The field of microbial plant biostimulants is undergoing rapid innovation, particularly regarding fungi that facilitate improved crop performance and soil ...

Scientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have identified a rare chemical compound in a species ...

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the Sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...

A woman has issued a stark warning about a silent killer lurking in Aussie gardens. Leichan Williams, 50, had no idea that an ...

A quiet grassland can feel still, but it is never silent. Every leaf, flower, and root releases tiny scent molecules that ...

Soil decides the fate of every garden long before the first tomato ripens or the first flower opens. Plants pull nutrients ...

If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, ...

Sandy soil doesn’t provide good anchoring support. Also, water drains right through it, and it dries out quickly. Nutrients also leach out quickly from it. But the looseness of sandy soil also means ...