Soil Research News

Posted March 17, 2010:

• Scarcity of Phosphorus Threat to Global Food Production
• First Parasitic Nematodes Reported in Biofuel Crops
• Prior Herbicide Use -- Not Irrigation -- Is Critical to Herbicide Efficacy

Posted March 16, 2010:

• The Effect of Landscape Position on Biomass Crop Yield
• New Lentil Being Readied for Market

Posted March 10, 2010:

• Discovery in Legumes Could Reduce Fertilizer Use, Aid Environment
• Plant Hormone Increases Cotton Yields in Drought Conditions

Posted March 8, 2010:

• Bacterial Product Isolated in Soil from Easter Island Rescues Learning, Memory in Alzheimer's Mouse Model
• Complex Co-Dependency of Microfungi and Grass

Posted March 5, 2010:

• Healing Native Rangeland May Require Combination of Burning and Rotational Grazing

Posted March 4, 2010:

• Evidence of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance in Soil Microbes
• Assessing Antibiotic Breakdown in Manure

Posted March 2, 2010:

• Forage Plant Wards Off Ruminant Gastrointestinal Nematode

Posted March 1, 2010:

• E. Coli as Sole Indicator of Water Pollution Questioned

Posted February 27, 2010:

• Presence of Snails Points to Forest Recovery

Posted February 23, 2010:

• Roots Key to Second Green Revolution

Posted February 21, 2010:

• Discovery of Nutrient 'Mining Machine' in Plants

Posted February 18, 2010:

• Everyday Grass Could Provide Green Fuel
• Beyond the Corn Field: Balancing Fuel, Food and Biodiversity

Posted February 17, 2010:

• Permafrost Line Recedes 130 Km in 50 Years, Canadian Study Finds

Posted February 16, 2010:

• Plant Buffers May Limit Spread of Antibiotics in Animal Waste
• Facing the Corn Nematode Problem in Illinois

Posted February 15, 2010:

• New Maize Varieties to Boost Grain Production in West and Central Africa

Posted February 12, 2010:

• Moderate Fertilizer Use Could Double African Banana Yields, Study Shows
• Plant Breeding Helps Revive Western Rangelands

Posted February 10, 2010:

• Thirty-Eight Percent of World's Surface in Danger of Desertification

Posted February 4, 2010:

• Is Iron from Soil a Factor in Algal Blooms?

Posted January 29, 2010:

• Solutions to Climate Change: Using Trees and Grasses to Capture Carbon and Produce Energy

Posted January 26, 2010:

• Bigger Corn Plants Bully Smaller Neighbors in No-Till Fields

Posted January 23, 2010:

• Water Hits and Sticks: Findings Challenge a Century of Assumptions About Soil Hydrology

Posted January 22, 2010:

• Urban 'Green' Spaces May Contribute to Global Warming

Posted January 14, 2010:

• From the Ancient Amazonian Indians: 'Biochar' as a Modern Weapon Against Global Warming

Posted January 13, 2010:

• Sweet Corn Study Provides Large-Scale Picture of Better Fields
• For This Microbe, Cousins Not Particularly Welcome

Posted January 6, 2010:

• Scientist's Breakthrough Given Ticket to Mars

Posted January 5, 2010:

• Multi-Paddock Grazing Provides Efficiency and Profits for Ranchers

Posted January 4, 2010:

• Microorganisms Cited as Missing Factor in Climate Change Equation

Posted December 28, 2009:

• Phragmites Partners With Microbes to Plot Native Plants' Demise

Posted December 26, 2009:

• The Past Matters to Plants

Posted December 24, 2009:

• Soil Studies Reveal Rise in Antibiotic Resistance

Posted December 22, 2009:

• Fertilizer Use Not Always Helpful in Revegetation Efforts

Posted December 17, 2009:

• Irrigation Decreases, Urbanization Increases Monsoon Rains

Posted December 16, 2009:

• More Insight Into Radioactive Salt Marshes

Posted December 3, 2009:

• Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels May Mitigate Losses of Biodiversity from Nitrogen Pollution
• Drought-Related Shrinking Processes Detected in Living Roots in the Soil for the First Time

Posted December 1, 2009:

• Evolutionary Arms Race Between Bacteria and Their Viruses in Soil

Posted November 24, 2009:

• Does Carbon Labeling Give Developing Countries a Bad Deal?

Posted November 23, 2009:

• New Method to Measure Snow, Vegetation Moisture With GPS May Benefit Farmers, Meteorologists

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