Five Years of Biochar Steers Nitrogen Toward Retention Deep in Alkaline Rice Soils
A five-year field study in Tianjin, China, shows that long-term rice-straw biochar application shifts nitrate reduction toward the nitrogen-retaining DNRA ...
Tag: soil microbiology
Fertilizers, Pesticides and Plastic Resides: How Farm Chemicals Quietly Steer Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new review in Plant and Soil unifies how fertilizers, pesticides, heavy metals, microplastics and emerging contaminants regulate greenhouse gas ...
Sweetpotato Roots Recruit Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria with Two Key Amino Acids Under Low Phosphorus Stress
A new study shows that phosphorus-efficient sweetpotato roots release the amino acids L-glutamine and citrulline, which recruit phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and ...
Winning Microbe: Sinorhizobium fredii Outperforms Rivals in Cowpea Nodulation Trial
A controlled screenhouse trial shows Sinorhizobium fredii inoculation produces the highest nodulation, biomass and symbiotic advantage in cowpea under both ...
Bacterial Duo Supercharges Olive Roots and Rewrites Their Chemical Signals
Italian researchers found that inoculating olive plants with a consortium of Azospirillum and Methylobacterium boosted root and shoot biomass by ...
Microbes Defy Carbon Rules as Alpine Grasslands Turn Drier
A study of 60 sites across the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau finds that microbial carbon use efficiency nearly doubles as soil organic ...
Fungi and Fertilizer Team Up to Boost Forage Yields in Chicory–Clover Intercropping
A field study in BMC Plant Biology shows that pairing mycorrhizal fungal inoculation with moderate phosphorus fertilizer boosts soil microbial ...
Friendly Soil Bacterium Settles Into Barley Roots Without Upsetting the Neighborhood
A three-year German field trial shows the beneficial bacterium Ensifer meliloti Rm2011 persistently colonizes barley roots across genotypes and seasons ...
Fungi and Bacteria Team Up to Turn Industrial Waste Into Soil Gold
A new study shows that a fungus and an oxalate-degrading bacterium can sequentially transform phosphogypsum waste into calcium carbonate and ...
Invasive Roots Do Not Silence Soil Microbes, They Just Make Them Wasteful
A laboratory microcosm study shows that root extracts of invasive Impatiens glandulifera do not suppress soil microbial activity but instead ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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