Silicon (Si) is a beneficial element in soil for crop growth and survival. Incorporating silicon into modern crop management practices offers a promising pathway to balance increased agricultural output with ecological sustainability, a critical goal in addressing global food sec...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i75546
A factorial randomized block design was employed at Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India to study the long-term effects of tillage (zero tillage, ZT; conventional tillage, CT), crop residue (R) addition, and biofertilizers (B) on soil properties and wheat yield in the rice-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i24745
Stubble burning, a common agricultural practice, has gained significant attention due to its adverse effects on soil properties and environmental sustainability. The in-situ burning of stubble, especially in the context of the rice-wheat cropping system, can significantly alter t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i64604
Aims: The goal of this experiment is to observe the variations in soil aggregate fractions and the change in percentage of carbon and nitrogen stored in the fractions due to the effect of crop residue management and tillage practices in Rice-Wheat cropping system. Study Design: A...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193563
A study to assess the profile distribution of important soil attributes in Alfisols and Entisols of West Bengal was conducted during 2016-17. Purposefully selected random sampling was carried out to collect the soils from different locations of two study sites, viz., Kalinagar (2...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i130176
Abhishek Sen, Dibyendu Mukhopadhyay, Abhas Kumar Sinha, Ganesh Chandra Banik, Amrit Tamang, Partha Sarathi Patra, Manoj Kanti Debnath & Rajib Das·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2026
Flooding and drainage impose on lowland rice soils a distinctive alternation of anoxic and oxic conditions that is widely believed to govern the residence time of soil organic carbon. Yet the short-term, within-season expression of this control on surface soil has rarely been exa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86260
Stubble burning is a prevalent practice in the rice-wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains, done primarily for rapid field clearance between paddy harvest and wheat sowing. This two-year field study conducted in Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, evaluated the impact of s...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i84983
As a major supply of staple foods, the rice-wheat cropping system is crucial to global food security. However, continuous cultivation of these crops has led to several soil-related environmental problems, including the gradual decline in soil health and quality. In this context,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i25299
The soils of the Terai region of West Bengal are generally acidic in nature and deficient in available boron (B) and zinc (Zn) leading to widespread micronutrient constraints in the region. This study investigated the interaction effects of B and Zn on wheat growth, nutrient conc...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i76137
A study on nutritional and microbial analysis of Kunapajala with different storage time interval was conducted in the Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry and the Department of Plant Pathology, UBKV, Coochbehar-736165, West Bengal during March, 2019. The motive...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i230278