Pardeep Kumar

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How can we determine the amount of phytosiderophores produced in nutrient- deficient soils in which wheat and rice are cultivated?

The roots of wheat and rice crops are known to produce organic solvents in micronutrient deficient soils to bring the micronutrients in the solution form in the rhizosphere facilitating nutrient...

08 July 2013 1,314 2 View

Can the universal surfactant/sticker provided with herbicides be used to enhance the penetration of foliar fertilisation on leaves of wheat crop?

TWEEN 20 recommended as surfactant for foliar fertilization is sometimes not easily available to the farmers. Can they alternatively, use any non-ionic universal surfactant (for instance, sticker...

25 February 2013 10,036 2 View

Why do the rust affected leaves of wheat crop turn chlorotic after washing of the rust- pustules due to rain which often appears like a nutrient deficiency ?

This is an on-field observation that when the rain washes the rust pustules off the affected wheat leaves then the attacked leaves appear cholorotic and necrotic at later stages. Can anybody...

22 February 2013 6,598 1 View

How to express the genes in cereal grains to improve their nutritional quality to combat global malnutrition due to micronutrients deficiency?

Recent studies published in Experimental Botany indicate that certain promoters (proteins) are needed for expression of genes (e.g.synthesis of haemoglobin in human blood cells for transport of...

11 February 2013 9,013 0 View

Is chemical weed control (alone) a rapid means to introduce herbicide resistance in weeds?

Chemical weed control kills the susceptible weed bio-types leaving the resistant ones, which carry-on the generation of resistant bio-types, in the coming seasons. Because farmers are commonly...

03 February 2013 7,406 11 View

Can we produce C 4 Wheat?

Already a project is underway at IRRI, Manila to produce C 4 Rice by transfer of genes from topical Maize germ-plasm. Can we not adopt a similar strategy to produce C 4 wheat by transferring genes...

26 January 2013 6,476 2 View

How can we agronomically biofortify the bread wheat varieties with micronutrients such as Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe through fertilization strategies?

Sometimes, foliar sprays of micronutrient fertilizers may be used for grain enrichment to ameliorate the mineral malnutrition. How else can we agronomically biofortify the bread wheat varieties...

15 January 2013 2,544 21 View