A new study from South Dakota State University reveals reductions in tillage intensity have led to an increase in soil ...

Humus is highly recalcitrant, and this resistance to decomposition leads to a long residence time in soil. Plant debris is less recalcitrant, resulting in a much shorter residence time in soil.

Just like all plants, birch trees need to have specific conditions before they will flourish. This is the best type of soil ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

fresh and partially decomposed biomass (plant and animal), and the well decomposed and stable biomass fraction (humus). soil structure: The aggregation, or secondary shape, of soil particles which ...

Many of us enjoy the outdoors, gardening or even tending to a small farm. But today, we feel the heat — literally — of climate change. It’s a global problem, and we often wonder how we can make a ...

producing an acid humus. The acidic conditions are not liked by soil organisms which would normally merge the boundaries of the horizons.

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...