Future missions to the Moon could see astronauts growing the first plants on the lunar surface. But, getting lunar soil to grow plants has been a tricky process. Scientists may have finally had a ...

A new study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material made from biomass, can fundamentally reprogram how plants and soil ...

Farmers, gardeners, and botanists have long observed that plant diseases tend to flare up during periods of high humidity, ...

Multi-omics profiling of Moso bamboo reveals that endophytic microbes—particularly Paenibacillus—modulate hormone signaling (auxin, cytokinin, and ABA) to fine-tune shoot development and accelerate ...

Among plant-based alternative proteins, plant-based cheese continues to have a function and taste problem. That’s where Plonts comes in. Company founders and co-CEOs Nathaniel Chu and Josh Moser say ...

Suzanne Simard interview: How I uncovered the hidden language of trees Just as the bacteria that live in our guts can influence our health, the microbes that dwell in and around plant roots play a ...

Transactions amongst microorganisms and plant in the composite rhizosphere habitat / Saksi Tewari and Naveen Kumar Arora -- Plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture: fundamentals and ...

AMES, Iowa – Smarter use of the microbes that live in and around crops could pay huge dividends for farmers in the near future, according to an Iowa State University microbiologist. Gwyn Beattie, a ...

A gut doctor explains how to reach 30 plants per week without bloating, burnout, or quitting after the first seven days ...

Some 95% of microbes remain mysterious because they can’t be grown in the lab. Yet researchers are keen to study these organisms and the potentially useful compounds they make. Tiny, semipermeable ...