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The loyal reader knows I am an organic gardener. My first book was on the soil food web and popularized the concept that plants produce carbon-based exudates designed to attract specific microbes.

In the face of growing global challenges to agricultural sustainability, a new study has uncovered the critical role of soil micro-food web complexity in enhancing soil fertility and promoting crop ...

Discover how the soil food web transforms lifeless ground into thriving, self-sustaining gardens naturally—no chemicals needed.

Leaves are good, and you can leave them where they fall. Alaska Botanical Garden: This is a year-round facility. There are ...

Soil systems maintain important ecosystem processes crucial for plant life and food production. Especially agricultural systems are strongly affected by climate change due to low vegetation cover ...

Yuanhu Shao, Xiaoli Wang, Jie Zhao, Jianping Wu, Weixin Zhang, Deborah A. Neher, Yanxia Li, Yiping Lou and Shenglei Fu 1. Subordinate plants have a significant impact on soil organisms in primary ...

Got dirt? Want healthy soil instead? While some may use the terms dirt and soil interchangeably, they are not the same thing. Simply put, dirt is dead, while soil is vibrantly alive. Dirt is a ...