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The concept of water footprint is primarily rooted in the links between water use and water resource management vis-a-vis crop performance. Likewise, carbon footprint of a crop is an...
11 November 2017 4,070 14 View
Soil organic carbon is undoubtedly claimed to be the key driver of soil fertility , the consequential effect of which is visible on a whole range of soil properties , thereby, possibly ensuring...
09 September 2017 5,982 84 View
Climate change is a global phenomenon , and is taking place ever since , earth came into existence . There are well marked cold and hot cycles in the history of earths climate. However , these...
08 August 2016 5,720 73 View
Mining of nutrients from soil is observed as most pivotal factor towards factor productivity of agriculture , proactively threatening the long term sustainability . This is the issue ,...
06 June 2016 838 79 View
Green manuring and soil fertility transformation are considered synonymous to each other but the success of green manuring is largely dependent upon the quantity of biomass produced and later...
05 May 2016 8,024 89 View
Behavior of crops and soils is never uniform on a geographic unit , necessitating further the utility of correct diagnosis-based nutrient application . However, there are still many discrepancies...
04 April 2016 9,804 62 View
Soil inhabiting microbes are the invisible managers of soil fertility , regardless of soil type and crop type. Our crop-based microbial inoculation research in recent past has witnessed a paradigm...
04 April 2016 4,356 89 View
Fertilizers are considered major drivers of agriculture , contributing nearly half of the total cost involved in production of any crop. Of late , there has been paradigm shift in fertlizer use...
04 April 2016 8,249 79 View
The use of organics , either alone or in combination with microbes /chemical fertilizers , have played a vital role in sustaining the agriculture from subsistence . Production of biochars from...
03 March 2016 3,294 99 View
It is said , if soil is the stomach of the plant , microbes are the necessary vehicles indulging into transformation and availability of different nutrients , besides different ecological...
02 February 2016 3,652 66 View
The current status of sustainability in agriculture will be driven by some of the latest tools of management , of which floor management is one of them . There are number of ways , floor...
02 February 2016 5,521 36 View
Energy crisis is growing in all dimensions , with agriculture no exception . Horizontal expansion of agriculture is now difficult day-by-day due to pressure from other options of land uses,...
01 January 2016 9,306 64 View
A variety of plant parts-based ( Leaf analysis, Flower analysis, Fruit analysis, Sap analysis etc. ) nutrient constraint diagnostic methods are practiced in identifying the type of nutrient...
12 December 2015 1,836 36 View
Climate change is now a reality , the impact of which is being increasingly felt at various levels , irrespective of soil type, crop type , cropping system or farming system. Whether soil or plant...
12 December 2015 2,437 73 View
Next generation agriculture is going to survive by concepts like hydroponics/aeroponics( Either on protected cultivation or on open field basis), fertigation fitted with variable rate application...
12 December 2015 2,207 52 View
Structural and functional diversity of microbes ( Bacteria, fungi including arbuscular mycorrhiza, actinomycetes, algae, etc.) inhabiting a plant rhizosphere are known to guide the health of both...
11 November 2015 9,478 51 View
We very often raise the issue of declining soil fertility on account of depletion in carbon pool of the soil , which probably has equally revealing implications on plant health. An enriched...
11 November 2015 1,082 63 View
Plant diversity is considered as the base for developing any mapping as well as breeding population. Of late the rate of diversity loss has been witnessed at a much alarming rate . Many factors...
09 September 2015 10,009 29 View
Organic manuring is known as an age old agricultural practice . But , its relevance in modern day agriculture is proven beyond doubt in the context of iheir multiple roles, including as nutrient...
09 September 2015 4,385 87 View
Dual/multiple inoculation of rhizo-competent microbes is now almost a common practice, irrespective of crop and soil type. In the process , there has been growing concerns about exploiting the...
09 September 2015 1,386 29 View
The enigmatic role of soil microbes is gradually being de-codified towards better understanding of soil fertility transformations. We frequently talk of N-fixation , phosphate solubilisation ,...
07 July 2015 4,501 77 View
It is common feature to observe the lower intensity of diseases in plants grown on more fertile soils than on nutrient depleted soil . Infact , combating diseases through balanced fertilization ...
06 June 2015 4,059 11 View
In perennial crops , identifying nutrient constraints is truly a complex exercise. An entire range of diagnostic techniques are being used , starting from soil analysis , tissue analysis ( Using...
06 June 2015 6,352 45 View
Soil health , we usually and frequently use to describe some properties relating to liveliness of soil , in terms of microbial biomass. A soil having low supply level of different nutrients ,...
06 June 2015 5,956 15 View
Siderophores (Greek: "iron carrier") are small, high-affinity iron-chelating compounds secreted by microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and grasses. Siderophores are amongst the strongest...
01 January 1970 4,929 63 View
