Sep. 13, 2024 — In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition -- but that the need ...

Planting on wet soil and over-tilling can cause soil compaction, but so do foot traffic, heavy equipment and a clay soil you’re trying to amend with sand. We discuss the main causes of compacted soil ...

School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China ...

The health of soils is dependent on the mix of living organisms they contain, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, insects, worms, other invertebrates and vertebrates. This variety of organisms ...

Complex interactions In the experiment, the research team filled columns with agricultural soil provided by various farms. "We ran these soils through a regular growing season in Germany in the ...

"Acid sulfate soils in Sweden will become a much bigger problem as droughts become more frequent and as wetlands are drained for agriculture," Johnson explains.

Soil microbiology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the study of all biological aspects of the microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, parasites and protozoa) that ...

David Pearson, President, Joseph Phelps Winery in Napa Valley, speaking at the World Living Soils ... [+] Forum in Napa. According to Regeneration International, regenerative agriculture describes ...

1997). On the east side of San Joaquin Valley (SJV) and elsewhere, sandy clay loam, silt loam, and fine sand soils derived from Sierra Nevada granitic alluvium are high in silicate minerals (i.e., ...

Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States ...

However, it is possible that in some years medium textured soils (loam and silt loam soils) with organic matter levels less than 3.0% may have limited S mineralization and may need small rates of ...