The Common Soil Addition You May Want To Consider Using To Increase Acidity

Some plants thrive in more acidic soils, and this additive can provide a near-immediate decrease in pH. With that said, ...

Amino Acid Tagging Technique Helps Explain Soil Microbe “Alarm Clock”

Discover how dormant microbes in soil impact plant root colonization, revealing their vital role in agriculture.

Will Epsom Salt Help Increase Acidity In Your Garden Soil?

Epsom salt has a lot of uses around the home and garden, and you may think it can help increase your soil's acidity if the pH ...

Grassland degradation shifts biodiversity's role from plants to soil microbes, study finds

Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being ...
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Editing Specific Bacteria in Soil Microbiomes Using Phage Delivered Base Editors

Scientists at North Carolina State University have developed a method to precisely edit a single gene in a targeted bacterial species within a microbial community, using viruses that attack bacteria ...
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More than half of life on Earth is found in soil – here’s why that’s important

John Quinton receives research funding from the Natural Environment Research Council, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the European Commission A recent study has found that ...