For the month of October, I would like to introduce the 10th soil order, the spodosols. Spodosols commonly occur in areas of coarse-textured deposits under coniferous forests of humid regions.

One annual celebration you might be forgiven for not knowing about is World Soil Day. Sadly, our ignorance about the importance of soil and the degree to which we take advantage of it has led to a ...

As you listen to the news and read the newspapers, you may realize that there are many conferences, seminars, group meetings and organizational gatherings talking about ‘sustainability’ and its many ...

BENGALURU: Experts have expressed concern that soil quality has become a serious matter of concern in urban and agrarian ...

In the chemical age of agriculture that began in the 1960s, potassium chloride (KCl), the common salt often referred to as potash, is widely used as a major fertilizer in the Corn Belt without regard ...