Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

Fungi are vital to natural ecosystems by breaking down dead organic material and cycling it back into the environment as ...

With only 7.5% of Earth's surface covered in fertile, agricultural soil, it's critically important to maintain the soil to ...

Modern farming habits boosting yields today may quietly strip soils of their resilience, threatening long-term fertility and ...

A new analysis of samples from the Broadbalk Classical Experiment, which has been growing winter wheat continuously since ...

What if cropdusting could cool down the climate? What about rockdusting? Turns out sprinkling rock dust on fields may enhance ...

The findings show that the common ancestor of the extant fungi was about 1.4 to 900 million years ago. That is far earlier ...

The most common mistake by home gardeners is not having their soil tested before applying fertilizer or lime. Those who fail ...