Manual weed control in mustard is very expensive because of its high labour requirement i.e., 150-250 labourers/ha. Chemical weed control again imposes environmental hazards. Mechanical weed control in mustard is not still that popular till date. Due to severe weed competition, t...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i21656
Under changing climatic scenario, the rainfall amount and its distribution over space and time have become uncertain during the rice growing season which is also affecting rice production very often. Under deficit rainfall (50% & 19% in 2010 and 2012) from dry sowing or dry...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121521
“Agricultural weeder with nail assembly” (Design registration no. 289754 in class 15-03, dt. 13-09-2019, Patent Office Kolkata, GOI) has been developed to mechanically weed out young composite weed flora including germinating ones, since 5-7 days of crop sowing at field capacity...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i111351
Low cost zero till in situ green manuring using plant species like dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata) and sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea) will eliminate the age old problems of large scale adoption of green manuring across the farming community. These two species germinated and grown well...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i71882