationships with leguminous plants to fix soil solution dissolved nutrients such as phosphate, nitrogen and other nutrients that can be taken up by the host plant.