Unlike synthetic fertilizers, biofertilizers introduce or stimulate living organisms to improve soil function.

Whether you’re growing winter crops or raising livestock, healthy soil is the foundation of sustainable agriculture. Sheila ...

Tomatoes, like many crops, often face growth challenges under limited nitrogen and water conditions. A new study reveals that ...

The soil microbiome is now also subject to the attention of scientists looking to increase crop yields through genetic ...

The UTSA undergraduate course, part of the Place-Based Soil Data Interpretation and Research in Texas (PBS-DIRT) project and supported by a $395,000 USDA grant, gives students a hands-on approach to ...

Soil microbiomes are critical determinants of plant health in agricultural systems, directly influencing nutrient uptake, stress tolerance, disease ...

The deconstruction of cellulose is essential for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. But cellulose, the most ...

Through controlled greenhouse experiments and absolute quantitative sequencing, the team demonstrated that specific microbial community features ... maintaining soil microbial biodiversity and ...

Pesticides by themselves are a grave threat to global health. As is global warming. As is antibiotic resistance. Each of ...

He also examined the effects of adding a bacterial community, or microbial bioaugmentation, to certain samples. "We wanted to see if adding bacteria that were not naturally present in the soil ...

Biochar is created through pyrolysis, a process that heats biomass in the absence of oxygen. The result is a stable, carbon-rich solid that doesn’t rot or decompose. When added to soil, it improves ...