Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around ...

Slippery, drippy goop makes Ralstonia bacteria devastating killers of plants, causing rapid wilting in tomato, potato, and a ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

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 ...

Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using them in painkillers, treatments for disease and household products such as ...

Your crop’s first line of defense lives on the leaf. PhycoTerra® FX feeds up to 10 million microbes/cm² with microalgae-powered nutrition. Feeding the beneficial native microbes in your phyllosphere ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn how to use rice water to fertilize plants, including three preparation methods and how often to apply it safely.

Turning Martian dust into shelter has long sounded like science fiction, but researchers are now treating it as an ...