Soil inoculants for beans and corn can provide positive improvements for the health of your row crops. You can determine which corn and soybean inoculant is best suited to your needs by learning more ...

A new metal-organic coating protects bacterial cells from damage without impeding their growth or function. The coated bacteria, which produce ammonia, could make it much easier for farmers to deploy ...

A coating that protects nitrogen-fixing bacteria from heat and humidity would make them easier to use in place of agricultural chemicals. Chemical fertilizers have significant drawbacks: producing ...

Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural ...

Massive endeavor including Hopkins researchers and students aims to understand the planet's most biodiverse habitats ...

A corn field in Waseca, Minnesota. University of Minnesota Twin Cities agricultural researcher Daniel Kaiser found that adding a nitrogen-producing microbe to corn increased yield at this site in ...

The intricate roles of soil microorganisms in ecological processes such as organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, ...

Soil microbiome has far-reaching significance, particularly for rice production, which can be better explained with a Japanese proverb: “Rice grows with soil fertility, while upland crops depend on ...