Benefits of soil organic matter (SOM) include improvement of soil quality through increased retention of water and nutrients, resulting in greater productivity of plants in natural environments ...

To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. Addressing the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems, the ...

The Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (ESM) integrates four disciplines: rangeland ecology, hydrology/watershed management, soil science, and entomology. In ESM, our students learn not ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 1, 2024) In a study published earlier this year in Soil Science Society of America Journal, researchers at Kansas State University document direct evidence that organic ...

The dense growth of Autumn Olive can alter ecosystem dynamics by changing soil composition and nutrient cycling. It can also ...

28, 2024 — A new study reveals that invasive plants are reshaping soil microbial communities across the U.S., making them more uniform and altering how ecosystems ... Oct. 22, 2024 — In a ...

A new study reveals that invasive plants are reshaping soil microbial communities across the U.S., making them more uniform and altering how ecosystems function. Invasive plants are doing more ...

Our department offers the master of science and the doctor of philosophy degrees in plant and soil sciences. Within the Plant and Soil Sciences degree, two focused concentration areas exist: Plant ...

Native plants ... in the soil, using up a lot of water, and crowding out other plants. As pretty as they may be, invasive ...

In ecology, a positive relationship has already been demonstrated experimentally between the number of plant species and ecosystem functions, such as soil carbon retention. However, field ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is part of a European-American collaboration studying how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants which ...