Tag: soil microbiology

A new study shows that iron plaque on rice roots first preserves soil organic carbon but later fuels iron-reducing bacteria ...

A seven-year field experiment shows that nitrogen fertilization, straw incorporation, and plastic film mulching raise wheat yields and soil organic ...

New research from Indonesia shows Rhizobium seed inoculation boosted mung bean yield and nodulation more consistently than increasing urea doses, ...

A seven-year whole-soil warming experiment in a California forest reveals that soil depth, not temperature, dominates microbial carbon cycling strategies, ...

Researchers discovered that a phosphate-dissolving Penicillium fungus and soil phosphorus availability explain why the medicinal herb Amomum villosum from China's ...

A new critical review finds that combining biochar with compost can improve soil health, but claims of synergistic climate benefits ...

Researchers isolated phosphate-solubilizing fungi from an abandoned phosphate mine in China and showed that a three-strain synthetic community boosts forage ...

Researchers in Finland have developed the first liquid chromatography method to directly quantify fungal melanin in soils, finding that melanin ...

Researchers in India have combined classical biochemistry, 16S rRNA sequencing, phylogenetics and RNA folding thermodynamics to characterize Bacillus isolates from ...

A two-year open-air experiment shows that elevated ozone and combined organic-inorganic fertilization both accelerate nitrification in wheat rhizosphere soil, but ...