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 ...

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

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Kaur completed her doctoral degree in plant and soil sciences at the University of Delaware. For her dissertation, Kaur researched the effect of a strain of “beneficial bacteria” on turfgrass systems.