Greenhouse Microclimate Reshapes Soil Bacteria Through the Seasons
A year-long study in subtropical China found that greenhouse cultivation creates distinct microclimates and month-by-month shifts in soil bacterial communities ...
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Hidden Underground Allies: How Legume Farming Rewires Soil Microbes for Bigger Harvests
A new Frontiers in Microbiology Research Topic reveals how legume intercropping and rotation reshape soil microbial communities in system-specific ways ...
Urban land use influences microbial functional traits along a management intensity gradient
A large-scale study of 135 urban soils in Blois, France, shows that management intensity acts as a strong ecological filter, ...
Straw or Biochar? Scientists Uncover Two Distinct Routes to Carbon-Rich Saline Soils
A two-year field experiment in China's Yellow River Delta shows that straw and biochar both raise soil organic carbon in ...
Richer Microbial Communities Help Soils Hold Water, Study Finds
A University of Arizona mesocosm experiment shows that more diverse soil microbial communities produce extracellular polymeric substances that increase water ...
Soil fungi quietly decide which invasive plants win
A greenhouse and field study shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shift the competitive balance between two co-invading plants depending on ...
Silicon fertilizer could turn rice paddies into methane-fighting climate allies
A new opinion paper in Plant and Soil proposes that silicon fertilization reshapes paddy soil microbes to suppress methane emissions ...
Even in Death, Elephants Leave Nutrient Hotspots That Reshape the Savanna for Years
A long-term study in Kruger National Park shows that elephant carcasses create nutrient hotspots that alter soils, microbes, plants and ...
Charred Soil, Living Allies: How Biochar and Pseudomonas Team Up to Grow Crops and Eat Pollution
A new review in Microbial Ecology details how combining biochar with Pseudomonas bacteria boosts crop growth and pollutant breakdown, while ...
Fungi-Savvy Herbs Thrive in Their Own Soil, Study Finds
A new analysis in Plant and Soil shows that herbaceous plants that respond strongly to mycorrhizal fungi enjoy more favorable ...
Hidden Root Wars: How Tiny Nematodes Sabotage Legumes and What Breeding Can Do About It
A new review reveals how root-knot, cyst and root-lesion nematodes hijack legume roots and sabotage nitrogen fixation, and why breeding ...
Organic Fertilizers Reshape the Hidden Fungal World of Soybean Roots
DNA sequencing of soybean rhizosphere soils in South Africa reveals that cattle dung and poultry waste fertilizers shape distinct fungal ...
Peanut Shells and Mushroom Waste Could Rescue Soil Sickened by Decades of Carrot Monoculture
A two-year Chinese field trial shows that partially replacing chemical fertilizers with peanut shells and mushroom residue boosts soil organic ...
Fungal Matchmakers: How Soil Fungi Orchestrate Bacteria and Plants to Clean Up Toxic Soil
A new study shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can orchestrate plants and bacteria to simultaneously break down PAHs and immobilize ...
Mixed Mediterranean Forests Store More Soil Carbon, But Only in the Fast Lane
A study of Israeli Mediterranean forests finds that mixed tree stands store about 6.1 megagrams more soil carbon per hectare ...
Hidden Fungus Rewires Rice Root Chemistry to Summon Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Researchers found that an endophytic fungus alters rice root exudates, enriching p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid to recruit nitrogen-fixing Enterobacter bacteria that boost ...
Biodegradable Plastics May Be Worse for the Climate Than Conventional Ones, Soil Study Finds
A 60-day incubation study of Loess Plateau orchard soils shows biodegradable PLA microplastics sharply increased carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide ...
Tiny Particles and Helpful Bacteria Team Up to Feed Crops Sustainably
A new review in Plant and Soil shows that engineered nano-micro materials and plant growth-promoting bacteria can protect and enhance ...
Swapping Orchard Soil Revives Stunted Pear Trees by Purging Toxic Alkaloids
Replacing soil in renovated pear orchards doubles tree yields by reshaping rhizosphere microbes and eliminating a growth-inhibiting alkaloid, a new ...
Tiny Soil Allies Could Shield Crops From Drought, Salt and Disease
A landmark special issue of Plant and Soil shows that soil and plant microbiomes can be harnessed to help crops ...
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