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Soil health is the capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem, supporting complex interactions between microorganisms, soil fauna, and plant communities. For plant science, soil health is critical because these biological and chemical soil properties directly control nutrient availability, water retention, and disease suppression—factors that fundamentally determine plant growth and productivity. Understanding and maintaining soil health is therefore essential for both sustainable agriculture and plant ecology research.

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Nitrogen-Fixing Cereals: Engineering nif Gene Clusters in Wheat Mit...

It points toward a future where staple crops like wheat need less synthetic fertilizer — meaning ...

climate-adaptation
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Experimental warming decouples plant-fungal symbiont interactions a...

Mountain meadows and wildflower-rich grasslands many people hike through and depend on for clean ...

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Host-mediated rhizosphere microbiome transfer suppresses Fusarium o...

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

soil-health
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Dual functions of apigenin in suppressing Phytophthora capsici and ...

It means the peppers in your garden may already be producing their own natural defense compounds,...

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soil-health
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Sixty years of plant community change in Europe indicate a shift to...

Wild plants disappearing from meadows, wetlands, and forests near you are being quietly replaced ...

climate-adaptation
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Plant response to and recovery from drought.

The tomatoes wilting in your garden and the trees lining your street are entering an era of more ...

plant-signaling
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Wearable Plant Electronics Enables Early Detection of Salt Stress b...

Farmers and gardeners who water with tap water or live near coastal areas are unknowingly salt-st...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Harnessing plant-to-plant signalling via common mycorrhizal network...

Vegetables and grains you eat could one day be grown with far fewer pesticides if farmers learn t...

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Microbial succession from nursery to vineyard highlights the role o...

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

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6PPD-Quinone Triggers Oxidative Stress, Metabolic Reprogramming, an...

Tire rubber crumbles off every car on every road, and the toxic chemical it releases is washing i...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Mycorrhizal type shifts the controls on tree root exudation from so...

Whether the oaks or pines in your local park are partnered with truffle-style fungi or fine-root-...

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Root Exudate Metabolomics Reveals Phosphorus Acquisition Strategies...

Understanding how lupins unlock phosphorus from soil could lead to crops that need far less chemi...

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Endophytic Fungi in Cannabis sativa Produce Novel Terpene Synthases

Invisible fungi living inside everyday plants — including ones in your garden — may be quietly pr...

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Plant Root Networks Exhibit Small-World Topology

Understanding how roots are wired could help scientists breed crops that find nutrients more effe...

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Mangrove Restoration Cost-Effectiveness Exceeds Engineered Coastal ...

Trees and wetlands near coastlines — the same kinds of natural buffers that protect beaches, fish...

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Strigolactone Signaling Controls Tillering Response to Phosphorus i...

Understanding how rice controls its own growth in poor soil could help farmers breed varieties th...

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Phosphorus Recovery from Wastewater Using Constructed Wetlands with...

It means the phosphorus that would otherwise pollute your local waterways could instead end up ba...

soil-health
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Perennial vegetative strips promote spillover of beneficial soil mi...

That weedy hedgerow or wildflower strip at the edge of a farm field isn't just pretty—it's quietl...

climate-adaptation
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Key role of moss in supplementing nitrogen for plant growth under w...

It shows that the humble mosses you see blanketing forest floors and tundra are quietly working a...

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Phenolic acid biosynthesis is associated with deleterious microbiom...

If you grow broccoli, cabbage, kale, or bok choy, clubroot disease can silently devastate your cr...

phytoremediation
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Mechanisms of PFAS uptake and bioaccumulation in plants.

Vegetables and fruits grown in PFAS-contaminated soil — including produce from farms near industr...

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High nitrogen-induced changes in rhizosphere microbial community st...

Same over-fertilizing habits that gardeners and farmers use to grow bigger, greener plants may be...

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Sunflower Pollen and Bumble Bee Health: Mechanisms, Modifiers and T...

Planting sunflowers in your garden or community green space could directly support the health of ...

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Long-Term Biochar Application Enhances Carbon-Phosphorus Costabiliz...

Rice feeds half the world, and finding a way to grow it while reducing planet-warming methane gas...

soil-health
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Biochar-Amended Soils Increase Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization 2.4x

If you add biochar to your garden or raised beds, you could more than double the helpful fungi th...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Global density and biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks.

Every tree, shrub, and perennial in your garden is almost certainly plugged into one of these fun...

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Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks.

The web of fungi threading through your garden soil is even more intricate than we knew — endophy...

soil-health
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Beyond Microplastics: How Tire Wear Particles Influence Plant Performance.

Every road, parking lot, and driveway near your garden or local park is a source of tire particle...

soil-health
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A roadmap for plant-microbiome breeding to enhance plant stress tolerance.

Food on your plate and the plants in your garden could soon be bred not just for yield or taste, ...

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Protective holobiome promotes strawberry tolerance of biotic stresses.

Strawberries you buy at the store — or grow in your garden — may soon be protected by beneficial ...

carbon-sequestration
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Molecular approaches to increasing plant root carbon.

Crops growing in farmers' fields and even backyard gardens could one day be quietly pulling carbo...

herbicide-health-effects
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Shared Plant-human Biology: Herbicide Effects and New Biomarkers Pe...

Herbicides sprayed on your lawn, your food crops, and your local park may be quietly disrupting t...

soil-health
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Root-driven microbiome memory enhances plant disease resistance.

It means the way you grow plants this year — what you plant and where — could be quietly building...

soil-health
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Plant microbiome regulation for sustainable agriculture.

Invisible world of microbes in your garden soil is one of the most powerful tools we have for gro...

phytoremediation
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Erwinia sp. PSI-03 Promotes Plant Growth and Detoxifies Selenite Th...

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

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Soil In-situ Enrichment Coupled with RPA-CRISPR/Cas12b for Rapid an...

Strawberry wilt can wipe out entire crops silently through the soil, and this new tool lets farme...

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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of PsLykX gene of pea (Pisum sativum ...

Understanding exactly how pea plants partner with soil bacteria to 'fix' their own nitrogen could...

ancient-dna
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The potential of plant palaeogenomic research.

Ancient genetic blueprints being recovered from preserved plant remains could help breed tougher,...

soil-health
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Why, when, and how microbes can benefit ecological restorations: cu...

Health of your garden, local park, or nearby forest depends on invisible soil life that doesn't a...

soil-health
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Global Potential and Trade-Offs of Conservation Tillage for Crop Pr...

Way farmers till the soil in fields near you directly affects the carbon in the air, the health o...

soil-health
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The rhizosphere microbiome as a decentralized immune system.

Health of the soil around your garden plants isn't just background — it may be their first and mo...

climate-adaptation
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Elevated CO2 reprograms carbon allocation and attenuates ABA sensit...

Vegetables and grains you eat are growing in an increasingly CO2-rich atmosphere, which may be qu...

soil-health
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Coevolution of plant-microbe interactions, friend-foe continuum, an...

Microbes living in your garden soil are in a constant, ancient negotiation with your plants — and...

soil-health
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What do we know about the seed microbiome?

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

soil-health
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Reduced legacy precipitation decreases microbial community growth e...

Drier winters — increasingly common with climate change — can quietly degrade the soil health ben...

soil-health
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Recent advances in endophyte-mediated biotic and abiotic stress tol...

Beneficial microbes already living inside the plants in your garden and grocery store could soon ...

soil-health
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Nanoplastics in soil and aquatic ecosystems: Sources, impacts, and ...

The fruits and vegetables in your garden may already be absorbing microscopic plastic particles t...

soil-health
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Rhizobacteria-Mediated Plant Resilience to Abiotic Stresses: Drough...

The tomatoes, wheat, and vegetables in your garden or on your plate are increasingly threatened b...

pollinator-health
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Dietary titanium dioxide nanoparticles impair pollinator health: in...

The bumblebees visiting your garden vegetables and wildflowers are being quietly poisoned by an i...

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Zn-mobilizing bacteria improve shoot biomass and zinc content in wheat.

The wheat flour in your bread likely contains less zinc than it should — these natural soil bacte...

soil-health
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Microbial damper: Rhizosphere microbiome mitigates stress-induced p...

The microbes living in your garden soil are quietly working to keep your tomatoes both growing vi...

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Rhizosphere microbial shifts drive amygdalin detoxification and jas...

Peaches grown in the same orchard year after year slowly poison themselves through their own root...

plastic-pollution
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Nanoplastic Aggregation Driven by Environmental Components Reshapes...

Microplastics washing off roads, packaging, and synthetic mulch are already in the soil your vege...

soil-health
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When "biodegradable" is not benign: Microplastic-driven disruption ...

The 'biodegradable' mulch films and compostable bags you use in your garden may be leaving behind...

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Biogenic iron oxide nanoparticles synthesized using Trichoderma spp...

Fusarium wilt can silently kill your tomato plants from the roots up, and these naturally-made pa...

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Trichoderma asperellum 152-42 confers resistance to Fusarium root r...

A naturally occurring soil fungus could replace or reduce fungicides on the alfalfa fields that f...

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Plant-microbiome interactions are associated with enhanced salinity...

The rice on your plate likely grew in paddies where invisible soil microbes are quietly helping t...

plant-signaling
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The SPX protein family in plants: from phosphate sensors to multifu...

Farmers apply billions of pounds of phosphorus fertilizer every year to compensate for what plant...

climate-adaptation
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Hooked hairs: A cellular key adaptation aiding seedling survival in...

The food on your plate may one day require far less synthetic fertilizer to grow, because the mic...

urban-ecology
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Urban Tree Channeling of Soil Methane and Nitrous Oxide and Its Mit...

The street trees outside your window may be quietly pumping invisible greenhouse gases skyward — ...

soil-health
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Microplastics in the rhizosphere: unraveling plant-microbe-soil int...

That black plastic mulch you laid down last season, or the compost you bought in bags, may be ste...

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Straw Return Enhances Photooxidative Disintegration of Mulch Film a...

If you mulch your vegetable beds with plastic sheeting and compost straw or plant debris back int...

soil-health
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Insect herbivory reshapes rhizosphere bacterial and fungal networks...

The caterpillars or aphids chewing on your tomatoes and roses are secretly rewiring the microbial...

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soil-health
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Fertilization management reshapes plant-nematode interactions acros...

Every bag of synthetic fertilizer you skip in favor of compost is quietly shifting the microscopi...

soil-health
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Long-term nutrient management shapes soil microbial and metabolic s...

The compost you turn in your backyard bin is assembling a microbial workforce that no synthetic f...

invasive-species
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Invasive plants have stronger root recognition capabilities than na...

Every time you pull a native plant from a restoration bed only to watch an invasive refill the ga...

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Bacillus subtilis enhances maize yield by restricting cadmium trans...

Cadmium from industrial runoff and certain fertilizers quietly builds up in agricultural soil and...

soil-health
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Subsurface soil inorganic carbon gains offset half of surface losse...

The dirt beneath your food crops holds as much carbon as all Earth's living plants combined, and ...

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Strain-specific effects of soil cyanobacteria Nodosilinea sp. and M...

The strain of beneficial bacteria you add to your vegetable bed this season quietly decides which...

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Biodegradable mulch film-enriched with biochar, chicken feather, an...

That bag of chicken feathers or pile of oyster shells from your backyard cookout could become nex...

soil-health
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Microplastic Generation and Persistence of Biodegradable Plastics u...

Biodegradable plastic bags, food containers, and mulch films marketed as eco-friendly may actuall...

invasive-species
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Drought eliminates soil microbially mediated indirect competitive a...

The weedy exotic plants taking over your native garden bed may be winning not just by growing fas...

soil-health
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Microplastics and impurities in digestates and compost: A comparati...

Compost you spread on vegetable beds or buy from a garden center may be quietly delivering a dose...

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Co-application of biochar and cow manure enhances growth, yield and...

Mixing charred wood scraps with aged manure before planting could transform your garden's exhaust...

soil-health
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Exploration and Confirmation of the Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthet...

Friendly bacteria already living in your garden soil could be supercharged to help your seeds spr...

soil-health
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Translational microbiomes in agriculture: microbial communities as ...

Invisible communities of microbes living in your garden soil and on plant roots are increasingly ...

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Pineapple peel cellulose based eco-friendly fertilizer nanocomposit...

