Tag: soil ecology

Soil has hidden antibiotics ready to be found –– and the new race to find them

Most bacteria in soil cannot be cultured in the lab, and that has long been a barrier for science....

These countries have the saltiest soil and include the US, China and Iran

The world's soils are becoming too salty for farming. These man-made problems are cause for concern but remediation of soils can be done.

Soil health calculator

To help farmers evaluate the impact carbon sequestration and other practices might have on their businesses, the Institute is developing a decision support tool

Grasshopper Stress Changes Local Environment

An Israeli research team discovers a mechanism whereby even tiny seemingly insignificant chemical changes in a creature can affect...