All Soil & Plant Science articles – Page 10
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Advisory group members lend expertise to key UK fertiliser report
A number of Applied Microbiology International Advisory Group members contributed to the POSTnote research briefing, ‘The Future of Fertiliser Use’. The full report has just been published.
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Researchers improve climate predictions by unlocking secrets of soil microbes
Scientists are using the DNA from soil microbes to model how they function and use carbon, ultimately helping to advance the accuracy of climate models.
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Culprit behind cassava witches’ broom disease unveiled as fungus
In a recent breakthrough, DNA sequencing technology has uncovered the culprit behind cassava witches’ broom disease: the fungus genus Ceratobasidium.
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High nitrogen fertilizer input enhances microbial network complexity in paddy soil
Paddy soil bacterial communities in a high-nitrogen fertilization environment form larger and more complex networks, and thus improve the stability of the microbial community, a new study has found.
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Fungal disease endangers wheat production as climate change bites
Researchers have shown that further spread of the fungal disease wheat blast could reduce global wheat production by 13% until 2050. The result is dramatic for global food security.
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Chemical signals spur soil bacteria to slam on the brakes
Scientists have lifted the lid on the miniature world of soil microbes, revealing how they sense and move in response to a variety of chemical and nutrient signals at various stages of symbiosis with legume plants.
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New study reports that Greenland is a methane sink rather than a source
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland.
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Synthetic communities slash herbicide use for weed control
Synthetic microbial communities have been found to not only suppress the growth and yield of agricultural weeds, but also substantially strengthen infested wheat production.
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Scientists probe ‘superpower’ that allows soil bacteria to protect rice roots from pollution
Scientists have lifted the lid on how changes in cell surface hydrophobicity of a strain of soil bacterium may help to stave off heavy metal-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution from entering rice plant roots.
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Tiny tornadoes around leaves spread deadly plant pathogens
A new study is the first to analyze plant spore dispersion at its source, where rain droplets shake flexible leaves to initially disperse pathogens.
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Fungal-rich soil may improve green roofs
Active management of green roof mycorrhizal fungi accelerates soil development faster than if mycorrhizal fungal communities are left to passively reestablish on their own, a new study shows.
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Fluvo-aquic soil treated with pig manure present higher risk of AMR bacteria than black and red soils
A new study demonstrates that CTC-manure induced more resistance of soil indigenous microbes in fluvo-aquic soil. Manure control is an effective way to reduce the risk of soil AMR.
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Nitrogen-based fertilizers differentially affect protist community composition in paddy field soils
New research investigating the differential effects of nitrogen fertilizer types on paddy field protist communities showed that predatory protists were the major functional and most sensitive group to nitrogen fertilizers.
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Space-grown salad more susceptible to foodborne infections than on earth
A research team finds lettuce and other plants are more susceptible to bacterial infections in space than on Earth.
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Study reveals impact of skin microorganisms on earthworm toxicity in polluted environments
Changes in the community of skin-based microbes correlate more significantly with earthworm toxicity than those in intestinal microorganisms, especially under combined soil contaminations.
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New potato-threatening pathogens reported for first time in Pennsylvania, US
Potatoes across the state of Pennsylvania may face the threat of newly identified pathogen strains.
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Microbe-powered fuel cell runs forever
Researchers have developed a new fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in soil.
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Domesticating plants impacts their microbiome, study finds
New research indicates that human domestication of crops can alter the communities of microorganisms that are associated with plants.
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Bacillus strains deploy regulative responses to acid stresses
Bacillus strains are able to regulate their antioxidative system differently in response to decreasing environmental pH condition, and therefore have different acid tolerance capacities.