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

It occurs after spores from coccidioides — which live in soil and dust in parts of the United States — are breathed in. Dr. Katharine S. Walter and Dr. Ginamarie Foglia, both epidemiologists, ...

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

Let's discuss compost a little bit. - Yeah, my take on compost is that because this information about soil biology is relatively a new understanding, we don't yet have the language to really ...

As agriculturalists, we are now in an era in which we stand upon the shoulders of those researchers and practitioners who built our understanding of soil biology.

Modified (metal oxide) biochar is widely used for the remediation of degraded soils, but there has been limited research work ...

Tanvi Taparia, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, studies how soil biology affects plant health and growth, which in turn affects how much food farmers can produce.

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

An initiative to test a field-based acoustic technique for measuring soil health, undertaken by Derbyshire, based Baker ...

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 ...

A compost extract trial on a Welsh dairy farm shows lasting soil health benefits and potential to reduce synthetic fertiliser use.