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In The Rise of Yeast, Nicholas P. Money argues that we cannot ascribe too much importance to yeast, and that its discovery and controlled use profoundly altered human history. Humans knew what yeast did long before they knew what it was. It was not until Louis Pasteur's experiments in the 1860s that scientists even acknowledged its classification as a fungus. A compelling blend of science, history, and sociology, The Rise of Yeast explores the rich, strange, and utterly symbiotic relationship between people and yeast.

Agrauxine by Lesaffre (https://agrauxine.com/en/) presents to you From Yeast to Yield, a podcast animated by Bruno MENDONCA, market development manager, to introduce you to the use of yeast in agriculture for biosolutions like biostimulation, biocontrol and bionutrition. In this series of 6 episodes, you will get to know yeast and its uses in the industry, what are the applications of yeast to stimulate plant growth and mitigate abiotic stresses, to enhance soil health and fertility and to fight against diseases. Finally, you will learn how yeast is a sustainable and viable alternative to...