Study shows that inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plant yield by by up to 40%

more biodiversity = more soil health ?

No shit, sherlock. Known by traditional gardeners everywhere. Wait till they discover they can also add trees to the mix!

But seriously: more such studies, I'm really glad we are slowly overcoming the "Kill-all-but-the-crop" paradigm of agriculture.

This is well known to mycologists the world under

For anyone who is interested in reading the article itself:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01520-w

North Spore had a fun video about different ways to incorporate mushrooms into your garden – Youtube / Piped

Well, the AMF only 'shield' the plants against fungal pathogens. If there are none and I understood it correctly, the AMF don't do much.