Mycorrhiza assist plants in obtaining water, phosphorus and other micronutrients (e.g., Zn and Cu) from the soil and in return receive sustenance (carbon ... root-soil interface is a dynamic ...

In contrast, the suberin in a plant's roots can hold carbon deep in the soil for long stretches of time. Suberin has also been shown to make plants more resistant to root rot, indicating that it ...

Scientists have discovered how plants adapt their root systems in drought conditions to grow steeper into the soil to access deeper water reserves. Scientists have discovered how plants adapt ...

While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the ...

Healthy soil is a dynamic living ecosystem: a complex combination of minerals and organic ... the largest carbon sink after the ocean and holds more carbon than all terrestrial plant life on ...

The American Phytopathological Society (APS) looks at how Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ADS) can help cut flower growers.

Soil organisms circulate nutrients, making them available for roots to nourish plants and help ... These organic materials improve soil structure, provide carbon and, as they decompose, slowly ...

Some of these organisms create problems in plants like root ... carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to build plant ...

Longer more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon ...

Mycorrhiza assist plants in obtaining water, phosphorus and other micronutrients (e.g., Zn and Cu) from the soil and in return receive sustenance (carbon ... root-soil interface is a dynamic ...