For soil microorganisms, how much of their life's work is driven by evolution (nature) versus their current environmental (nurture)?
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2019
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A team at the University of Cordoba has examined the link between the presence of beneficial organisms in plant roots to their response to iron deficiency.
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2019
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The carbon assimilation process driven by soil microorganisms is important to maintain the production and ecological function of paddy fields. A recent publication from Prof. Fangbai LI's group has found that Fe(II) oxidation ...
Ecology
May 29, 2019
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Holm oak decline threatens dehesa sustainability. Though the pseudofungus oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomisería is thought to be the main cause of holm oak decline, climate conditions have been shown to influence it, as well. ...
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2019
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Phosphorus is crucial for plant growth—with it, plants can acquire, transfer, and store the energy that helps them flourish in full health. Without it, plants flounder: they're stunted, discolored, and produce low yields. ...
Environment
Mar 18, 2019
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A RUDN soil scientist studied the soils of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and found that a simultaneous increase of nitrogen and phosphorus levels reduces the volume of organic carbon in the soil. The work will help reconsider ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2018
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The world is drowning in a flood of plastic. Eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year. Agricultural soils are also threatened by plastic pollution. Farmers around the world apply enormous amounts of polyethylene ...
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Researchers at Linköping University have studied how combinations of different environmental factors affect the chlorination of organic matter in soils. The results show that the supply of fresh organic compounds, which ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2018
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have invented new systems to study the life of microorganisms in the ground. Without any digging, the researchers are able use microchips to see and analyse an invisible world that ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2017
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A soil scientist from RUDN University reports that plant root secretions affect microorganisms and biochemical processes in paddy soils such as rice fields. Rice field soils play a very important role in the agriculture of ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2017
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