Harvestria Labs · Research Division

Soil biology, characterised.

A working research operation: six standing programs, an isolate library, an instrumented multi-site trial network, and an open methods record. The research behind every protocol Harvestria ships.

18,420
Characterised microbial isolates
Library v3.4 · Q2 2026
47
Active multi-season trial sites
11 climate zones · 9 soil orders
142
Reference soils, fully profiled
Physical, chemical, biological
23
Peer-reviewed publications
Plus 6 open methods

Research programs

Six standing programs.

Each program runs a continuous protocol with a named lead, a defined trial cohort, and a publication track. Outputs flow into the platform as protocol revisions on a seasonal cadence.

RP-01
Microbial Systems
Dr. A. Okafor
Indigenous-strain consortia, AMF / PGPR / diazotroph co-cultures, shelf-life stabilisation.
Active · 14 trials
RP-02
Soil Biology & Carbon
Dr. M. Lindqvist
SOM fractionation, MAOM/POM dynamics, microbial necromass contribution, multi-decade carbon trajectories.
Active · 9 trials
RP-03
Soil Hydrology
Dr. R. Bhatnagar
Aggregate stability vs. infiltration, plant-available water under biological treatment, drought thresholds.
Active · 7 trials
RP-04
Restoration of Marginal Soils
Dr. L. Chen
Saline, sodic, compacted and post-industrial soils. Multi-season recovery protocols.
Active · 11 trials
RP-05
Agronomic Intelligence
Dr. T. Almeida
Soil-spectral, microbial and yield foundation models. Site-specific selection of biological treatments.
Active · ongoing
RP-06
Cropping Systems
Dr. S. Vogel
Low-input, perennialised and rotationally-diverse systems under biological substrate.
Active · 6 trials

Trial network

Eleven climate zones. Nine soil orders.

Instrumented field sites operated with academic and grower partners. Every site reports against a common measurement method.

Embu, KE
Tropical highland
Ferralsol
RP-01, RP-04
Bahia, BR
Cerrado
Oxisol
RP-02, RP-05
Punjab, IN
Indo-Gangetic
Inceptisol
RP-03, RP-06
Saskatchewan, CA
Cold temperate
Mollisol
RP-02, RP-05
Andalucía, ES
Mediterranean
Calcisol
RP-03, RP-04
Inner Mongolia, CN
Semi-arid steppe
Kastanozem
RP-04, RP-06
Murray-Darling, AU
Hot arid
Sodosol
RP-03, RP-04
Iowa, US
Humid continental
Mollisol
RP-02, RP-05
Sahel, SN
Semi-arid
Arenosol
RP-01, RP-04
Mato Grosso, BR
Tropical savanna
Oxisol
RP-01, RP-06
Sicily, IT
Mediterranean dry
Cambisol
RP-03, RP-04

Publications & methods

Selected outputs.

Representative titles below — illustrative of the program's publication track. Full reference list, open methods, and datasets shared with academic and institutional partners under standard agreements.

2025
Indigenous diazotroph consortia outperform single-strain inoculants across four soil orders.
2025
MAOM accumulation under biological substrate: a 4-year multi-site assessment.
2024
Aggregate stability and infiltration response to fungal-bacterial co-treatment in degraded vertisols.
2024
Wheat yield response to biological substrate under reduced synthetic N: a meta-analytic framework.
2023
Phosphorus mobilisation by region-specific PSB consortia in low-OM tropical soils.
2023
Harvestria Standard Method 02 — high-throughput characterisation of soil microbial isolates.

Titles shown are representative of the research program's output scope. The full publications list, open methods (SM-01 through SM-06), and the reference-soil index are available to qualified academic and institutional partners on request.

From the lab to the field

Two ways to deploy what the lab proves.

Research outputs are not papers on a shelf. They are shipped — directly to farmers, and into national programs.

Direct to farm

Order Harvestria for your land.

Farmers, cooperatives and commercial estates buy direct: soil intelligence, biological substrate, application and seasonal telemetry — priced per hectare, paid on harvest where applicable.

Sovereign programs

National-scale deployment.

Ministries, DFIs and sovereign funds run Harvestria as agricultural infrastructure — phased regional rollouts with auditable reporting against food-security and GDP outcomes.