Charcoal rot, caused by the soilborne fungus Macrophomina phaseolina (Mp), poses a serious threat to soybean health and ...

The Eaton and Palisades fires likely made polluted soils worse, but soil experts say bioremediation may be an alternative to ...

Yadira Flores is a video editor for the Los Angeles Times who joined the newsroom through Metpro in November 2017. Flores graduated with a bachelor of science in filmmaking and has edited online ...

Results have been deemed positive after several months of testing the post-Helene soil across the region. Agriculture ...

Gerry Wright, a biochemist at McMaster University who led the research, says lariocidin was found in a bacteria called Paenibacillus that was “cultivated from a soil sample that we obtained here ...

Representative soil sample testing done in a Los Angeles County Public Health study found a higher percentage of samples with lead levels above health-based screening thresholds taken from parcels ...

Analysis of the samples showed the presence of harmful chemicals and bacteria, pesticide residue and mineral content beyond permissible levels How safe is your bottled drinking water? A sample survey ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday. But they cautioned more samples ...

An increase in pests and diseases. Dig four inches below the soil surface using a hand trowel to obtain a sample (gardeners will need to collect two cups of dirt). It’s important to dig in ...

This new phylum was identified in soil samples from both Iowa and China at depths down to 70 feet. Why Iowa and China? Because these two areas have very deep and similar soils, researchers wanted ...

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