Biochar, produced from crop residues through pyrolysis, enhances soil fertility, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes ... fixing bacteria called rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF ...

They range in size from the tiniest one-celled bacteria, algae, fungi ... the goal is to boost the number of beneficial ...

which includes one or two species of soil bacteria, respectively, that can turn atmospheric nitrogen into plant-available forms. The edited versions boost the activity of a key gene involved in ...