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A New Biopesticide For The Organic Food Boom
August 21, 2008 — With the boom in consumption of organic foods creating a pressing need for natural insecticides and herbicides that can be used on crops certified as "organic," biopesticide pioneer Pam G. Marrone is ... > full story -
Can Biofuels Be Sustainable?
August 19, 2008 — With oil prices skyrocketing, the search is on for efficient and sustainable biofuels. Research published this month in Agronomy Journal examines one biofuel crop contender: corn stover. Corn stover ... > full story -
Organic Food Has No More Nutritional Value Than Food Grown With Pesticides, Study Shows
August 7, 2008 — New research in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown with the use of pesticides and ... > full story -
Microbe Diet Key To Carbon Dioxide Release
July 31, 2008 — As microbes in the soil break down fallen plant matter, a diet "balanced" in nutrients appears to help control soil fertility and the normal release of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the ... > full story -
Soil's Carbon Storage Capacity Investigated
July 28, 2008 — Three new studies explore the potential roles of soils as a carbon sink in different regions in the Western Hemisphere. Scientists have investigated soil carbon balance in distinct agroecosystems ... > full story -
No-Tillage Plus: Cover Crops Offer A Model For Sustainability In Tropical Soils
July 28, 2008 — Tropical soils often behave differently than temperate soils when being farmed. In tropical regions, soils lose nutrients quickly when cultivated. With food shortages looming and soil quality ... > full story -
New Piece Of Climate Change Puzzle Found In Ancient Sedimentary Rocks
July 23, 2008 — Researchers have added a new source of carbon dioxide to the complex climate change puzzle by showing that ancient rocks can release substantial amounts of organic matter into Earth's rivers and ... > full story -
New Findings On Mother Earth's Earthy Scent
July 21, 2008 — That evocative "earthy" scent of the soil returning to life in spring -- and nasty earthy tastes and odors in fish and drinking water -- actually results from two substances released by soil ... > full story -
Switchgrass May Mean Better Soil
July 20, 2008 — Soils with native grasses such as switchgrass have higher levels of a key soil component called glomalin than soils planted to non-native ... > full story -
Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean
July 18, 2008 — Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean. Scientists mapped the distribution of nutrients including phosphorus and nitrogen and investigated how ... > full story
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