It means the fertilizers of the future could be made from fruit scraps rather than petrochemicals...

soil-health
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Root exudate-mediated nutrient exchange in the rhizosphere: multi-e...

Understanding how plant roots 'talk' to soil microbes could lead to farming practices that grow m...

soil-health
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Plant viruses and the microbiome: a complex network shaping plant h...

Microscopic life in your garden soil and on plant leaves may be the difference between a thriving...

soil-health
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Plant Coumarins Modulate Natural Product Biosynthesis in a Streptom...

It suggests that healthy plants are actively recruiting and directing their microscopic allies in...

soil-health
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Impacts of microplastics on rhizosphere microbiome structure and fu...

The invisible microbial community hugging your vegetable roots — the living network that feeds yo...

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Plant growth-promoting bacteria enhance tomato tolerance against to...

It points toward a compost-based, chemical-free way to protect your tomato crop from one of the m...

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Targeting redundant gene families: A multiplexed, tissue-specific C...

Understanding how plants take up nutrients from soil could lead to crops that need less fertilize...

soil-health
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Unraveling the Multilevel Phytotoxicity of Micro(nano)plastics and ...

Compost and manure-based fertilizers you spread in your vegetable beds likely carry both plastic ...

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Genotype-Dependent Rhizosphere Microbiome Assembly Improves Potassi...

It means the pears you buy at the grocery store could one day be grown with far less chemical fer...

soil-health
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Quantifying microbiota impact on plant traits for the guidance of b...

Invisible microbial world in your garden soil directly shapes how well your plants grow — and thi...

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Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying cadmium (Cd) stress re...

Cadmium — a toxic heavy metal from fertilizers, industrial runoff, and polluted soils — quietly a...

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Characterization of Grain Quality and Starch Properties of Rice und...

As climate change brings more frequent droughts and saltier soils to farming regions worldwide, t...

climate-adaptation
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Fire and edge disturbances in the Amazon rainforest: impacts on ani...

Animals and insects that eat fruit and scatter seeds are the invisible workforce behind every for...

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Sulfide-Infused FeS-Palygorskite Nanohybrid with Redox-Modulating P...

Iron-deficient alkaline soils cover vast stretches of farmland worldwide, and this discovery coul...

phytoremediation
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Plant growth-defense trade-offs regulate phytoremediation efficienc...

It reveals that the wild plants growing in contaminated lots, roadsides, and brownfields near you...

phytoremediation
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Biotechnologies for removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

Sewage sludge commonly spread on farm fields and parks as fertilizer carries toxic 'forever chemi...

soil-health
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Microbiome-driven innovations for climate-resilient crop production.

Soil beneath your vegetable garden is teeming with microscopic allies that could soon be the key ...

soil-health
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Soil chemistry and microbiome modulation through water irrigation c...

It points toward a simple irrigation upgrade — adding tiny gas bubbles to water — that could make...

crop-improvement
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Next-generation nano-bio strategies for sustainable fusarium management.

Fusarium fungus threatens the wheat, corn, and strawberries in your grocery store — and the garde...

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Biochar and melatonin alleviate microplastic-cadmium (MP-Cd) stress...

Rice grown in soils laced with microplastics and industrial cadmium can carry both into your body...

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Valorization of agro-industrial and forestry biomass ashes as soil ...

Wood ash from your fireplace or backyard fire pit is the same material studied here — and the fee...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Beyond elongation: The multifaceted roles of gibberellins in symbio...

Understanding how plants naturally recruit helpful soil microbes could lead to crops that need le...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Flavonoids, strigolactones, and beyond: scaling plant-arbuscular my...

Understanding why beneficial soil fungi help your vegetables and fruit trees but ignore — or even...

phytoremediation
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Synergistic effects of glutamic acid and cerium oxide nanoparticles...

Cadmium-contaminated soil can enter the food chain through vegetables grown in affected areas, an...

soil-health
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Glutamate facilitates root colonization by plant growth-promoting r...

Understanding what invites beneficial soil bacteria to plant roots could help gardeners and farme...

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Prosystemin-derived signals: bridging leaf microbiome dynamics and ...

It suggests that one day, instead of synthetic pesticides, gardeners and farmers might spray a na...

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Microbial community succession and dynamics during the season-long ...

Understanding the 'good' microbes naturally living on apples could eventually replace or reduce c...

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Leaf Position-Specific Photosynthetic and Metabolic Adaptations Und...

As soil salinity and alkalinity expand due to irrigation and climate change, understanding how cr...

soil-health
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Development of a plant growth-promoting bacterial EcoBiome derived ...

The tomatoes, peppers, and herbs in your garden could soon be treated with a soil drench made fro...

crop-improvement
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Growth versus Decline: Root Aging and Plant Performance.

The carrots, wheat, and tomatoes in your food supply depend on healthy roots that keep growing al...

soil-health
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Soil mercury contamination sources, impacts on crops and soil organ...

Vegetables and grains grown in mercury-contaminated soil absorb the metal, meaning it can end up ...

soil-health
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Nanoparticle-rhizosphere crosstalk: Insights into transformation, m...

Nanoparticles are already being tested in fertilizers and pesticides, so understanding how they m...

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Synergistic removal of morpholine fungicides and cadmium from agric...

Cadmium and fungicide runoff from nearby farms can quietly contaminate the water used to irrigate...

phytoremediation
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Iron plaque on wetland plant roots serves as a hotspot at the rhizo...

Wetland plants growing along the edges of ponds, rivers, and constructed water-treatment marshes ...

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Multiple origins of the apple seed microbiome: disentangling sexual...

The bacteria living inside the apple seeds you plant—or that apple trees pass to their offspring—...

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The improved auxin signalling via entire mutation enhances aluminiu...

Roughly half the world's arable land is too acidic for many crops, and this research points towar...

climate-adaptation
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Divergent mechanisms governing aboveground biomass in desert plants...

If you're trying to restore a dry garden patch or a drought-stressed lawn, there's a real moistur...

phytoremediation
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Fungal endophyte-enhanced phytoremediation of persistent organic po...

Contaminated soil from industrial sites, old farms, and roadside runoff affects the safety of gar...

soil-health
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Harnessing the plant microbiome: innovation towards sustainable agr...

The tomatoes and lettuce in your garden are quietly negotiating with billions of soil microbes ri...

soil-health
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Harnessing microbiomes to redefine medicinal plant agriculture.

The herbs you grow for teas or tinctures — echinacea, valerian, holy basil — may be stronger medi...

soil-health
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Integrating soil imaging with spatial omics to uncover root-soil in...

Crops that know how to efficiently hunt for nutrients in uneven soil could feed more people using...

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Phosphorus-arsenic interaction mitigates toxicity and accumulation ...

Rice you buy at the grocery store may have been grown in arsenic-contaminated soil, and this rese...

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Rhizosphere microbiome dynamics and hormonal interactions regulatin...

Same principle — that healthy soil microbes boost plant productivity — applies to your garden: nu...

pollinators
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Post-Application Fate and Transformation of Imidacloprid Insecticid...

Every bee, ground beetle, and butterfly that visits your garden is potentially exposed to imidacl...

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Soil amendment potential of black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyid...

If you compost or fertilize a kitchen garden, black soldier fly frass could let you feed your pla...

phenology
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Phenological mismatches between larks and grasshoppers induced by c...

The meadow grasses and wildflowers in nature reserves near you depend on birds arriving at exactl...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Status of mycorrhiza research in 2026.

Every tree in your backyard forest patch, every native wildflower you plant, and most vegetables ...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Cytoplasmic flow dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are intri...

Every tomato, oak seedling, and wildflower meadow you've ever grown likely owes part of its root ...

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For colonization success, should hosts and microbes travel alone, t...

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

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Molecular basis of delayed leaf senescence induced by short-term tr...

The rice in your grocery store could be grown with less phosphorus fertilizer — and stay producti...

biocontrol
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Fusaricidins producing Paenibacillus: a potential biocontrol agent ...

Fruits, vegetables, and grains grown near you could soon require far fewer chemical fungicides, b...

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Desorption Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry Imaging Provid...

The same Phytophthora family that caused the Irish Potato Famine is still destroying tomato crops...

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Dual effects of soil conditioners on wheat yield and soil propertie...

If your vegetable beds or fruit trees are struggling in sour, compacted soil, biochar mixed into ...

phytoremediation
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Beyond survival: Can we engineer plants to thrive in and remediate ...

Food grown in soil near nuclear accident sites or uranium mines can carry radioactive particles i...

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Foliar application of citric acid alleviates lead toxicity and enha...

If citric acid — a cheap, food-safe compound — can protect vegetables grown in lead-contaminated ...

plant-signaling
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Specialization of independently acquired flagellar FliC proteins in...

Understanding exactly how bacteria sneak past a plant's defenses — or get caught — could lead to ...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Mediated Phytoremediation: Harnessing ...

Same fungi quietly working in your garden soil could be harnessed to detoxify polluted vacant lot...

phytoremediation
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Leverage of Eichhornia crassipes in modulating pharmaceuticals and ...

Rivers used to grow food crops and supply drinking water are quietly accumulating drugs and cosme...

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Amending soil with leonardite decreases ciprofloxacin uptake and im...

If your vegetable garden sits near farmland where animal waste is used as fertilizer, antibiotic ...

crop-improvement
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From Waste to Defense: Agro-Industrial Byproducts as Sources of Bio...

Leftovers from making your olive oil, apple juice, or wine could soon help protect the vegetables...

soil-health
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Bacterial degradation of emerging aromatic pollutants and integrate...

Vegetables and grains you eat are grown in soils increasingly laced with pesticide residues and p...

mycorrhizal-networks
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Differential regulation of cadmium accumulation by root microbiomes...

If you grow vegetables in urban soil built on industrial fill, the bacteria your plant roots recr...

soil-health
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Soil health index-based assessment of cadmium ecological risk-ferti...

Vegetables and grains grown in contaminated soils can absorb cadmium, which accumulates in your b...

salt-stress-tolerance
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Preliminary Screening of the Herbicidal and Fungicidal Potential of...

Those piles of woody clippings from your annual rose and fruit-tree pruning may harbor natural we...

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Lemongrass: climate-smart crop for marginal lands.

Lemongrass could turn the worn-out, abandoned patches of land in your region into productive gree...

plant-signaling
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Influence of sound vibrations on plant holobionts: physiological pa...

Playing sound near your garden or crops might one day be a science-backed way to help roots grow ...

phytoremediation
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Endogenous salicylic acid maintains photosynthetic performance and ...

Knowing that plants have a built-in chemical signal that helps them survive heavy-metal-contamina...

phytoremediation
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Impacts of arsenic contamination on plants and the role of microalg...

Arsenic quietly enters the vegetables and grains grown in contaminated soil, meaning the food on ...

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Successive cultivation under drought selects for specific microbiom...

The wheat in your bread relies on invisible communities of root bacteria to survive dry spells — ...

soil-health
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Environmental microplastics: sources, environmental interactions, e...

Microplastics are already turning up inside vegetable roots, garden soil, and the worms that aera...

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Continuous recirculation of hydroponic-nutrient solutions shifts ba...

The lettuce in your hydroponic garden or at your local farm stand may be quietly fighting off roo...

soil-health
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Playgrounds as microbial interfaces: strategies to enhance soil mic...

The soil in your neighborhood park is a living microbial community, and how much of it children c...

soil-health
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Live-exudation assisted phytobiome culturomics system (LEAP-CS): a ...

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

phytoremediation
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Green solutions to soil pollution: a review on natural extracts for...

Heavy metals like lead and cadmium quietly accumulate in vegetable gardens near roads, old indust...

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Functional Resistance of Microbiome to Differently Charged Nanoplas...

The plastic fragments washing off your garden mulch, synthetic turf, or nearby roadway are silent...

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Unraveling the synergistic effects of Bacillus cereus and different...

The wheat in your bread could soon be grown with far fewer chemical fertilizers — a soil bacteriu...

soil-health
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Pesticides and the microbial world: a review of disturbance, resili...

The vegetables in your garden depend on billions of soil microbes to break down nutrients into fo...

pollinators
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Anthropogenic stressors drive microbiome assembly: A global meta-an...

Every strawberry, tomato, and squash in your garden depends on bumble bees that may be quietly lo...

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"Pollen diets influence gut microbiota composition and colony devel...

