Plants are able to modify their root hydraulics to maintain water status and strategically use soil water, according to a new ...

A revolutionary land management model is being applied across the fields of Northeast China to restore its precious and ...

Factors that exacerbate soil acidity include minimal or zero till, which results in the top three inches (7.5 cm) of soil ...

The soil is worked to a depth of two spades, rather than one, and it’s essential to keep the two layers of soil (subsoil and topsoil) separate. In order to do this, the lower half of the trench ...

Scientists reveal reason behind ‘blood rain’ that turned Iran’s shoreline crimson - Tourists were treated to the rare sight ...

A study led by Prof. Chen Hongsong from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has ...

These sunset-colored chunks hold a snapshot of ancient history in their core — or small critters caught up in the gloopy avalanche. In 2016, a small piece of amber that had been found in northern ...

This initiative will also spur complementary efforts in other 'omic approaches, such as transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics of soil to add more layers of information about gene expression ...

You’re almost ready. You’ve removed dense and compacted soil layers, balanced fertility and pH through the profile and set up your soil for vertical farming. That’s how you’ll need to farm ...

When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...