Maintaining soil health is crucial for sustainable agriculture. Recently, soil volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have emerged as promising indicators for assessing soil health. A new study aimed to ...

As fertilizer prices remain high, cotton specialists urge growers to conduct timely soil tests to identify nutrient surpluses ...

Farmers know improving soil health can supercharge crop performance. However, it’s not always clear what steps or adjustments a farmer can take to see real results. Try these nine strategies first to ...

Cereal Research Communications, Vol. 36, Supplement: Proceedings of the VII. Alps-Adria Scientific Workshop, 28 April-2 May 2008, Stara Lesna, Slovakia (June 2008), pp. 955-958 (4 pages) Abstract The ...

Understanding the health and characteristics of soils by conducting a soil profile helps growers identify key issues, such as compaction, nutrient deficiencies, and drainage problems. It leads to ...

Soil contains more carbon than air and plants combined. This means that even a minor change in soil carbon could have major implications for the Earth's atmosphere and climate. New research points to ...

Aims Aboveground plant litter inputs are important sources of soil carbon (C). We aimed to establish how experimentally altered litter inputs affect soil C to 1-m depth across different ecosystems, ...

Ludhiana: The recent floods in Punjab — its worst in decades — have altered the texture of soil and reshaped soil profile, not only disturbing the delicate balance of nutrients but also coating ...