Every wildflower you leave standing at the edge of your garden is a vote for the gut health of na...

urban-ecology
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Trait-mediated responses of native plant diversity to combined urba...

That overgrown lot down the street — full of weeds and cracked concrete — is quietly losing its n...

soil-health
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Temperature-dependent biofilm and sublancin production arrest soil ...

Arsenic quietly accumulates in garden beds near old orchards, painted fences, or busy roads, and ...

soil-health
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Enhanced rock weathering in grassland: Impacts of basalt dust on ha...

Spreading crushed rock on hay meadows could let farmers sequester carbon and grow better forage w...

PubMed → · research article

Cover Cropping-Mediated Regulation of Phyllosphere Microbial Health...

Planting a simple off-season ground cover—clover, rye, or vetch—before your rice or vegetable bed...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Microalgae and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable...

Swapping synthetic fertilizers for microbial blends in your vegetable beds could rebuild the livi...

PubMed → · research article

Microbial community insights into antimicrobial rice-straw lignin f...

Backyard worm bins fed poultry manure can harbor dangerous bacteria, but layering in rice straw —...

climate-adaptation
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Leveraging Extremophyte Adaptations as a Roadmap for Crop Design fo...

Desert-adapted plants growing at the edges of your region's driest places are quietly running che...

plant-signaling
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Beyond a Plant Hormone: Ethylene Receptors and Signaling in Microbes.

Bacteria living in your garden soil and on your plants' roots can sense the same ripening signals...

bioplastics
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Towards environmental sustainability through the production of tail...

Microplastics now found in soil, water, and food are entering your garden, your vegetables, and u...

soil-health
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Toward predictive plant microbiomes: From assembly rules to deployment.

Every shovelful of soil in your garden hosts a hidden microbial community that your plants are ac...

PubMed → · research article

Artificial Humic Acid Derived from Microorganisms Promotes Root Gro...

Gardeners and farmers who already compost with straw may soon have access to a supercharged soil ...

PubMed → · research article

Host-guided microbiome-metabolite interactions enable cross-kingdom...

Banana plantations across the tropics are being wiped out by a soil fungus that chemicals can't r...

PubMed → · research article

Complete Genome of an Alkali-Resistant Rhizobium anhuiense Symbiont...

Growing peas in your garden could one day mean skipping the fertilizer bag entirely — bacteria li...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

Unlocking plant abiotic stress resilience through biostimulants and...

Every tomato you've watched wilt in a July heat wave is fighting the same battle this research ai...

PubMed → · research article

Harnessing plant growth-promoting bacteria for nanoparticle biosynt...

Same friendly bacteria already living in healthy garden soil could soon be harnessed to protect y...

plant-signaling
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Signaling peptides at the crossroad of root endosymbioses.

Every clover and pea in your garden is quietly running a molecular negotiation underground, signa...

plant-signaling
plant-signaling
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Mineral nutrients as regulators of plant flowering time: A molecula...

How much fertilizer you use — and when — can quietly shift your tomatoes, beans, or dahlias into ...

rewilding
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Potential to fund arable rewilding in England with biodiversity credits.

Wildflower-rich rewilded land hosts 56% more rare invertebrate species and a third more pollinato...

invasive-species
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Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions.

Every invasive plant spreading through a local nature preserve is running a gauntlet of native co...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Antimicrobial resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in compo...

If you've ever wondered whether shoveling manure compost into your raised beds puts anything unwa...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Meta-analysis of biochar effects on antibiotics and antibiotic resi...

If you grow vegetables in soil that's been amended with manure or compost, biochar mixed into you...

PubMed → · research article

Bacterial Diversity and Functional Dynamics in the Soybean (Glycine...

The compost you choose for your vegetable bed isn't just feeding your plants — it's curating an e...

PubMed → · research article

Enterobacter cloacae-loaded biochar suppresses cadmium accumulation...

Rice paddies on cadmium-contaminated land — and there are millions of acres of them — could becom...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Preparation and characterization of physical crosslinked nanochitin...

A slow-release fertilizer made from seafood waste could let your vegetable bed feed itself steadi...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Role of Cyanobacterial Exopolysaccharide in Soil Fertility: Composi...

Spreading a cyanobacterial slurry on your garden beds or community plot could one day replace syn...

soil-health
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Long-Term Effects of Straw-Biochar Application and Fertilization Gr...

Mixing biochar into your garden beds doesn't just feed your plants — it locks carbon into the soi...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Soil-associated microorganisms: A natural source of biologically ac...

Garden soil under your feet is teeming with microscopic organisms that produce compounds capable ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Genomic signatures in Variovorax enabling colonization of the Popul...

Right microbes living inside plant roots can help your vegetables grow stronger, resist disease, ...

crop-improvement
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Integrated Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses Elucidate Phenol...

Understanding which plant varieties naturally produce the most antioxidants helps breeders develo...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Aboveground insect herbivory shapes plant-soil feedback and ecosyst...

The caterpillars chewing your garden kale this summer may be quietly rewiring the underground mic...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Molecular pathways in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria-plant in...

These beneficial bacteria are already living in the soil of your garden and farm fields — underst...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Microbial innovations for climate-resilient agriculture: mechanisms...

The microbial life thriving around your garden's roots right now is doing quiet work that no fert...

PubMed → · research article

Assessment of phyto-remediation efficiency and crop productivity of...

If you've ever wondered whether a fast-growing plant could do double duty — cleaning fouled water...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Dual-Functional Rhizobium dioscoreae Q9a for Glyphosate Biodegradat...

If you grow food in soil that's ever been treated with Roundup or generic glyphosate, this bacter...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: key role players for sustaina...

Vegetables grown in soils near industrial areas or heavily fertilized fields can quietly accumula...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

Climate Warming and Plant Disease: Mechanistic Insights Into Pathog...

The tomatoes, squash, and herbs you're nursing through a hotter, wetter summer are facing a gaunt...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Rhizobacterial Exopolysaccharides in Soil-Plant Systems: Molecular ...

Coating seeds with specially engineered soil bacteria before planting could help your vegetable g...

PubMed → · research article

Improving low-phosphate tolerance via tissue-specific CRISPR/Cas9 k...

Rice paddies worldwide are quietly starved of phosphorus — and the fertilizer fix is running out ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Cell walls and their role in the plant root microbiome.

Invisible community of microbes around plant roots directly affects how well your vegetables grow...

soil-health
soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Recent advances in techniques for microplastic detection, microbial...

Microplastics are now found in garden soil, tap water, and the vegetables you eat — and understan...

PubMed → · research article

Unveiling the mycobiome of healthy and Esca diseased grapevines: fu...

Grapevines in your region—whether in a backyard arbor or a commercial vineyard nearby—are quietly...

PubMed → · research article

Nitric acid-modified biochar ameliorates saline-alkali soil and pro...

If you've ever tried growing vegetables in compacted, salty, or 'dead' soil and watched them stru...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Nucleic acid dynamics at the plant-rhizosphere interface: Regulator...

The soil beneath your vegetable beds is alive with genetic chatter — your plants are constantly b...

PubMed → · research article

Compost from decentralized composting models used for improving soi...

If your garden soil is getting saltier from road runoff, irrigation buildup, or coastal spray, th...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Bacterial Siderophore Production in Metal-Rich Environments: Undere...

Same bacterial molecules that help plants absorb iron in polluted soils could one day be used to ...

PubMed → · research article

Drought priming and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria enhance So...

Watering your tomatoes on a graduated deficit schedule — intentionally letting them experience mi...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Proteomic insights into plant-endophyte interactions: advancing und...

Tiny microbes living inside the plants in your garden, on your farm, or in your local park are al...

pollinators
PubMed → · research article

Biases and blind spots in the global research agenda on metallic po...

Lead and cadmium from contaminated soil can move through pollen and nectar into the bees visiting...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plant proteins modulate m6A RNA methylation via the regulation of g...

Vegetables and legumes you grow in your garden may do more than just feed you—they could be resha...

PubMed → · research article

Biochar and zinc oxide nanoparticles partnership: a multi-faceted s...

Rice paddies worldwide sit on soils contaminated by mining and industrial runoff, and the grains ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Synergistic role of microbiologically synthesized nanoparticles and...

It points toward farming methods that could grow more food with fewer chemical inputs, meaning cl...

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

Publisher Correction: A genetic module boosts grain yield and nitro...

Corn grown with less fertilizer means lower food costs, reduced chemical runoff into local waterw...

Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation Efficacy: A Meta-Analysis of Water Produ...

Date palms — the trees behind the Medjool and Deglet Noor dates in your kitchen — survive where a...

plant-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Do stomatal traits modulate leaf microbiome assembly?

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

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Synergistic phytoremediation strategy for textile effluent contamin...

Degraded, over-salted soil is one of the quietest threats to growing food locally — this research...

PubMed → · research article

Metabolic reconstruction and microbial network assembly immobilised...

Abandoned coal mine dumps leach heavy metals into surrounding soil and water — vetiver grass plan...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

The hazards of metal exposure mediated by crops to human health fro...

Vegetables grown in urban garden beds or near old industrial sites can silently concentrate heavy...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Microbial consortia interactions and bioremediation of pesticides: ...

Pesticides sprayed on the crops you eat don't just disappear — they linger in soil, affect plant ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Bacterial consortium optimization for improved biological degradati...

It means agricultural waste — the stuff left over after harvests — could be turned into rich comp...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Flow-configuration effects on pollutant removal and plant physiolog...

Clothes we wear are often dyed with toxic chemicals, and this research brings us closer to afford...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Bacterial-fungal interactions: connections and consequences.

The invisible web of bacteria and fungi living in your garden soil is more like a coordinated com...

seed-saving
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Host Species Mediate Distinct Seed Microbiome Responses to Restoration.

Seeds you collect from a restored prairie or replanted woodland may carry a reshuffled microbial ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Soil as a Battlefield and a Reservoir: Linking Soil Components to t...

The compost you work into your garden beds isn't just feeding your tomatoes — it's recruiting an ...

PubMed → · research article

Rhizosphere Microbiome as an Underexplored Resource for Agroecosyst...

Invisible microbial life in your garden soil is what makes your carrots healthy and nutritious, a...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Opportunities to strengthen US phosphorus supply resilience through...

Every bag of vegetable fertilizer you buy traces back to a finite rock mined mostly overseas — bu...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Impact of Fire and Heat Stress on Soil Microorganisms: A Review of ...

Invisible world of soil microbes is what keeps your garden fertile — understanding how fire disru...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Occurrence, persistence and vertical distribution of high-risk anti...

Vegetables and grains grown in soils fertilized with manure-based slurry may be absorbing antibio...

PubMed → · research article

Earthworms counteract drought-induced impairment of wheat performan...

Worm castings in your vegetable beds aren't just fertilizer — earthworms actively restructure soi...

PubMed → · research article

Whole-genome characterization of halotolerant Enterobacter roggenka...

Rice paddies treated with this naturally occurring soil microbe pushed germination rates from 42%...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

No energy, no defense: Metabolic input shapes defense signaling.

When your garden tomatoes are already stressed from drought or poor soil, they're far less able t...

PubMed → · research article

Agro-based biochars combined with nitrogen fertilizer improve soil ...

Charred kitchen scraps or garden waste mixed into your vegetable beds can make fertilizer work ha...

PubMed → · research article

Divergent mechanisms of zinc and manganese in controlling cadmium t...

Rice grown in contaminated southern Chinese soils is a leading global source of dietary cadmium e...

PubMed → · research article

Harnessing nano-engineered iron-silicon nanoparticles to modulate c...

Rice paddies on contaminated land near old industrial sites are a quiet source of cadmium in the ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Reducing cadmium bioavailability in soil with micronutrient sulfate...

If you grow vegetables in soil that's ever been near industrial sites, old orchards, or heavily f...

PubMed → · research article

Magnesium oxide nanoparticles enhance tomato growth and magnesium u...

If your vegetable garden sits on acidic soil, the magnesium you add — whether Epsom salt or dolom...

Zinc deficiency and toxicity: How they reshape the Laccaria bicolor...

Poplar groves planted to clean up zinc-contaminated industrial sites depend on underground fungal...

food-preservation

Factors affecting postharvest quality during storage of agricultura...

The tomatoes, apples, and greens you harvest or buy degrade faster than they should because of in...

soil-health

Trichoderma asperellum: Taxonomy, biology, and functional applicati...

