Selman Waksman is credited with organizing the research program on soil bacteria at Rutgers University in New Jersey that led to the identification of the groundbreaking antibiotic streptomycin ...

Turfgrass—including sports fields, roadside ditches and residential lawns—makes up 40 million acres of the United States' ...

A recent study from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth, which may ...

You also should water lime into your lawn before sending kids ... activity in the soil. Healthy soil is teeming with invisible beneficial fungi and bacteria that help break down thatch, organic ...

WindSled, a zero-emission mobile science platform, is capable of traveling thousands of kilometers and doing valuable science on the Antarctic Plateau. Wind-driven aerosols condition the ...

Natural grass offers soil for burrowing ... plus the growth of mold and bacteria. If you spot standing water on your lawn, ...

Once you test your soil for pH, you will know whether or not you need to adjust the pH level for the specific crop you will grow. Garden lime consists of finely ground limestone and is applied to the ...

Sible and his co-authors tested products from Pivot Bio called PROVEN and PROVEN 40, which includes one or two species of soil bacteria, respectively, that can turn atmospheric nitrogen into plant ...