Soil scientists and experts urged grassroots farmers to protect soil health through proper management of acidic soil that can ...

So, you'll need to be careful about where you spray it. However, it doesn't build up in the soil, won't kill roots, and breaks down quickly, so it won't have long-term residual effects in the soil.

“Drill crops to at least 32mm depth, properly covered with no open slots to keep the crop seed well away from high doses of residual herbicides. If there is heavy rain around, then it is safer to use ...

New research reveals that microbes in urban environments are evolving to withstand the very cleaning agents designed to ...

Applying mulch to bare areas around your landscape and surrounding your trees is best practice, offering benefits such as ...

Parched soil and warmer-than-average temperatures, combined with low prices, have dampened the hopes of Kansas producers who ...

9. Pre-emergence herbicides (also known as residual herbicides) require precipitation (generally 0.5 to 1 inch) to move the herbicide into the soil layer where the weed seedlings are germinating.

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper.

Microbes in cities are evolving to resist disinfectants, with strains previously found only in Antarctica now emerging in ...

During the non-growing season, the primary alteration in the P components of Pinus massoniana fine roots was a shift from metabolic P to residual P. "Compared to the growing season, soil ligand P ...