Soil microbes benefit plants by helping with nutrient uptake and disease resistance. Modulating these communities of bacteria ...

Before applying fertilizer or any other soil amendment, it's a good idea to see what the soil already contains. That way you ...

The Diverfarming project analysed the nutrients and changes in the soil microbial community in the first year of intercropping melon and cowpea with reduced fertilisation Intercropping is an ...

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Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world’s population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops. Excessive and inefficient use of those resources can present an environmental ...

One-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing loss of soil fertility, leading to more than a half-billion dollars in extra costs to U.S.

Watering and fertilizing crops to provide enough food for a changing world is a major challenge in agriculture. Now, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a “smart soil” that ...

As indoor farming expands, a number of new companies are cropping up to provide better data and monitoring tools for the businesses aimed at improving efficiencies and quality of indoor crops. One of ...