The soil in a healthy garden is alive with fungi like this one, quietly attacking the molds and r...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Environmental implications of coal mining and its sustainable mitig...

Land and water around coal mines often contaminate food, drinking water, and ecosystems that comm...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Integrative evaluation of cadmium uptake, ionomic responses, and ge...

Cadmium from industrial runoff can reach the streams, rivers, and reservoirs that feed our drinki...

Factors influencing methane emissions in rice paddies using alterna...

Rice paddies are one of the largest human-managed sources of greenhouse gas on Earth, and smarter...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Microalgae-Bacteria Interactions in the Bio-based Circular Economy:...

Bacteria-algae partnerships described could one day make the fertilizers, fish feed, and biofuels...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Identification of heavy metal-mobilizing bacteria and revealing of ...

It offers a natural, low-cost way to detoxify the soil in gardens, farms, and parks near industri...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Lithium in the Anthropocene: innovative perspectives on environment...

Lithium leaching from battery manufacturing and mining sites can accumulate in garden soils and f...

bioremediation
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Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos by the newly isolated Escherichia fe...

Pesticides sprayed on crops can linger in soil and water long after harvest, potentially ending u...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Multi-omics analysis of interspecies interactions in a soil Strepto...

Invisible bacterial communities in your garden soil are constantly signaling and competing with e...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

mGem: Applying microbiome therapeutic learnings to next-generation ...

Same scientific advances that gave us cutting-edge probiotic therapies for humans could soon lead...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Nutrient management modulates lignin accumulation in pomelo fruits:...

If you grow citrus or buy pomelos at the market, the amount of fertilizer used on the soil direct...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Vertical distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes in soil adj...

Vegetables and herbs grown in soil near farms — or fertilized with animal manure — may be absorbi...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Efficiencies and rhizospheric regulatory mechanisms of phytoremedia...

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

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Effects of exogenous selenium on physiological characteristics and ...

Vegetables grown in cadmium-contaminated soil near industrial areas or heavily fertilized farmlan...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

In situ degradation of biodegradable bio-based plastics in urban so...

Those 'compostable' plant-based plastic bags and containers you toss in your garden compost bin m...

pollinator-health
PubMed → · research article

Environment and Pollen Diversity Differentially Affect the Gut Micr...

The bees pollinating your vegetable garden and fruit trees carry gut bacteria shaped by the local...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts.

The mist that settles on your garden at dawn could be quietly keeping your plants alive during dr...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Halophilic bacteria and archaea in salinity-resilient agriculture: ...

The vegetables and grains at your grocery store increasingly come from soils turning salty due to...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Comparative assessment of removal capacity and toxicity threshold o...

Runoff from fertilized lawns and farms overloads local ponds and streams with phosphorus, trigger...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Omics-informed insights into biochar-Trichoderma interactions in pl...

Adding a simple charcoal-based amendment to your garden soil, alongside beneficial fungi already ...

PubMed → · research article

Host transcriptional and microbiome metatranscriptomic changes in s...

The same fungus that gardeners and farmers already spray on pests to kill them can quietly take u...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Hidden players in plant response to sulfur deficit and beyond: insi...

Sulfur is a nutrient that affects the flavor of vegetables like broccoli and garlic, the health o...

PubMed → · research article

Synergistic mitigation of lead [Pb(II)] stress in Triticum aestivum...

Wheat grown in soil near old industrial sites or heavily fertilized farmland can absorb lead into...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Integrated metagenomic-metabolomic insights into plant-microbe inte...

Tiny chemical signals in garden soil quietly recruit beneficial microbes to plant roots — underst...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Seasonality of composition, genomic potential and activity of conif...

The invisible microbes packed into forest soil — right under pine and spruce trees — are quietly ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Bacterial ester hydrolases from the soil-plant system and their rol...

Bacteria quietly working in your garden soil produce enzymes that help your plants fight drought,...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Comparative effects of Trichoderma harzianum and Bacillus subtilis ...

Copper buildup in garden and farm soils from fertilizers and fungicides quietly poisons the soil ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Innovative approaches to mitigating persistent toxic substances and...

The vegetables and grains you eat may carry invisible chemical baggage — heavy metals, industrial...

PubMed → · research article

Microbiome-mediated environmental adaptation in tea plants and its ...

The tea in your morning cup could become scarcer and more expensive as climate change stresses te...

PubMed → · research article

Symbiont dominance and microbiome dysbiosis in wheat-aphid revealed...

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

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Elucidating the phytoremediation potential of aquatic macrophytes f...

Plants growing in your local pond or wetland may be quietly cleaning up industrial pollution that...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Evaluation of phytoremediation potential by rhizospheric bacteria o...

Contaminated soil from industrial runoff or heavy metals can end up in the vegetables you grow or...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Identifying microbial candidates for assisted phytoremediation thro...

Millions of acres of old mining land sit barren and leaching toxic metals into nearby waterways —...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Phytoremediation of nanoparticle contaminated soil using the fast g...

Soil contaminated with industrial nanoparticles can leach into your vegetable garden or local wat...

plastic-biodegradation
phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Chemical and Biological Interactions of Nano-Selenium in the Rhizos...

Vegetables and grains grown near industrial sites or heavily fertilized fields silently accumulat...

PubMed → · research article

Regulating Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Permissiveness.

Every tomato, pepper, and herb you grow benefits from these same ancient fungal partnerships unde...

PubMed → · research article

Pyrolysis temperature regulates biochar-soil interactions to enhanc...

Charcoal buried in your raised bed isn't just inert filler — the temperature it was made at deter...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Inoculation with cadmium/lead-tolerant bacteria enhances phytoremed...

If your garden sits on land with industrial or old-paint history, pairing the right soil microbes...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Road salt induced mobilization and accumulation of heavy metals in ...

That rain garden strip between the parking lot and the street is quietly accumulating lead, coppe...

PubMed → · research article

Mechanism of pyrene remediation in soil by biochar-immobilized laccase.

Pyrene quietly accumulates in garden and farm soil from car exhaust, wood smoke, and industrial f...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Harnessing fungi and bacteria to speed up the biodegradation of pla...

The plastic sheeting stretched over garden beds and farm rows each season rarely disappears clean...

composting
PubMed → · research article

The Next Frontier in Biodegradable Plastics: Enzyme-Embedding Biode...

Plastic mulch films and nursery pots shed microplastics into your garden soil for decades — enzym...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Metacycloprodigiosin from Rhizosphere Streptomyces aurantiacus as a...

It brings us closer to replacing synthetic fungicides and pesticides with naturally occurring soi...

PubMed → · research article

Revolutionizing sweetness: the multifaceted health benefits of ferm...

If you grow stevia in your garden or use it to sweeten your tea, the way it's processed before it...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Nano-selenium coordinates plant-microbiome redox for sustainable crops.

Farmers growing the wheat in your bread loaf may soon spray a trace-mineral mist instead of heavy...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plant-microbiome interactions provide novel insights into the regul...

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

PubMed → · research article

Diversity recruits resilience via metabolite signaling.

The more diverse the soil life beneath your garden beds, the better your plants may weather a dry...

PubMed → · research article

Root exudate-associated microbiome assembly contributes to viral di...

The soil beneath a wheat field is a living battlefield, and some wheat varieties win by recruitin...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Agricultural soil microbiomes are structurally and functionally mor...

The compost and living soil you build in a vegetable bed may be quietly cultivating a microbial c...

PubMed → · research article

Effects of prosulfocarb and hydrogels on soil fungal communities.

Every bag of herbicide or water-retention gel you apply to your vegetable beds reshapes the invis...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Phages as ecosystem engineers of plant microbiomes.

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

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

The architecture of salt tolerance: a multi-scale view of sodium tr...

Every time a coastal storm surges inland or an irrigated field accumulates mineral salts over dec...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Cross-kingdom communication between plants and parasitic nematodes.

Root-knot nematodes silently devastate vegetable gardens worldwide — understanding how they eaves...

PubMed → · research article

Iron-titanium oxide-engineered biochar mitigates antimony and nicke...

Biochar made with iron and titanium oxides offers a practical soil amendment tool for growers wor...

PubMed → · research article

Foliar Spraying of Silica Nanoparticles Outperforms Its Soil Amendm...

Rice grown in arsenic-contaminated paddies quietly concentrates that arsenic into the grain you e...

PubMed → · research article

Valorising cinnamon crop residue: Hydrochar production for sustaina...

Cinnamon leaf scraps you'd compost can be converted into a long-lived soil amendment that locks c...

PubMed → · research article

Sustained grain cadmium reduction in rice-wheat rotation: A cost-ef...

Limestone — the same material gardeners use to sweeten acidic soil — turns out to be a powerful, ...

PubMed → · research article

Biochar derived from tea processing waste residue improves the perf...

Tea waste you might toss in the compost bin can be charred and worked into acid garden soils to n...

PubMed → · research article

Impact of node restriction on Cd and Zn transportation in wheat pla...

Wheat fields near old industrial zones or heavily fertilized farms can quietly accumulate cadmium...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Synergistic water absorption and release in water storage clay: Rol...

Mixing this waste-derived clay into a drought-stressed garden bed could mean watering half as oft...

plant-pathology
PubMed → · research article

Combined generalist and host-specific transcriptional strategies en...

A fungus that can jump from your tomatoes to your roses to your ornamental grasses without missin...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Ecotoxicological insights into fluoride pollution affecting soil, p...

If your vegetable garden is irrigated with well water from a fluoride-prone aquifer, the leafy gr...

PubMed → · research article

A synthetic microbial community for soybean biofertilization design...

Soybeans grown with smarter microbial helpers could mean less synthetic fertilizer runoff reachin...

PubMed → · research article

Synergistic Consortia with Bacillus megaterium A14 Enhance Cadmium ...

Peanuts grown in cadmium-contaminated soil quietly accumulate that metal into the nuts you eat, a...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

The soil microbiome of the Caatinga drylands in Brazil.

The bacteria thriving in some of Earth's harshest soils could one day be the secret ingredient in...

PubMed → · research article

Synergistic alleviation of salinity stress in tomato: unraveling th...

If you're growing tomatoes in raised beds amended with salty tap water or near coastal soils, the...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Fate, transport, and transformation of mesosulfuron-methyl and iodo...

Compost you dig into your vegetable beds doesn't just feed your plants — it also accelerates the ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Contrasting Cr(VI) and Cd(II) immobilization in contaminated soils ...

Vegetable gardens and allotments on former industrial land often carry invisible chromium or cadm...

PubMed → · research article

Biochar amendment enhances the diversity of phagotrophic and photot...

If you've ever struggled to grow citrus or fruit trees in heavy clay or acid soil, biochar made f...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

A synergistic alliance between nematophagous fungi and organic matt...

Compost and wood-chip mulch you add to your garden beds may be quietly supercharging beneficial f...

PubMed → · research article

Organic fertilizer regulates multispecies biofilm formation and str...

Compost and organic amendments you add to garden beds don't just feed your plants — they're quiet...

PubMed → · research article

Fe-modified tea waste biochar enhances short-term soil organic carb...

Spent tea leaves from your morning brew — instead of heading to landfill — can be transformed int...

PubMed → · research article

Nanobiochar Mitigates Photosynthetic Impairment in Rice Caused by A...

Rice paddies downstream from farms and hospitals absorb antibiotic runoff through their roots — a...

invasive-species
Europe PMC → · research article

Linked plant-fungal invasions: an introduction to a Virtual Issue.

Invasive plants spreading into natural areas near you may be dragging along foreign fungi that di...

native-plants
PubMed → · research article

Coexistence mechanisms for herbaceous plants in arid ecosystems.

Desert wildflower blooms you might drive hours to see — those explosions of color after a good wi...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Streptomyces enrichment in roots during drought is uncoupled from p...

Knowing that drought-stressed garden soil naturally shifts toward Streptomyces bacteria — the sam...

PubMed → · research article

Partial mycoheterotrophy in the arbuscular mycorrhizal Gentiana squ...

The delicate alpine gentians you might spot on a mountain hike aren't just pretty faces — they're...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Machine learning-assisted meta-analysis reveals melatonin crosstalk...

If you grow vegetables in urban soil or near old industrial sites, melatonin treatments could one...

composting
PubMed → · research article

Construction of Multifunctional Microbial Inoculants for Lignocellu...

