Whether you love the idea of fresh guacamole made from your own avocados, or just like the aesthetics of avocado trees, you’ve probably wondered if it’s possible to grown an avocado tree indoors. To ...

Microbes—from deep in the ocean to the slime inside your AC—might play a key role in our fight against climate change.

With more than half the world now living in cities and urban land cover expected to increase by about 1.2 million square ...

Determine the ideal sample depth and density: The density of agricultural soil sampling depends on the level of detail you’re seeking and variability within the field. In areas with high ...

Few organisms create chitin, a polysaccharide. And those that do don’t form these kinds of filaments, Bonneville says. One detection technique employs a fluorescent dye to bind to chitin.

Researchers led by Dr. Xu Mingkai from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a highly effective microbial consortium capable of fully degrading acetochlor ...

Soil contains water. Climate change, poor farming practices, sea water intrusion and land use changes are threatening the world’s soil by increasing the amount of salt content dissolved in the water.

Farmers, researchers, and conservationists will gather in Seneca Falls next month for a full-day event focused on improving soil health and climate resiliency in New York’s agricultural systems. The ...

With increasing kinds of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) detected in aquatic environments, the aquatic biotoxicity of PPCPs has become a research focus. PPCPs affect the populations ...

(PGPR) are important soil organism that promotes plant growth and yield root colonization is an example of a direct and indirect mechanism. The treatments included control, (inorganic fertilizer and ...

1H NMR-based metabolomics was used to examine the response of Eisenia fetida earthworms raised from juveniles for 20–23 weeks in soil spiked with either 20 or 200 mg/kg of a commercially available ...