Tony Windsor had a lengthy career as a Federal MP, first with the Nationals and then as an independent before retiring in ...

Pea milk provides a source of protein and could be the next big thing in alternative milk. Photo / Getty Images Research suggests pea milk emits a fraction of the planet-warming gases of cow’s ...

This landmark study comes at a time when peas and other legumes are being called upon as a source of plant protein, and as sustainable crops which can fix their own nitrogen. This means pea and ...

Plants in the legume family are nitrogen fixing, meaning they hold onto the nitrogen they ... The species acts as a host for soil bacteria called rhizobia, in particular Rhizobium meliloti, that ...

If you’ve ever dug your hands into fresh earth and felt its cool, crumbly texture, you might have noticed the subtle, earthy aroma that rises from the ground. But what you can’t see is the astonishing ...

Via what could be described as The First Great Outsourcing, some plants were smart enough to form an alliance with certain ancient bacteria ... The industrial fixing of nitrogen to produce ammonia ...

What happens during the growth season is that legumes improve the soil microbiome, aka the nitrogen-fixing bacteria attached to soil modules. In other words, your main crop will receive very little ...

Pea plants, like most legumes, pull nitrogen out of the air and, with the help of bacteria on their roots ... also have this nitrogen-fixing benefit, Santo said. “Whether [legumes] are in ...

To begin discovering and strengthening these traits, Mueller's lab started by growing a species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus together with Medicago truncatula, a small Mediterranean legume.