California rice farms dot the Sacramento Valley, converting native swampland into flooded paddies. The farms change California’s landscape both above ground and below it. A recent study shows in detail how rice plants shape the soil microbiome into a distinctive … Continue reading
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Intensive agriculture changes the soil microbiome
Categories: Agriculture | Microbiology
Tagged agriculture, disease, microbiome, rice, soil
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Journal Club: Ancient Chinese may have cultivated grass seeds 30,000 years ago
Typically, archaeological research into the origins of agriculture has focused on western Asia, in areas such as the Fertile Crescent (the present-day Middle East). Now scientists report that intentional collection of grass seeds may be traced back about 30,000 years … Continue reading
Categories: Agriculture | Journal Club | Plant Biology
Tagged agriculture, archaeobotany, China, millet, rice, seeds
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