An innovative product with the potential to replace polymers used in soil fertilizers is being developed in São Carlos in the ...

An international team of scientists has revealed high levels of toxic metals in global phosphate fertilizers using a isotopic variants of the element strontium as a tracer to uncover metals in soil, ...

Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural ...

Crop fertilizers are a major source of pollution, as the chemicals make their way out of the soil and into the natural environment. Scientists are now working on a possible solution to that problem, ...

Plants reflect urban climate and soil conditions with remarkable precision. Using more than 80 million observations from ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes. Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more ...

The integration of bioinformatics, machine learning and multi-omics has transformed soil science, providing powerful tools to ...

As a professional gardener, I’m always seeking out new ways to feed my plants. I have steeped nettles in old buckets to brew a nitrogen-rich foliar feed, hoarded banana skins from the trash for a ...

A new device could let farmers generate fertilizer right out of the air. The device harnesses wind energy and draws air through a specialized mesh that then creates what scientists are calling "green ...

Johns Hopkins University geneticists and a small army of researchers across the country, including students, are working to catalog the vast and largely unknown soil microbiome of the United States.