Friday Essay: Effects of Permaculture Practices on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Organic Matter Distribution in Aggregates: A Case Study of the Bec-Hellouin Farm (France)

Effects of Permaculture Practices on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Organic Matter Distribution in Aggregates: A Case Study of the Bec-Hellouin Farm (France) This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). Felix de Tombeur1*, Valentin Sohy1, Claire Chenu2, Gilles Colinet1 and Jean-Thomas Cornelis1 1TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of…

The secret life of fungi: how they use ingenious strategies to forage underground

Edith Hammer, Lund University and Kristin Aleklett, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences When you think of fungi, you’ll probably picture a huddle of chubby brown mushrooms, or the large, red-capped toadstools you stumble across in the woods. In doing so, you’re reducing fungi to their reproductive organs – tasty or striking as they may often…