Learn to differentiate between healthy and harmful worms in plant soil for optimal plant health. Wetter, moldier environments ...

The ‘quality’ of soil for plant growth relies on nutrients within it as well as space for air and water to move through. Earthworms bring down and consume organic matter such as leaf litter and their ...

If you’re like Taryn Bauerle, an associate professor with the School of Integrative Plant Science ... into the soil and can also mimic the peristaltic, or wave-like, movements worms make when ...

Botanists have long known that adding silicon to soil can help some plants resist certain pests. That led the researchers on this new effort to test whether the chemical element might help ...