Soil quality research is the study of the characteristics, composition, and health of a soil sample and how these factors impact the soil's ability to perform it's intended function. Lesson 1 provides ...

WHEN one who has been for many years both a teacher and an investigator commits to paper the facts and ideas which have formed the substance of his later courses of instruction, we expect a very ...

Marriage of the mineral world and the organic world: Introduction: How soil forms from rocks and weather -- Plant roots and their bacterial partners -- Plant roots and their fungal partners -- Where ...

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...

Soil pH is a measure of soil acidity or alkalinity. On the pH scale, a value of 7.0 is neutral, pH values less than 7.0 are acidic, and pH values greater than 7.0 are alkaline. Homeowners and ...

Nanotechnology has been applied to soil improvement techniques to offer an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative to traditional techniques. The increase in urbanization and industrialization has ...

IT is pleasant to see that Sir Daniel Hall's book on the soil has now reached a third edition. It will have a permanent place in British agricultural literature as the first book on the subject in the ...