Research articles - Rodale Institute https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/ The Future is Organic Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:06:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 212177358 An Evaluation of Carbon Indicators of Soil Health in Long-term Agricultural Experiments https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/an-evaluation-of-carbon-indicators-of-soil-health-in-long-term-agricultural-experiments/ https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/an-evaluation-of-carbon-indicators-of-soil-health-in-long-term-agricultural-experiments/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:48:39 +0000 https://rodaleinstitute.org/?post_type=research_article&p=23054 Rodale Institute conducted a research study with several prominent institutes and organizations for ElSevier. September 2022 Abstract Soil organic carbon (SOC) is closely tied to soil health. However, additional biological […]

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]]> https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/an-evaluation-of-carbon-indicators-of-soil-health-in-long-term-agricultural-experiments/feed/ 0 23054 Selecting Soil Hydraulic Properties as Indicators of Soil Health: Measurement Response to Management and Site Characteristics https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/selecting-soil-hydraulic-properties-as-indicators-of-soil-health-measurement-response-to-management-and-site-characteristics/ https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/selecting-soil-hydraulic-properties-as-indicators-of-soil-health-measurement-response-to-management-and-site-characteristics/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:42:51 +0000 https://rodaleinstitute.org/?post_type=research_article&p=23053 Rodale Institute and other prominent institutes and organizations collaborated on a research study for the Soil Science Society of America Journal. May 11, 2022 Key Takeaways Field capacity measured on […]

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]]> https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/selecting-soil-hydraulic-properties-as-indicators-of-soil-health-measurement-response-to-management-and-site-characteristics/feed/ 0 23053 Carbon-Sensitive Pedotransfer Functions for Plant Available Water https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/carbon-sensitive-pedotransfer-functions-for-plant-available-water/ https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/carbon-sensitive-pedotransfer-functions-for-plant-available-water/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:35:45 +0000 https://rodaleinstitute.org/?post_type=research_article&p=23052 Rodale Institute worked with other prominent institutes and organizations on a research study for the Soil Science of America Journal. February 23, 2022 Abstract Currently accepted pedotransfer functions show negligible […]

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]]> https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/carbon-sensitive-pedotransfer-functions-for-plant-available-water/feed/ 0 23052 Linking Soil Health to Human Health: Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Play a Key Role in Plant Uptake of the Antioxidant Ergothioneine from Soils https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/linking-soil-health-to-human-health-arbuscular-mycorrhizae-play-a-key-role-in-plant-uptake-of-the-antioxidant-ergothioneine-from-soils/ https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/linking-soil-health-to-human-health-arbuscular-mycorrhizae-play-a-key-role-in-plant-uptake-of-the-antioxidant-ergothioneine-from-soils/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:23:39 +0000 https://rodaleinstitute.org/?post_type=research_article&p=23047 Rodale Institute, the USDA Agricultural Research Service, the Department of Pharmacology and Penn State Mass Spectrometry Core Facility at Penn State University, and the Department of Public Health Sciences at […]

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]]> https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/linking-soil-health-to-human-health-arbuscular-mycorrhizae-play-a-key-role-in-plant-uptake-of-the-antioxidant-ergothioneine-from-soils/feed/ 0 23047 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Increase the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Yellow and Purple Fleshed Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/arbuscular-mycorrhizal-fungi-increase-the-yield-and-nutritional-quality-of-yellow-and-purple-fleshed-potatoes-solanum-tuberosum/ https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/arbuscular-mycorrhizal-fungi-increase-the-yield-and-nutritional-quality-of-yellow-and-purple-fleshed-potatoes-solanum-tuberosum/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:07:16 +0000 https://rodaleinstitute.org/?post_type=research_article&p=23046 Rodale Institute, the USDA Agricultural Research Service, and the Department of Food Science conducted a research study for ResearchGate. March 2023 Key Takeaways This research focuses on examining whether using […]

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]]> https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/growing-industrial-hemp-as-an-organic-cash-crop/feed/ 1 22816 Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Colonizers, Mediators, and Protectors of the Ecosystem https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/mycorrhizal-fungi-the-colonizers-mediators-and-protectors-of-the-ecosystem/ https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/mycorrhizal-fungi-the-colonizers-mediators-and-protectors-of-the-ecosystem/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:00:45 +0000 https://rodaleinstitute.org/?post_type=research_article&p=22443 Gladis Zinati, Ph.D.1,*, Wade Heller, Ph.D.2, Joe Carrara, Ph.D.3, and Amiya Kalra4 1Director of the Vegetable Systems Trial, Rodale Institute, 4Research Technician, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530; 2Lead Scientist, […]

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]]> https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/mycorrhizal-fungi-the-colonizers-mediators-and-protectors-of-the-ecosystem/feed/ 0 22443 Variation in Phytonutrient Levels in Butternut Wintersquash with Storage Period, Management Practices, and Cropping Systems in the Vegetable Systems Trial (VST) at Rodale Institute https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/variation-in-phytonutrient-levels-in-butternut-wintersquash-with-storage-period-management-practices-and-cropping-systems-in-the-vegetable-systems-trial-vst-at-rodale-institute/ https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/variation-in-phytonutrient-levels-in-butternut-wintersquash-with-storage-period-management-practices-and-cropping-systems-in-the-vegetable-systems-trial-vst-at-rodale-institute/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:08:08 +0000 https://rodaleinstitute.org/?post_type=research_article&p=19992 Gladis Zinati, Ph.D.1,* and Lavanya Reddivari, Ph.D. 2 and Jinjun Kan, Ph.D.3 1Director of the Vegetable Systems Trial and Associate Research Scientist, Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530; […]

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