Life beneath the surface of one of the driest places on Earth may be far more complex than once believed. Researchers have found that soil can support surprisingly robust and varied forms of life even ...
A new study shows that resilient and remarkably diverse populations of organisms can persist in the soil despite harsh and extremely dry conditions ...
Lush homeowner gardens and thriving farms and nurseries across the globe are fighting a tiny invader considered one of the ...
The microscopic soil-borne soybean cyst nematode is considered the most serious biological threat to the U.S. soybean ...
A gardening expert warned that a certain pest is becoming an 'epidemic' in gardens, and could be causing bald patches in your ...
A gardening expert has urged gardeners to take a closer look at their lawns for pests that could be damaging the grass and ...
It started as ordinary fieldwork and ended with scientists questioning what they thought they knew. In one of the harshest ...
This study was conducted in field conditions with fruit trees from the Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil (04°52’56”S, 42°52’58”W; 68 m). The climate is classified as tropical (Aw) ...
To organic pepper growers, root-knot nematodes are not merely a nuisance, they are a menace to the whole crop and the profitability of the farm. These are minute worms that live in the soil and ...