Composting that pile of straw or spent garden stalks just got a scientific blueprint: a targeted ...

PubMed → · research article

Synergistic role of de-ashed biochar and compost on lettuce (Lactuc...

If your raised bed soil has ever been compacted, over-fertilized, or near an old painted structur...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

From Microbes to Molecules: Biodegradable Microplastics Reshape Soi...

Those biodegradable plastic mulch films and plant pots breaking down in your garden beds may be q...

PubMed → · research article

Seed priming with nitric oxide and foliar glycine betaine applicati...

Wheat grown in soils near old industrial sites or heavily fertilized fields may carry cadmium int...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plant immune dysregulation disrupts microbe-induced growth promotio...

Every time you add beneficial microbes or compost tea to your garden beds, your plants' immune sy...

PubMed → · research article

CHD-18g-modulated Pseudomonas taxa support poplar salt tolerance.

Poplar trees planted along roadsides and in restored wetlands are quietly recruiting their own ba...

PubMed → · research article

Seasonality, land use and plant community diversity shape microbiom...

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

PubMed → · research article

Distinct filtering processes shape bacterial and fungal communities...

If you grow garlic in the same bed year after year and keep losing bulbs to rot, the answer may a...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

The Endophytic Microbiota Drives Plant Growth and Flavonoid Dynamic...

Where a plant was grown — not just how you care for it — shapes the invisible microbial community...

PubMed → · research article

Effects of different cultivation methods on microbial community str...

If you grow lettuce in containers or a hydroponic setup, the microbial world living on your plant...

PubMed → · research article

Bacterial inoculation drives microbiome-mediated resistance to a so...

Sprinkle the right bacteria near your vegetable roots and you may be able to crowd out soil patho...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

The role of phages in plant-associated microbial communities.

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

phyllosphere-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Adaxial-abaxial leaf surface asymmetry is a key ecological driver o...

Every tree in your yard is running two completely different microbial ecosystems on a single leaf...

PubMed → · research article

Biocontrol of Fusarium culmorum and enhanced wheat seedling growth ...

Soil microbes like this one are why organic farmers who build diverse, healthy soil often see cro...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Crossing below-ground boundaries: conceptualizing a framework for s...

The weedy strip between your vegetable garden and the neighbor's lawn isn't just aesthetics—it ma...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Can Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms Unlock the Path to Sustai...

Restoring a patch of degraded rainforest is less like planting a garden and more like rebuilding ...

PubMed → · research article

Effects of bio-slurry and chemical fertilizer on soil fertility and...

If you've ever composted kitchen scraps or kept a worm bin, you're already practicing the same lo...

PubMed → · research article

Effects and mechanisms of different organic manure on minimizing ca...

The compost pile in your backyard isn't just about fertility — what you add to contaminated soil ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Drought-induced shifts in soil microbial communities and carbon dyn...

When the soil beneath your vegetable beds dries out, the microbial workforce that converts compos...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Synergistic effects of crop straw formulations on Stropharia rugoso...

If you've ever replanted the same bed with tomatoes or garlic and watched yields quietly shrink e...

PubMed → · research article

Form dictates function: Component-specific remediation mechanisms o...

Compost tea brewed from your backyard pile may do more than feed your garden—it can actively brea...

PubMed → · research article

Methylobacterium spp. and biological control of phytopathogenic Fus...

Fusarium mold silently rots seeds in your vegetable garden before they ever sprout, and these nat...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Effects of organic amendments and crop cultivation on soil organic ...

Every time you top-dress your vegetable beds with compost and let deep-rooted plants like daikon ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Enhanced resistance of ants (Formica japonica) reared on biochar-en...

If you've ever wondered whether that bag of biochar you dug into your vegetable bed is doing anyt...

PubMed → · research article

Stage-dependent roles of Trichoderma longibrachiatum and manganese ...

Backyard composters losing that sharp ammonia smell from their chicken-manure pile are watching n...

PubMed → · research article

Composting versus stacking of selenate-supplemented spent mushroom ...

If you grow mushrooms at home or source spent substrate for your garden beds, how you treat that ...

PubMed → · research article

Pathogen community assembly in a host population is associated with...

The mix of fungal diseases hitting your lawn or meadow grasses each summer is largely shaped by t...

composting
PubMed → · research article

Biological Degradation of Spent Coffee Grounds by White Rot Fungi.

Those coffee grounds you toss in your compost bin could be broken down even more efficiently by o...

PubMed → · research article

Synergistic phytohormone crosstalk enhances nickel detoxification, ...

It offers a low-cost, chemical-free toolkit — using plant's own signaling molecules — that farmer...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plant and bacterial diversity co-regulate ecosystem multifunctional...

Mixing clovers and wildflowers into a grass-only lawn patch or meadow strip doesn't just add colo...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Long-term localization experiments reveal aging degradation mechani...

Those small plastic-coated fertilizer pellets you spread in your garden or that farmers use on cr...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Morphological plasticity of endophytic Chitinophaga pinensis.

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

soil-health
phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Advancement in bioremediation of heavy metals in sustainable way: A...

Leafy greens and root vegetables grown in contaminated urban or industrial soils can quietly accu...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plant growth promoting traits of selected psychrotolerant bacteria:...

Cold-hardy soil bacteria pulled from fermentation waste could one day replace chemical fertilizer...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Protective Effects of Orally Administered Salvia miltiorrhiza-Deriv...

It means the plants in your garden or on your plate may carry microscopic healing particles that,...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

Genomic foundations of salt tolerance in desert cyanobacteria.

Understanding how microbes tolerate salt stress at a genetic level is a crucial stepping stone to...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Fungal bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in terrestrial envi...

Fungi already living in your garden soil — including the mycorrhizal networks wrapped around plan...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Lead (Pb) accumulation and genotoxic responses in Ludwigia repens J...

Lead from old paint, fuel residue, or industrial sites can linger in your garden soil for decades...

water-use-efficiency
PubMed → · research article

Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Variation in Semi-Arid Woody Pla...

Native shrubs you plant to save water in a dry climate may quietly lose their drought-tolerance w...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Efficacy of synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles to mitigate chro...

Chromium-contaminated soil from industrial sites can quietly poison the vegetables in community g...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Rhamnolipid-like glycolipid biosurfactant mediated degradation of p...

Toxic pollution from roads, old industrial sites, and urban runoff quietly accumulates in the soi...

PubMed → · research article

WOX5 expression stimulated by the transcription factor NF-YAc repro...

Every legume cover crop you turn under to rebuild your garden soil is running this exact genetic ...

PubMed → · research article

SlABH15 Promotes Jasmonate-Mediated Lead Detoxification in Tomato: ...

Lead contamination lingers in soil for decades after old paint chips, leaded gasoline, or industr...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Beyond Metal(loid) Immobilization: Redox-Stratified Biocrusts Shiel...

It means the humble living crust forming on old mine dumps near your community is actively protec...

mycorrhizal-networks

LbCDF-B encodes a vacuolar Zn transporter in Laccaria bicolor with ...

Every oak, pine, and birch in your local woodland quietly depends on underground fungal partners ...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Lateral Root Development: Molecular Mechanisms and Adaptive Regulation.

Every time you forget to water one corner of your garden, your plants are already redirecting roo...

plant-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Ecological drift and host filtering jointly structure foliar endoph...

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

urban-ecology
PubMed → · research article

Worms about town: a citizen science project discovers microsporidia...

The microscopic worms tunneling through your garden soil include both plant helpers and plant des...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Antimicrobial effectors of plant-associated fungi: multipurpose pro...

The mold attacking your tomatoes or the blight on your roses isn't just fighting your plant—it's ...

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

An introduction to the fundamentals of root systems research in cul...

Every vegetable you grow struggles or thrives largely based on what its roots are doing undergrou...

PubMed → · research article

Improving root-soil adaptability by modifying root system architect...

Rice roots engineered to dig deeper or branch smarter could cut water use on the paddy fields tha...

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

Synthesis of Plant-Inspired O-Acetylated Hemicellulose Structures i...

Same molecules that make wood strong and vegetables crisp could inspire new biodegradable materia...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Catabolism of acetosyringone and co-metabolic transformation of 2,4...

Microbes living in your garden soil are constantly breaking down dead plant material, and underst...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Genetic engineering to improve resistance against heavy metal stres...

Heavy metals from urban runoff and industrial pollution silently accumulate in the soil and water...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Binding interactions of Trametes villosa and Trametes lactinea lacc...

4-nonylphenol washes off your clothes, dishes, and garden pesticides into waterways, where it qui...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Exploring Periphytic Biofilms as Nature's Cleanup Crew for Contamin...

Rivers and streams that feed your garden hose, your local park's pond, and your drinking water su...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Enhanced immobilization of lead and cadmium in abandoned smelter so...

Gardens and farms downwind of old smelting sites can carry invisible lead and cadmium loads that ...

PubMed → · research article

Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of Magnesium-Impregnat...

Rice fields treated with nutrient-loaded biochar like this could need less synthetic fertilizer —...

PubMed → · research article

Trait-based analysis of yield formation and nitrogen use efficiency...

Sandy desert soils are a preview of what climate-stressed gardeners face when soil organic matter...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Occurrence of anticancer drugs and widely used pharmaceuticals in s...

Compost you buy at a garden center or spread from municipal sources may carry trace amounts of ph...

PubMed → · research article

Soil amendments impact hydroxyl radicals production in paddy soil: ...

Every bag of lime or compost you work into waterlogged garden beds or rice paddies sets off a cha...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Preservation of Microorganisms and Microbiomes: Methods, Impacts, a...

Invisible microbes living in your garden soil are what make your plants grow — and losing them to...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Divergent Responses of Bacterial Communities to Permafrost Degradat...

Thawing permafrost could release enough carbon to undermine global climate targets, making the so...

bioRxiv → · preprint

Gain-of-function CCaMK in rice overrides genetic and anatomical bar...

Almost every vegetable, fruit tree, and wildflower in your garden relies on invisible fungal thre...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Lipid-mediated responses to nutrient and other stresses: roles in p...

When you skip a watering or forget to fertilize, your garden plants are quietly reshuffling the f...

biocontrol
PubMed → · research article

Gut microbes modulate Helicoverpa armigera immunity and affect its ...

The biological sprays protecting your vegetable garden from caterpillar damage could work far bet...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Distinct and indispensable roles of cell viability and extracellula...

Soil near old houses, roads, and industrial sites often carries lead that plants absorb into thei...

phytoremediation
soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Rapid Decomposition of Gallic Acid in Anaerobic Conditions Mediated...

The compost pile you flood or the rain-soaked garden bed you worry about may be releasing carbon ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Synergistic nZVI-biochar and biofilm remediation of thiamethoxam at...

Neonicotinoids sprayed on farm fields don't stay put — they leach through soil into the water you...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Construction of a synthetic microbial consortium for bifenthrin bio...

Bifenthrin is one of the most common insecticides sprayed on home gardens and lawns, and its resi...

PubMed → · research article

Agro-nanotechnology: A comprehensive overview of its role in ground...

Peanut butter on your shelf is one crop failure away from aflatoxin contamination — a potent carc...

biocontrol
PubMed → · research article

Recent Advances in the Comprehension of Molecular and Genetic Mecha...

Every time you skip a synthetic fungicide on your tomatoes or squash, you're betting on something...

pollinators
PubMed → · research article

Gut microbiome composition and cellulolytic bacteria associated wit...

Carpenter bees tunneling through the dead wood in your garden fence or log pile may carry gut bac...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

Endophyte function in climate-stressed crops: integrating molecular...

Those tiny microbes colonizing your tomato roots right now may be the difference between a harves...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Enzymes involved in the manipulation of polyethylene degradation: o...

Microplastics are now found in garden soil, compost, and the food you grow — and the promise of m...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

A novel and evolutionarily distinct flavoprotein monooxygenase driv...

Skatole accumulates in manure-treated soils and can stunt plant roots and harm soil microbes — un...

precision-agriculture
PubMed → · research article

Quantum sensing for precision agriculture and environmental monitor...

Sensors small enough to embed in your garden bed could one day tell you exactly which nutrients y...

PubMed → · research article

Abiotic Methane Production Driven by Soil Reactive Oxygen Species.

Draining and reflooding your garden pond or a nearby restored wetland may be releasing more metha...

