Plants are able to modify their root hydraulics to maintain water status and strategically use soil water, according to a new ...

Learn how this potential Smart Farming breakthrough will one day enable greater seed depth precision in high speed planting ...

The study site’s soil composition predominantly includes the Hurricane, Albany, and Chipley mix in CAP, BBCP, and BBCAP rotation, characterized by a 0-3% slope, high sand content of 95.4%, and ...

Saltier water seeping into the soil meant his fields closest to the lake would be rendered useless. Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can ...

In this study, the available water capacity of the soil layer (SOL_AWC.sol) and the soil saturated hydraulic conductivity (SOL_K.sol) were only slightly adjusted for all four SWAT modeling scenarios, ...

Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tons of microplastics, our research has revealed. These microplastics can harm soil and plant health and eventually enter food ...