Texas A&M researchers are working on turning moon dust, or regolith, into soil that astronauts can use to grow crops. Jess ...

Scientists have discovered a rapid molecular switch in plant roots that allows them to detect dry soils and redirect root ...

There are multiple ways to improve drainage, including planting deep-rooted cover crops, aerating with a chisel plow or ...

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden ...

The OSU Extension Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory on the OSU campus tests more than 58,000 samples each year.

In your garden, the color of your soil can also be a clue to what you can grow successfully, or what you’ll need to add to make your soil more viable. For example, reddish or yellowish soil may need ...

We have excellent teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of plant biology (cellular, genetics, genomics, microbial, molecular and physiology), agronomy (including pathology, soil ...

this viral particle not only expands the known geographical range of giant viruses but also raises new questions about their ecological roles in northern soil and water ecosystems. Unlike typical ...

5 One recent example of soil bacteria engineering involved researchers using a combinatorial synthetic biology–based approach to generate a collection of plant-associated bacteria capable of ...

and cultivate native soil biology and beneficial fungi directly from the project site. After the soil is laid across the nearly 1-acre native wildlife habitat site, about 5,000 native shrubs and ...

All the way down to the design for the soil biology, and working with our mycologist to figure out where we're harvesting the native mycorrhizal fungi from,” Rock told LAist. “We're designing ...

I hate to brag, but growing food in clay soil is kind of my specialty. I didn't choose the clay soil life — it chose me. I grew up exploring my grandpa's garden, seeing (and tasting!) what he ...