Certain soil bacteria play a crucial role in modulating plant immune responses, and allowing them to grow more efficiently.

The harmless bacteria that cluster around plant roots can influence the plant's balance of growth and defense, a new study ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people every year, ...

Researchers at MIT have recently devised a formula to predict the outcomes of species invasions based on experiments with ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity ...

Soil contamination is one of the major issues in the agriculture industry. These compounds are toxic, can inhibit seed ...

However, you don’t need any special tools to identify your soil type—just your hands. Soil scientists call this the “texture ...

IIT Bombay researchers have discovered a bacterial species capable of breaking down toxic soil pollutants and transforming ...

MIT researchers develop a formula to predict invasive species success, with potential applications in ecology and human health.

Indian Institute of Technology IIT Bombay researchers have identified bacteria that can consume toxic pollutants in the soil ...

Researchers from the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) have demonstrated that reducing nitric oxide (NO) levels in plants can significantly enhance nitrogen uptake and Nitrogen Use ...