Serpentine plants survive harsh soils thanks to borrowed genes Date: June 27, 2016 Source: John Innes Centre Summary: Scientists have analyzed the genomes of plants that grow in harsh, serpentine ...

Volunteers throughout California are heeding a call by UCLA researchers to map California’s biodiversity ... microbial populations in serpentine-rich soil, a special kind of mineralized soil ...

The genomics of rhizobium adaptation to contrasting soil environments is ecologically and agriculturally important because these bacteria are responsible for half of all current biologically fixed ...

Languages: English. A map predicts 95 per cent of America's soil will be degraded in less than 30 years. Only a 5 percent area is marked not degraded, in an illustration by the Save Soil movement ...

Researchers create a global map of soil pH and illuminate how it changes between wet and dry climates. For some time now, scientists have known that climate influences soil chemistry -- and ...

and for storing carbon in soil. To increase our understanding of this vital part of the ecosystem, a new nonprofit is setting out to map—and eventually help preserve—the world’s fungal networks.

A Native Hill Lotus plant (Acmisponbrachycarpus) growing happily in toxic serpentine soil due to support from its nitrogen fixing rhizobia bacteria symbionts. Photo taken at the Donald and Sylvia ...