Oct 22, 2014
Fungicide over-use leads to resistant fruit and vegetable pathogens.

Photo credit: Steven Depolo

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria evolve with the overuse of antibiotics, ‘superweeds’have evolved resistance to commonly used herbicides, and now a...

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Sep 23, 2014
Earthworms living in conventional farm soils spend more energy ‘detoxing’

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Earthworms are an integral part of healthy soils. A study published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry compared earthworms from organic soils to those...

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Sep 19, 2014
Fungicide is more detrimental to soil organisms in warm, dry conditions

Photo credit: Mark Smith

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, growing season climates are expected to become warmer and drier in many areas of the...

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