New research in Plants, People, Planet indicates that bread wheat's micronutrient content can be increased by cultivating it ...

For hundreds of years, people have flocked to a churchyard in a small village in Northern Ireland to gather handfuls of soil ...

Farmers in Virginia face some serious challenges. The climate is changing, bringing more floods and drought. World trade has ...

Multiomics approaches for understanding of the dynamic mechanisms of soil holobiont in mitigating salinity stress in plant hosts. PGPR = plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; AMF = arbuscular ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where these ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth’s Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through ...

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 ...

Before introducing new microbes to the ISS environment — such as those from Earth’s soil and water — scientists must assess whether microbes that are typically harmless to human health could ...

Soil microbes are the hidden, unsung heroes of home gardens, working tirelessly beneath the surface to ensure the health and vitality of your plants. By understanding their importance and fostering a ...