PubMed → · research article

Synergistic effects of phosphogypsum and wheat varieties on saline-...

Heavily salted soils look and behave like concrete — water beads off, roots suffocate, and almost...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids and manganese-modifie...

Vegetable gardens on formerly industrial or heavily farmed land can harbor invisible heavy metals...

PubMed → · research article

Straw biochar modulates manganese/cadmium enrichment in paddy algae...

If you grow rice or eat it regularly, the algae living in flooded paddies act as a natural filter...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

The Theoretical Intersection of Plant-Based Diets, Alzheimer's, and...

Vegetables, legumes, and fruits you grow or buy at the farmers market aren't just good for your h...

PubMed → · research article

Future perspectives in mass spectrometry of plant lipids.

Understanding how plants manage their internal fats could lead to crops that survive droughts bet...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Biogenesis, preparation, characterization, therapeutic mechanisms a...

Vegetables and fruits in your garden may contain microscopic healing particles that scientists ar...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Cometabolic defluorination of two poly-fluoroalkyl substances by a ...

PFAS chemicals from industrial pollution and treated sewage sludge used as fertilizer have contam...

Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation Efficacy: A Meta-Analysis of Water Produ...

Date palms producing the Medjool and Deglet varieties on your grocery shelf depend on ancient oas...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

Role of plant nutritional balance under combined abiotic stress con...

Your tomatoes wilting in a heat wave while also sitting in compacted, nutrient-depleted soil are ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Fungal ecology in the age of 'omics.

Fungi living in your garden soil are invisible partners to your plants — they help roots absorb w...

PubMed → · research article

Paddycrusts: interfacial bioregulators of heavy metal transport and...

Rice grown in contaminated soils absorbs cadmium and arsenic into the grain you eat, and these li...

sustainable-materials
PubMed → · research article

Sustainable bioplastics manufacturing from renewable sources.

Bioplastics made from plant materials could replace the plastic mulch films, pots, and packaging ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Molecular biotechnology for the biodegradation of organofluorine compounds.

PFAS chemicals from pesticides, packaging, and industrial runoff contaminate the soil and water u...

biodegradable-materials
PubMed → · research article

Understanding bio-based polymers: A study of origins, properties, b...

Compostable packaging, biodegradable mulch films, and plant-based bags that gardeners and consume...

gut-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Healthful plant-based diet, gut enterotype, and cognition in a rura...

The fermented vegetables, legumes, and whole grains you grow and eat don't just feed you — they f...

gut-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Plant-based diet quality and gut microbiota in relation to cardiome...

Every fermented vegetable, bean dish, or whole grain you grow and eat is quietly shaping the micr...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Leaf- and root-associated bacterial communities differ in their res...

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

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Spatiotemporal variation in the microbiome of Aedes vexans from Kor...

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

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Morpho-anatomical, physiological and biochemical responses of Neltu...

Heavy metals from pollution, fertilizers, and industrial runoff can accumulate in garden soil and...

PubMed → · research article

Role of silver nanoparticles and Bacillus cereus in modulating grow...

Soils near old battery factories, mining sites, and industrial zones quietly accumulate cobalt — ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Mapping soil salinity across depths using quantile regression fores...

Soil salinity is quietly devastating farmland worldwide — the same process threatening fields in ...

biopesticides
PubMed → · research article

From Biosynthetic Mechanisms to Rational Design of Next-Generation ...

Soil bacteria quietly working around your vegetable roots already produce natural compounds that ...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

Exclosure Enhances Crop Yields and Rural Livelihood Resilience in N...

It shows that giving exhausted, overgrazed land a chance to recover can directly improve the food...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Assessing the implementation of crustivoltaics in trans for the res...

Bare, crusted desert soils you might see on a hiking trail are actually alive with tiny organisms...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Assessing hydrochar wash-water toxicity: screening strategies for r...

If you're tempted by biochar or hydrochar as a garden soil booster, how many times it's been wash...

PubMed → · research article

Effects of biochar and irrigation regime on soil carbon and nitroge...

Wheat fields treated with just a shovelful more of biochar per square meter held onto significant...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Effects of sheep-manure- and humic-acid-based amendments on alpine ...

Restoring a stripped hillside or compacted garden bed works on the same principle: organic matter...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Depth-dependent phosphorus leaching risks in littoral soils of Lake...

That green scum on your local lake or pond this summer may be fed not just by farm runoff, but by...

PubMed → · research article

Dissolved Organic Matter Chemistry Modulates Biochar Effects on Phe...

Biochar you add to your vegetable beds may clean up soil contaminants brilliantly or lock them in...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Pollution estimation and health risks assessment related to the agr...

If you've been hunting for a genuinely low-risk organic soil amendment to boost your garden beds,...

Spatio-temporal feedbacks between soil legacies and the rhizosphere...

Every time you grow the same crop in the same garden bed year after year, you're quietly loading ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Elucidating the molecular-level interactions of RuBisCO and NSAIDs:...

Painkillers you flush down the drain or that leach from landfills can end up in your garden soil ...

COCHLEATA controls spatial regulation of cytokinin and auxin during...

Every garden pea, lentil, or clover you grow feeds itself partly by partnering with soil bacteria...

plant-herbivore-interactions
PubMed → · research article

Exposure to Environmental Microbes Alters Responsiveness of Tadpole...

Tannins in the oak leaves, berry plants, and garden debris that fall into ponds and streams aren'...

antibiotic-resistance
PubMed → · research article

Unveiling the environmental fate and risks of non-heterocyclic sulf...

Antibiotic residues from farms and wastewater seep into the soil where your vegetables grow, quie...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Iron-Cycling-Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell-Enhanced Remov...

Trace levels of blood pressure drugs in rivers and streams are silently accumulating in the water...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Dissipation of carbamazepine and fexofenadine in two agricultural s...

Pharmaceutical residues from treated sewage applied to farm fields can linger in the soil where y...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Identification of silage bacterial clusters and analysis of their m...

The fermented grass and corn crops stored as silage on farms feed the livestock that produce your...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Whole genome sequence analysis of Methylorubrum thiocyanatum VRI7-A...

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

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Detection and Quantification of Dysprosium in Plant Tissues.

Plants growing in contaminated or industrial soils could one day be harvested to recover rare-ear...

agroforestry
PubMed → · research article

Analysis of Plant Diversity and Importance Value Index in Central E...

The fruit trees, shade trees, and timber species smallholder farmers grow alongside their crops r...

microplastic-pollution
PubMed → · research article

Fiber to fragment: a review of microplastics from textile industry ...

Microplastic fibers from laundry are landing in your garden soil and the food you grow, quietly a...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Microbial networks and soil properties influence surface biodegrada...

The plastic mulch film, plant pots, or packaging scraps that end up in your garden soil break dow...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Integrating microbial bioremediation, multi-omics, and emerging tec...

The soil in your vegetable garden or the park where your kids play may harbor invisible carcinoge...

herbicide-resistance
PubMed → · research article

Mechanisms of Resistance to ALS Inhibitors and Bentazone in Fimbris...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are quietly spreading across farm fields worldwide, and when a single w...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Biosurfactant-driven desorption and remediation of heavy oil contam...

Oil-contaminated soil is dead soil — nothing grows in it — and this research points toward a natu...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Bio-degradational potential of genus Ochrobactrum.

Same persistent chemical pollutants — from pesticides to industrial waste — that end up in contam...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Harnessing the versatility of Sphingobium yanoikuyae: a review of i...

Pesticides sprayed on farms and gardens don't just vanish—they linger in soil and groundwater, bu...

biofuel-production
PubMed → · research article

Nanoparticle-microbe interactions in biofuel fermentation: current ...

Crop residues and garden waste sitting in landfills could be converted into cleaner fuel far more...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Simultaneous phenanthrene biodegradation and carbon mineralization ...

The rivers and lakes near petroleum pipelines that feed your city's water supply could one day be...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

A hybrid approach utilising adaptive laboratory evolution and gene ...

Contaminated brownfields and roadside soils laced with asphalt-related chemicals could be cleaned...

food-safety
PubMed → · research article

Radionuclide transfer to vegetables: comparison furrows and sprinkl...

If your water source near an industrial or nuclear site is even slightly contaminated, the way yo...

soil-health
Europe PMC → · research article

Observing the invisible: X-ray CT for plant-microbe interactions.

Every shovelful of garden soil you turn is a landscape of tunnels, pores, and root highways that ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

An overview of mercury contamination: Environmental dynamics and mi...

Vegetables grown in mercury-contaminated soil — even backyard raised beds near old industrial sit...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Advances and emerging perspectives in arsenic bioremediation: a rev...

Arsenic leaching from soil into groundwater ends up in irrigation water, quietly accumulating in ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Phytostabilisation-based mitigation of chromium toxicity in the Suk...

Soil in heavily mined regions can leach toxic heavy metals into groundwater that travels far beyo...

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

Effects and mechanisms of dietary Osthole (OST) and Tetramethylpyra...

Plant compounds that might sit in your herbal garden could help reduce antibiotic use in seafood ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Algal-bacterial synergy for saline-alkaline soil bioremediation: me...

Salty, depleted soils are quietly swallowing farmland at the edges of every arid region on Earth ...

phytoremediation
soil-health
PubMed → · research article

From triangle to pyramid: Understanding host-pathogen-microniome-en...

The microbial community living on and around your garden plants — shaped by your soil health, wat...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Deterministic abiotic filtering and halophilic core microbiomes sha...

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

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

The effect of gypsum amendments on the soil aggregate stability.

Spreading gypsum on your garden beds or vegetable plot is an old soil-craft trick, and this resea...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plastisphere denitrification dynamics shaped by soil acidification:...

Every shovelful of your garden soil is quietly losing nitrogen through invisible microbial exhaus...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Fe-modified clay minerals enhances iron oxide transformation and mi...

If you grow food in soil near old industrial sites or urban areas with legacy pollution, a single...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Next-generation phytoremediation approaches for environmental susta...

Brownfields, old industrial lots, and roadside verges near your community could be restored to sa...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Combined pig manure and Penicillium enhance chromium uptake by Fest...

Soil near old tanneries, industrial sites, or heavily fertilized farms can carry chromium contami...

phytoremediation
phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

In vitro and in silico study of the endosulfan degradation by Bacil...

Endosulfan residues persist in garden soils and farm fields decades after application, quietly ac...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Whole Genome Analysis of Propiconazole-Degrading Serratia marcescen...

Propiconazole fungicide lingers in your garden soil long after you spray it on roses or lawn gras...

invasive-species
PubMed → · research article

Impacts of non-native invertebrates and plants on polar soil systems.

The mosses and low-growing wildflowers holding together tundra soils are being undermined by inva...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Metagenomic insights into nitrate- and sulfate-enhanced anoxic biod...

Contaminated brownfields and roadside soils in your neighborhood may be cleaned up faster and che...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Mobility and environmental risk of potentially toxic elements (PTEs...

If you've ever amended garden beds with gypsum to break up clay or reduce salt buildup, this rese...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

How additives steer sewage sludge hydrochar properties: Divergent p...

Compost made from treated sewage sludge is already spreading on farm fields near you — and this r...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Plant-associated phages across scales: ecological and evolutionary ...

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

invasive-species
PubMed → · research article

Spatial patterns and policy implications of invasive flora in the H...

Invasive plants spreading along roadsides don't stay there — they hitchhike on vehicles, boots, a...

PubMed → · research article

Bacillus tropicus KH90 induces systemic drought tolerance in rice: ...

Coating rice seeds with a naturally occurring soil microbe before planting could help small-scale...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Lead pollution in soils within the African mining landscapes: curre...

Lead from mine-contaminated soil doesn't stay on the mine — it travels up through plant roots int...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Biochar nanoparticles modulate root-associated microbial interactio...

Contaminated runoff from old industrial sites and roadsides reaches urban waterways where water g...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Biodegradation of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastics in superwo...

Microplastic particles shed from garden hoses, plastic mulch film, and drip irrigation tubing are...

pesticide-risk
PubMed → · research article

Predictive modelling of pesticide properties for risk assessment: a...

Pesticides drifting into tropical soils and waterways break down differently than in temperate cl...

PubMed → · research article

A longitudinal roadside study of the New Hampshire alder root nodul...

Alders are one of the few trees that can colonize a gravel pit or eroded streambank and actually ...

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

Advances in root phenotyping: high-throughput imaging, computationa...

