plant-microbiome

Fusarium wilt is actively wiping out Cavendish bananas — the variety sold in virtually every groc...

The avocados at your grocery store are under constant threat from devastating fungal diseases, an...

The bottle of wine on your dinner table may owe its quality—or its shortcomings—to invisible micr...

Tiny microbial hitchhikers inside every seed you plant — or every vegetable you eat — may hold th...

It could lead to safer, more nutritious vegetables grown in selenium-contaminated soils, reducing...

A natural, soil-based alternative to fungicides — feeding your plants the right root compounds co...

Discoveries made about plant health, disease resistance, and nutrient uptake in labs have histori...

The invisible fungal threads laced through your vegetable garden soil are actively recruiting and...

The compost or soil mix you choose for your container grapes — or any garden bed — is quietly ass...

Fungi quietly living inside ferns in tropical forests may hold the next generation of antibiotics...

The corn in your grocery store could one day be grown with far less synthetic fertilizer because ...

Understanding how plants naturally recruit helpful soil microbes could lead to smarter farming pr...

Native plant restorations often fail quietly in the first few seasons — and this research suggest...

Potatoes you plant in your garden carry an invisible legacy of helpful bacteria from their parent...

The hidden chemistry your garden plants pump into the soil every day shapes which beneficial bact...

Invisible microbial communities living on your garden plants and crops directly affect their heal...

Soil-drenching beneficial bacteria like this one are already available to home gardeners, and und...

Wild rice growing along riverbanks and wetland edges has spent millennia perfecting a hidden part...

The bread on your table depends on wheat, and tiny aphids quietly hijack its microbial ecosystem ...

The bacteria and fungi coating your garden's roots are already working overtime to pull iron and ...

The weedy mix of plants you leave growing around your garden beds may be quietly shielding your p...

Soil bacteria living around your tomato and pepper roots are already nudging those plants to hand...

Corn and sorghum fields baking under record summer heat may have a hidden ally in their own soil ...

Choosing the right plant to grow on or near a contaminated brownfield, old gas station site, or i...

Invisible viruses in your garden soil are quietly deciding which bacteria thrive near plant roots...

The invisible ecosystem in your garden soil is partly governed by viruses — and learning how thos...

Farmers and gardeners growing canola or mustard greens in tired, phosphorus-depleted soil may one...

The pond or wetland edge you've planted with sweet flag or cattails may already be quietly filter...

Bacteria already living inside the roots and stems of your garden plants are silently fighting of...

Roadside wildflowers and garden beds near old infrastructure quietly absorb cadmium, lead, and ar...

Sunflowers planted to clean up a contaminated lot already carry hidden bacterial allies inside th...

Feather moss blanketing the floor of shaded rock gardens and stream banks acts as a living pollut...

The bacteria and fungi quietly living inside the leaves of every plant in your garden are largely...

Gastrodia elata — a rootless, leafless orchid prized in traditional medicine — survives entirely ...

Waterways near old industrial sites and roads often carry invisible lead contamination that ends ...

The reason phage-based sprays to protect your tomatoes from bacterial wilt keep failing in real g...

Bacteria like this one quietly work in your garden soil, converting sulfur compounds into forms p...

The soil you tend around your tea plants or woody shrubs isn't just feeding roots — it's stocking...

The microscopic hitchhikers living inside your sage plant's leaves may be shaping the very oils a...

The prairie remnant or native grass meadow near you is quietly negotiating with invisible bacteri...

Invisible microbes living in and around plants directly affect how healthy and resilient your gar...

The wild black cottonwood trees lining Pacific Northwest rivers and riparian trails are silently ...

Salt-tolerant plants clinging to life in coastal flats recruit specific bacteria that help them s...

The wild grasses growing along roadsides and field edges aren't just weeds — they harbor a dynami...

Every shrub, fern, and vegetable in your garden hosts a bacterial community that shapes its disea...

Soil microbes under your garden beds are constantly swapping genetic tools—including antibiotic r...