Find out the dirt on soil’s drama. In just one teaspoon of soil, there can be more microbes than there are people on the planet. That’s before you even count the miles of fungal hyphae also living ...

Vogel and colleagues invite the microbiology community to participate in an ambitious and extraordinary sequencing project to uncover the soil metagenome. The microorganisms in the 'living soil ...

“The soil is alive; in one teaspoon of healthy soil ... and simple sugars into the ground via photosynthesis.” Without living roots, microbes can die off and processes such as nutrient cycling ...

Soil organic matter is composed of soil microbes including bacteria and fungi, decaying material from once-living organisms such as plant and animal tissues, fecal material, and products formed ...

One thing is for sure: there are plenty of tasks to complete in a garden before the spring planting season. Tasks you should ...

Soil is the special link between plants and humans. It feeds us, captures carbon and provides a home for billions of living creatures. Some you can see and some that are so small you need a ...

A “groundbreaking” £670,000 research project is set to tackle soil degradation and improve farming sustainability through ...

Frozen ground would seem to stall microbes — especially in winter — but scientists have been finding robust emissions of ...

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More information: Xin Sui et al, Contrasting seasonal effects of legume and grass cover crops as living mulch on the soil microbial community and nutrient metabolic limitations, Agriculture ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery advises gardeners not to be to be impatient with garden tasks despite approach of spring.

To inform those living within and around the Palisades and Eaton Fire zones – a Los Angeles-based organization is leading the effort to sample the soil at more than a thousand properties.