The deeper a crop's roots grow, the longer your local farms can stay productive through the kind ...

forest-restoration
PubMed → · research article

Age-matched benchmark comparisons show region-dependent forest reco...

If you've ever replanted a disturbed patch of your yard and wondered why native wildflowers refus...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Tracking clinically critical antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resi...

That bag of composted manure or liquid fertilizer you're working into your vegetable beds could b...

PubMed → · research article

Efficient U(VI) immobilization of uranium-contaminated soil mediate...

Uranium-contaminated land sits abandoned near mining sites in dozens of states, and the microbes ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

PFAS immobilization with soil amendments - How immobilized is immobilized?

Vegetables grown in soil near old fire-training sites or airports may still take up PFOS even aft...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Natural Defenses Against Cadmium Toxicity: Mechanisms and Emerging ...

Cadmium from fertilizers and industrial fallout quietly builds up in garden soil over decades, an...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Potassium Deficiency and Hormone Signalling in Plants.

Every time you water a struggling container plant that's yellowing despite regular feeding, potas...

plant-signaling
PubMed → · research article

Drivers of strigolactone diversity: P450s in strigolactone biosynthesis.

Understanding exactly how plants make strigolactones could let plant breeders dial up the signals...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Resource recovery from low-rank coal and livestock manure for susta...

Compost that could end up in your garden or on the farms that grow your food might one day be mad...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Nano-enabled phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated...

Patches of land near old gas stations, rail yards, and industrial sites that look permanently dea...

phytoremediation
soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Phenylurea herbicides in the environment: Recent updates on occurre...

Herbicides sprayed on farm fields a county away can travel through groundwater and show up in the...

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

Non-specific phospholipase Cs and their potential for crop improvement.

Phosphorus fertilizer runoff from crop fields already clouds rivers and feeds the algae blooms ch...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Investigating the phytohormone-antioxidant interplay mediated by so...

Cadmium quietly accumulates in urban and peri-industrial soils — including raised-bed mix sourced...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Component-specific microbial degradation and humification mechanism...

Your backyard compost pile works differently in winter, and knowing which microbes handle greasy ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Interfacial charge-transfer-driven uptake and reduction of hexavale...

Soil near old mine sites and industrial zones quietly carries hexavalent chromium that stunts pla...

food-forest
PubMed → · research article

Status and key determinants of integrated farming systems in coasta...

Smallholder farmers growing rice, vegetables, and fish together on the same plot are quietly buil...

citizen-science
PubMed → · research article

Practical lessons from microbiome citizen-science projects.

Every soil sample you or your neighbors submit to a community microbiome project shapes the basel...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

In Silico Analysis of Contaminant Persistence: From QSARs to Machin...

Pesticides and chemicals used on farms and lawns can linger in soil and water far longer than lab...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Removal of potentially toxic elements by Salvinia molesta (giant sa...

Plants that can pull toxic metals out of soil could help clean up contaminated gardens, former in...

PubMed → · research article

Citrus-Derived Exosome-like Nanoparticles Attenuate High-Fat Diet-A...

Oranges and lemons growing in your garden — or the citrus you buy at the market — may contain mic...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Microbial Degradation of Plastics: Mechanisms, Pathways, and Multio...

Plastic fragments turning up in your garden soil are not inert — they alter microbial communities...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Diesel biodegradation by biosurfactant producing Paenibacillus strains.

Contaminated soil from fuel spills can linger in gardens, community plots, and urban green spaces...

PubMed → · research article

Factors influencing the adoption of sustainable rice farming practi...

Every bag of rice on the shelf is shaped by whether smallholder farmers thousands of miles away c...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Evaluation of the Affinity of a Nanocarbon-Based Product for Soils ...

If you're amending your garden beds with any carbon-based soil booster, applying it alongside cal...

crop-improvement
PubMed → · research article

Extracting cropping patterns from remotely sensed images in a mixed...

Every rice bowl, stir-fry vegetable, and cup of tea sourced from southern China comes from farmla...

Nuclear dynamics in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

White mold quietly kills lettuce, beans, sunflowers, and dozens of other garden vegetables every ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Integrating microalgae with sludge-based processes for antibiotic r...

Antibiotics that survive wastewater treatment end up in rivers and soils — the same water used to...

PubMed → · research article

Genomic and proteomic analyses of the maize root isolate Rhodococcu...

Understanding what lives in the root zone of corn — one of the world's most important food crops ...

plastic-biodegradation
PubMed → · research article

Insect-mediated polystyrene (PS) degradation: Mechanisms, efficienc...

The polystyrene foam pots and seed trays piling up in your potting shed could one day be processe...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Intracellular bioaccumulation outperforms surface display: A superi...

Arsenic seeping from natural rock and agricultural runoff quietly contaminates wells and irrigati...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Neuroprotective Effects of Time-Restricted Feeding Combined With Di...

Soybeans and legumes you grow or buy at the farmers market may do more than feed you — the protei...

iNaturalist → · observation

Trending: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) — 170 observations this week

Alfalfa is a cornerstone of both agriculture and backyard ecosystems — it feeds livestock, fixes ...

Functional characterization of LbCDF-A, an ER-localized Zn transpor...

Every pine, oak, birch, and spruce you walk beneath relies on root fungi like Laccaria bicolor to...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Paired genomic and proteomic analysis of Acinetobacter towneri from...

Oil spills and plastic pollution don't just harm oceans — they seep into soil, killing the microb...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Inhibiting Cr(VI)-mediated ARG dissemination in wastewater: Synthet...

Wastewater used to irrigate gardens and farms can carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria into the so...

fungal-biology
PubMed → · research article

Dissecting the homeodomain MAT locus and engineering novel tripolar...

Fungal diseases destroy roughly 20% of the world's food crops each year, and understanding how fu...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Peatland Mid-Infrared Database.

Peatlands store twice as much carbon as all the world's forests combined, and better tools to stu...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in Ghana: environmental pollu...

Rivers flowing through Ghana's farming regions are now laced with mining chemicals, meaning the c...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

[Advances in stress response mechanisms and wastewater treatment ap...

Cadmium from factories contaminates waterways and soils where your food is grown, and these bacte...

iNaturalist → · observation

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) observed in Charlton, NY, USA

Garlic mustard growing near your garden or local woods releases chemicals into the soil that kill...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Indigenous actinomycetes of the Himalaya: current knowledge and a b...

Mountain farmers growing crops at extreme elevations — where most commercial fertilizers simply s...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Integrating ionomes and metabolomes across organelles.

Every tomato, bean, or leafy green you grow pulls iron, zinc, and manganese from your soil into i...

composting
PubMed → · research article

The role of green chemistry in the transformation of agro-industria...

Crop residues from farms near you are often burned in open fields, sending smoke and greenhouse g...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Degradation dynamics: an insight into microbial interactions with e...

Old military training grounds and quarry sites near your community may harbor explosive residues ...

native-plants
PubMed → · research article

Synergistic backfilling and revegetation approaches for ecological ...

Stripped quarry land can be coaxed back to life using the same principles behind successful nativ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Iron-modified cement hydration regulates DOM transformation and car...

The concrete retaining walls on hillsides near your local trails and roadsides may be quietly lea...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Multiple novel membrane proteins involve phthalate ester degradatio...

The plastic mulch film, garden hoses, and vinyl plant pots in your garden slowly leach phthalates...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Enhanced Antibiotic Dissipation in Swine Wastewater Facilitated by ...

Pig farms near your community release wastewater loaded with antibiotics that can seep into soil ...

PubMed → · research article

Organic carbon oxidation state shapes fermentative methanogenic mic...

The compost you dig into your vegetable bed — and whether it's woody and lignin-rich or leafy and...

water-quality
PubMed → · research article

Eutrophication drives taxonomic and functional trajectories in plas...

The pond at the edge of your community garden or local park — especially if it turns green with a...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Operonic architecture of bacterial metal response: envelope constra...

Soil bacteria are already quietly detoxifying the heavy metals in your garden bed — and understan...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Response of microbial community in the soil plastisphere of polypro...

Every handful of soil in your vegetable garden may now contain microplastics that are quietly res...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Toward an integrative framework for monitoring biodegradation of en...

Chemical runoff from farms and industrial sites can linger in the soil your vegetables grow in fo...

water-quality
PubMed → · research article

The contamination of microplastics and antibiotics in aquaculture w...

If you grow food with irrigation water sourced near fish farms or downstream waterways, both anti...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Limited effect of short- to mid-term storage conditions on an Austr...

Invisible viral world living in garden and farm soils influences plant health, nutrient cycling, ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Region-specific patterns of soil bacterial communities' adaptation ...

Old market gardens, allotments, and farmland near former pesticide factories may carry decades-ol...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

A multi-omics study of polystyrene degradation.

Polystyrene pots, seedling trays, and foam packaging shed microplastic particles into garden beds...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Tailoring enzymes for polyester-plastic depolymerization.

Plastic waste in soils and waterways directly harms plant root systems, disrupts soil microbiomes...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Physical Activity Is Associated with Gut Microbiome Features and Or...

Vegetables and fruits you grow and eat interact with your gut bacteria differently depending on h...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Microbial biodegradation of polyethylene in estuarine sediments: me...

The muddy sediment beneath every salt marsh and estuary near you is quietly accumulating micropla...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Thermophilic bacteria mediated dye remediation in water and wastewa...

Textile and industrial dye pollution contaminates rivers and groundwater that irrigate gardens an...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Green synergy: advancements in biosurfactant-assisted microbial rem...

Explosive residues from military sites and old industrial areas quietly leach into groundwater an...

plastic-pollution
PubMed → · research article

Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil...

Plastics piling up in landfills and leaching into soil and waterways are quietly poisoning the gr...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Canada1Water: Hydraulic parametrized integrated soil, bedrock and p...

Understanding how water moves through soil and peat directly affects the health of every plant, w...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Enzymatic degradation of four organophosphorus flame retardants by ...

Flame retardant chemicals from furniture, electronics, and building materials wash into soil and ...

PubMed → · research article

Microbial metabolism of food allergens determines the severity of I...

It suggests that the microbial community living in our gut and mouth may be quietly protecting pe...

PubMed → · research article

The Effects of Biochar on the Revival and Performance of an Organoh...

Chlorinated solvents from dry cleaners and industrial sites quietly seep into the groundwater tha...

antibiotic-resistance
PubMed → · research article

Biodegradation of tetracycline antibiotics: Advances and insights i...

Tetracycline residues from nearby farms and hospitals quietly build up in garden soil and irrigat...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Testing the biodegradability of difficult compounds: a future chall...

Same flawed tests that fail to accurately measure chemical breakdown are used to approve pesticid...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Predictive functional profiling of 16S rRNA genes amplicons reveals...

Microbes like these, once better understood, could be used to detoxify pesticide-laden farmland o...

iNaturalist → · observation

white clover (Trifolium repens) observed in Murfreesboro, TN, USA

White clover spreading through your lawn is quietly fixing nitrogen from the air into the soil, d...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Microbial remediation of PAHs in aquatic environments: advances, ss...

The creek or pond near your garden accumulates invisible petroleum compounds from road runoff and...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Lessons learned from the twinning TwinSubDyn collaboration.

Understanding how compost and manure move nutrients through soil layers—and whether they carry co...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Optimizing anaerobic digestion for antibiotic degradation and antim...

Compost and biosolids from wastewater treatment plants often end up on farm fields and garden bed...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Bioelectrochemical systems for the detection and removal of environ...

Same pollutants — heavy metals, pesticides, industrial chemicals — that contaminate waterways and...

urban-ecology
PubMed → · research article

Interactions of insects with micro- and nanoplastics: A review.

Insects disappearing from your garden or local park may be quietly choking on plastic pollution —...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

A concept for the molecular design of readily treatable chemicals.

Pesticides and fertilizers sprayed in your garden or on nearby farms eventually wash into waterwa...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Integrative frameworks for plastic biodegradation in insect-microbi...

Plastic mulch films, drip tape, and nursery pots breaking down into microplastics in your garden ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol via a flo...

The synthetic estrogen that passes through sewage treatment plants is quietly feminizing fish in ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Integrated physicochemical and microbial analyses reveal redox-driv...

The brownfield lot your community wants to turn into a garden may be stalling its own cleanup bec...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Enhanced stability and reusability of metagenomic laccase via immob...

