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I am looking for large datasets including information on soils (texture, depths, carbon , etc.) and their location (GPS coordinates or climates data). Any suggestions? Any large studies which...
25 June 2019 711 8 View
I am trying to compare soil carbon concentrations from different studies. The problem is that most of them use different sampling depths: 0-10cm 0-15cm 0-20cm 0-30cm ... Is there an acceptable...
30 May 2019 3,121 10 View
I frequently visit farmer's fields in Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal. I heard many times that burning the straws is not farmers favorite choice but are compelled to do so for getting the next...
29 May 2019 2,744 12 View
I am looking for values comparing the yields (potential and or average), net primary production, amount of residues for the main crops over the world, ... anything related to the amount of...
05 April 2019 8,204 15 View
I have recently seen an amazing pomegranate. This pomegranate has a black peel. Do you know black pomegranate? what is its scientific name? And do you know what differences are there between this...
15 January 2019 7,331 11 View
I had 15 genotypes of sorghum planted in 6 replications. There was pre-harvest grain yield loss by birds that made it difficult to compare these genotypes based on yield performance. Is there any...
21 December 2018 2,469 3 View
The price of aged Basmati rice (Often sold by the well known wholesalers like Daawat, Indiagate, Lalmahal etc) is quiet higher (3 to 4 times) than the freshly harvested rice in the Indian market,...
11 November 2018 4,488 11 View
I am interested in the contribution of root exudates in soil processes. What is the recommended procedure to measure the magnitude of root exudates production (the quantity over a certain...
12 September 2018 4,928 5 View
I am currently undertaking a study on long-term soil fertility changes and organic matter dynamics in cocoa plantations. I would like to study the effect of organic amendments and fertilizers on...
02 September 2018 7,313 7 View
After having long discussions with other fellow researchers and agronomists, I have yet to find an answer to this question. I've read many papers that mention positive impacts of N fertilisation...
26 July 2018 7,278 3 View
"The C/N ratio of soils is about 10–12:1." ( Donald L. Sparks, in Environmental Soil Chemistry (Second Edition), 2003) I know, the wording of my question is very strange, but that is to provoke...
10 July 2018 5,124 25 View
Dear Colleagues, Kindly assist by sourcing for laboratories that are working on plant nutrition and drought tolerant for Research Fellowship. I am an Associate Professor, Plant Breeding and...
04 June 2018 7,508 11 View
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Pre-emergent herbicides kill weeds before emergence from soil whereas Post-emergent ones eradicate weeds that have already emerged from soil. What is better herbicide to use? pre-emergent or...
03 February 2018 4,338 34 View
I am doing some literature review to better understand the processes governing the biological fixation of nitrogen by non-symbiotic micro-organisms (associative, endophytic, free-living...). I am...
02 February 2018 2,432 19 View
With Soybean target yield of 18 quintal per acre, I am applying (all dose per acre) 40 kg P2O5 (soil Olsen P is 20 ppm), 45 kg murate of potash (soil K 180 ppm), 10 kg sulphur (gandhak)...
23 January 2018 3,453 5 View
what is the effect of 1. macro and micro nutrients, 2. sunlight and precipitation, 3. Canopy management and harvesting regimes, 4. Inter- and Intra-species resource competition (both within bamboo...
30 August 2017 4,654 2 View
Can anybody share material on agronomic aspects of energy plantations (biofuel crops)
10 August 2017 8,938 5 View
How to do the conversions.
26 July 2017 9,491 6 View
In a paddy trial, 75kg/acre urea application resulted in short, weak and blackish roots while 25Kg/acre urea resulted in longer and healthy roots. what could be the possible reasons?
21 July 2017 3,658 7 View
How Can we do two irrigation regime: "wet variant'' and "dry variant" for pot plants?
21 July 2017 121 2 View
Biology farming and cover crops planting to suppress weed and improve soil quality
17 July 2017 7,707 14 View
Are agronomic approaches having more potential for bio-fortification of zinc in grains of crops than other approaches (bio-technologies, genetic engineering etc.) ?
11 July 2017 2,446 13 View
As water crisis threatens the sustainability of the irrigated rice ecosystem across the globe (Cantrell 2002; Farooq et al 2011; Yadav et al. 2011), cultivation of aerobic rice is gradually...
07 July 2017 8,309 6 View