Beneficial soil bacteria help crops survive salty soils by strengthening their roots - a new way to protect farmland from rising salinity.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have helped uncover a hidden ally in the fight against one of agriculture's greatest threats—salty soil. Led by Chinese collaborator Dr. Yanfen Zheng, the ...

Most gardeners understand that composting is a good idea. Fewer realize there are genuinely distinct methods, each with its ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), in collaboration with researchers ...

Somewhere under a patch of ordinary garden soil, billions of bacteria are quietly going about their business eating organic ...