Antibiotic runoff from farms soaks into the soil and waterways you use to grow food, disrupting t...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Mechanistic insights into antibiotic resistance control by nano zer...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can contaminate the soil and water used to grow your food, and this...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Advances in Dehalogenase Biocatalysis: Mechanisms, Engineering, and...

Halogenated pollutants like old pesticides and industrial chemicals contaminate the soil in garde...

plastic-degradation
PubMed → · research article

Functional, genomic, and transcriptomic insights into linear low-de...

The plastic mulch film blanketing millions of garden beds and farm fields every season doesn't di...

gut-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Effects of diet-modulated gut microbiota and microbial metabolites ...

Fiber-rich, plant-heavy foods you grow and eat in your garden — from leafy greens to legumes — di...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Cysteine-induced sulfide bioprecipitation enables simultaneous effi...

Cadmium from industrial contamination quietly accumulates in garden vegetables and leafy greens g...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Strategies for recombinant laccase expression and their roles in en...

Engineered fungal enzymes like laccases could soon be deployed to break down pesticide residues a...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Concurrent biodegradation of tylosin and tilmicosin by a novel Para...

Antibiotic residues from livestock farms routinely wash into the irrigation water and soil used t...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Nitrogen metabolic characteristics and adaptive mechanisms of Parac...

Nitrogen-laden water that gets released from wastewater plants feeds algae blooms in rivers and l...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Spatiotemporal variability of dairy manure temperature during stora...

The compost or manure you spread on your vegetable beds releases different amounts of nutrients a...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Interpretable convolutional neural networks for sequence-based clas...

Faster discovery of plastic-eating enzymes means the plastic mulch film, nursery pots, and garden...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Advancing microbial ecology, microbiomes, and One Health in Africa:...

Soil microbes in African ecosystems represent an almost untapped reservoir for naturally derived ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Thiosulfate drives vanadium natural attenuation in oligotrophic min...

Old mine tailings can leach toxic metals into surrounding soils for generations, keeping those la...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Phage-plasmid-like elements are found throughout diverse environmen...

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

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Synergistic iron ion and sulfate removal via chitosan-engineered ye...

Runoff from old mines poisons streams and ponds near gardens and natural areas — this yeast-based...

antimicrobial-resistance
PubMed → · research article

Combatting multidrug resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae: mechanism...

Same antibiotic-resistance crisis threatening human medicine also affects the soil bacteria, plan...

iNaturalist → · observation

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) observed in Jasper, TN 37347, USA

Red Clover growing near Jasper, TN feeds local pollinators like bumblebees and fixes nitrogen in ...

iNaturalist → · observation

white clover (Trifolium repens) observed in Knoxville, TN, US

White clover in your lawn or local park is a living fertilizer — its roots host bacteria that pul...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Phyto-accumulation potential of Vallisneria spiralis L. on F- conta...

Plants that pull toxins out of contaminated soil can clean up old industrial sites or polluted ya...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Uncovering the Design Rules for Sustainable Growth of Mineralized M...

Fungi-based materials could replace plastics and foams in packaging, insulation, and construction...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Low atmospheric pressure of plateau environments shapes microbial c...

Poorly treated wastewater from mountain cities can flow downstream into rivers and lakes, causing...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Bioremediation of anthraquinone dye reactive blue 19 by halo-acido-...

Textile dye pollution can reach the water used to irrigate farms and gardens, and a cheap bacteri...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Biofilm-mediated surface depolymerization of multiple synthetic pol...

Microplastics are now found in garden soil, compost, and even in the vegetables we eat, and disco...

iNaturalist → · observation

white clover (Trifolium repens) observed in Avondale Estates, GA, USA

White clover fixes nitrogen from the air directly into your lawn or garden soil, acting as a free...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Reduction-Oxidation Coupling Mediated Decontamination and Detoxific...

Toxic industrial chemicals that have quietly accumulated in garden beds, farmland, and park soils...

antibiotic-resistance
PubMed → · research article

[Research progress in the pollution status and biodegradation of su...

Sulfonamide antibiotics flushed into waterways end up in the irrigation water and soil of farms a...

antibiotic-resistance
PubMed → · research article

Microbial interactions with pharmaceutical pollutants: Implications...

Antibiotic-laced runoff from farms and cities soaks into the same soil and groundwater your garde...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Detoxification of antibiotic pollution using nanoparticle systems: ...

Antibiotic residues soaking into garden and farm soil are steadily killing the microbial communit...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Biocatalysis and biodegradation for efficient utilization of liquid...

Soil microbes are quietly dismantling petroleum contamination in the ground beneath brownfields a...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Dual-BONCAT reveals distinct subpopulations of anabolically active cells.

Beneath every thriving garden bed, billions of soil microbes take turns waking up and going dorma...

PubMed → · research article

Inoculation of Bacillus velezensis SD24 enhancing the accumulation ...

Tea grown with beneficial soil microbes can produce healthier plants that need fewer pesticides —...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Uncovering redox-specific biotransformation of organic micropollutants.

Pharmaceuticals you flush and the pesticides used in nearby fields — including herbicides like be...

plant-based-diet
PubMed → · research article

High-protein diets and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic l...

Plants you grow in your garden — beans, lentils, leafy greens — may be some of the most powerful ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Recovery and microbial host assignment of mobile genetic elements i...

Same antibiotic resistance spreading in human gut bacteria can also move into soil and plant micr...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Benign by design: A paradigm shift in cosmetic ingredient development.

Persistent chemicals from everyday cosmetics — including PFAS and silicones — are accumulating in...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Polymer injection for soil and groundwater remediation: Mechanisms,...

Contaminated groundwater beneath old industrial sites often sits just upstream of the streams, we...

herbal-medicine
PubMed → · research article

Uncovering the bidirectional molecular pathway: How shugan wendan d...

It shows that a blend of medicinal herbs — the kind grown and used in traditional gardens for cen...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Microbial Dehalogenation of 3,5,6-Trichlorooctafluorohexanoic Acid ...

Fluorinated chemicals from industrial sites are quietly moving through groundwater into the soils...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Next-generation strategies for PLA degradation: microbial consortia...

That 'compostable' cup or plant pot you threw in your green bin likely won't break down in your l...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Microbial systems for azo dye biodegradation: enzymatic mechanisms,...

Textile dye runoff reaching waterways near your community can persist in soil and water for years...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Nylon: Mechanisms, Diversity...

Nylon microfibers shed from synthetic clothing and gear are turning up in garden soils worldwide,...

wildlife-conservation
PubMed → · research article

Effects of environmental setting and diet on the gut microbial ecol...

The same gut-microbiome dynamics seen in zoo animals apply to any organism reintroduced to nature...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Chitosan nanoparticles as adjuvants to enhance the biodegradation o...

Those black plastic nursery pots, plant labels, and horticultural fleece accumulating in your she...

climate-adaptation
PubMed → · research article

Metagenomic analysis of fecal microbiomes reveals genetic potential...

Reducing methane from livestock is one of the most actionable ways to cut agricultural greenhouse...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

[Biomanufacturing driven by engineered organisms (2026)].

Same AI-guided microbial engineering described here is being applied to develop greener fertilize...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Molecular dynamics simulations of temperature-dependent PET binding...

Microplastic pollution from PET bottles and packaging is accumulating in garden soils and farmlan...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Comparative fecal microbiome analysis of the endangered Volcano rab...

Understanding how an endangered animal's gut microbiome stays stable across different wild habita...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Effects of ibuprofen and its transformation products on algal-bacte...

Ibuprofen flushed down drains ends up in rivers and irrigation water, meaning the painkillers in ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Revisiting the dihaloelimination potential of Dehalococcoides revea...

The fenced-off brownfield at the edge of your neighborhood that's too toxic to plant anything cou...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Biodegradation of low-density polyethylene by Paenarthrobacter nico...

Plastic fragments building up in garden and agricultural soils disrupt root systems and leach che...

bioremediation
plastic-pollution
PubMed → · research article

Enzymatic plastic depolymerization: From lab promise to circular reality.

Plastic fragments collecting in your raised beds and compost piles don't just sit inert — they sp...

gut-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Retraction: Plant and Fungal Diversity in Gut Microbiota as Reveale...

If you've read claims about which plant-derived fungi or botanical compounds live in your gut mic...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Metagenomic mining reveals extensive novelty, enhanced biodegradati...

Bacteria that evolved to digest crude oil underground could be harnessed to clean petroleum-conta...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Impact of Pediococcus acidilactici and tylvalosin on porcine Entero...

Pig manure is spread on farm fields as fertilizer, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria from those f...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Revealing the anaerobic biodegradation pathway and mechanism of sul...

Antibiotic residues from farms and wastewater contaminate garden soil and the food you grow in it...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Inducible Bacterial Adhesion to Plastic Surfaces for Enhanced Biode...

Plastic fragments accumulating in garden soil suppress seed germination, disrupt earthworm behavi...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Methane biogeochemical turnover constrains arsenic transformation i...

Arsenic from contaminated groundwater moves into soil and gets absorbed by crops like rice and le...

gut-microbiome
PubMed → · research article

Gut microbiota and immune modulation: role in neurodegenerative dis...

The fermented foods and fiber-rich vegetables you grow or forage feed the same gut microbial comm...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Enhanced anaerobic degradation and modeling of raw and treated muni...

Better landfill design means less toxic leachate seeping into the soil where your vegetables grow...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Erratum to "Efficient anaerobic metformin biodegradation driven by ...

Metformin washes off farms and gardens through runoff and irrigation water, accumulating in soils...

water-contamination
PubMed → · research article

A data mining-based screening and prioritization of PFAS in wastewa...

Vegetables and fruits irrigated with river water downstream of these treatment plants can absorb ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Decoding Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of 209 Polychlorinated ...

PCB-contaminated soil stunts or kills garden plants and accumulates in vegetables you grow — know...

plastic-degradation
PubMed → · research article

Polyethylene and polystyrene oxidation by host and microbial oxidor...

Plastic mulch films and polytunnel fragments quietly fragmenting into microplastics across your g...

bioremediation
PubMed → · research article

Microbial desulfurization of low-grade Balochistan coal using Bacil...

Coal plant emissions drift far beyond the smokestacks — the sulfur dioxide that scrubbing doesn't...

ocean-plastics
PubMed → · research article

Robustness of microbial quantification methods to seawater in marin...

Plastics washing into coastal waters and beaches break down partly through microbial action, and ...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Integrated thermal and biostimulant enhanced bioremediation of CAHs...

Contaminated groundwater beneath old industrial sites often feeds the same aquifer that supplies ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Spatial patterns and risk mapping of opisthorchiasis and soil-trans...

Soil-transmitted worm infections thrive in the same warm, humid, vegetated landscapes where backy...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Improving knowledge of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) through ...

Training more scientists to analyze soil microbial communities means faster discoveries about the...

biodegradable-materials
PubMed → · research article

Biodegradability of Acrylate-Lipoic Acid Copolymers.

The biodegradable seedling pots and mulch films lining garden-center shelves may or may not actua...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Identification of a bacterial NCS1 family transporter enabling high...

Metformin from millions of daily prescriptions is seeping into the water your garden draws from —...

urban-ecology
PubMed → · research article

Spatiotemporal distribution, driving factors, and ecological risks ...

Sewage sludge is widely applied to agricultural fields as fertilizer, meaning the antibiotic resi...

phytoremediation
PubMed → · research article

Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics of prokaryotic and fungal micr...

The same mold genera quietly decomposing a forgotten lemon in your kitchen — Penicillium, Rhizopu...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Metabolically diverse microorganisms mediating hydrocarbon cycling ...

The same types of hydrocarbon-degrading microbes found here have close relatives in garden and ag...

water-quality
PubMed → · research article

Viral Contaminants in a Philippine Wastewater Treatment Plant: Quan...

Treated wastewater increasingly flows into rivers and irrigation canals that feed vegetable farms...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Feasibility study on enhancing the biodegradability of fresh and ol...

Landfill leachate seeping into surrounding soil can silently load heavy metals like arsenic into ...

soil-health
PubMed → · research article

Complete genomes of Halomonas, Pseudoalteromonas, and Brevibacteriu...

The same fermentation science behind a great aged cheese also underlies the soil bacteria that br...

microbiome
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soil-health
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food-safety
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