A Chinese-foreign research team has discovered that soil invertebrates — such as termites, ants, and earthworms — play a ...

Can I Test My Soil for Nitrogen? Unlike other plant nutrients, most laboratories do not routinely test soil for N because the N cycle is very dynamic. The dynamic nature of the N cycle means that the ...

Researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in China have recently revealed the vital role soil invertebrates play in enhancing ...

Soil is key to the provision of ecosystem services, such as nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and food and fibre production 1,2. However, soil is highly susceptible to degradation. Degraded ...

More information: Xin Sui et al, Contrasting seasonal effects of legume and grass cover crops as living mulch on the soil microbial community and nutrient metabolic limitations, Agriculture ...

In an article featured in Science China Earth Sciences, researchers from Tianjin University elucidate the coupling relationship between soil fungi and reactive minerals in ecosystems by utilizing ...

Benefits of soil organic matter (SOM) include improvement of soil quality through increased retention of water and nutrients, resulting in greater productivity of plants in natural environments ...