The Hidden Bacterial Networks That Could Rebuild Soil Health From the Ground Up
New research shows that bacterial function, not species diversity, drives soil health, with strain-level genomic studies and drought-tolerant synthetic communities ...
Tag: soil microbiome
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, ...
Invisible Hunters: Soil Chemistry Maps Reveal Where Pest-Killing Nematodes Thrive
A Brazilian field study mapped entomopathogenic nematodes across five tropical crops and found their occurrence linked to soil potassium and ...
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 ...
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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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