In an article featured in Science China Earth Sciences, researchers from Tianjin University elucidate the coupling relationship between soil fungi and reactive minerals in ecosystems by utilizing ...

Days are getting longer; I tried, unsuccessfully, to pause my thinking about healthy soil for the past couple of months. Now, as we approach warmer, longer days I embrace learning ...

Molybdenum is essentially required by plants and rhizosphere microbiota for sustainable crop production. Mo deficiency is common in the acidic soils of China. Mo-deficient plants exhibit stunted ...

In this study, we selected conventional microplastics (PE-MPs), biodegradable microplastics (PLA-MPs), and aged biodegradable microplastics (aging-PLA-MPs) to explore their effects on the rhizosphere ...

Leaf beetles can be found to feed on almost all plant groups. They live in the rhizosphere, the canopy and even underwater. Many leaf beetles, such as the Colorado potato beetle, are notorious pests.