Latief Ahmad, Ifra Ashraf, Sameera Qayoom, M. Ayoub Malik, Anurag Satpathi, Nivedita Bagga, Aiyesha Shabir, Raqeeb Ul Haq, Shoieb Rasool, Basharat Bashir & Afshan Tabasum·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2026
Apple orchard health monitoring is important for supporting timely crop management under the temperate conditions of Kashmir Valley. The present study evaluated the seasonal behaviour of four Sentinel-2-derived vegetation indices, namely the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85562
Latief Ahmad, Junaid Mehraj, Sameera Qayoom, Ifra Ashraf, Faisul Ur Rasool, Raies A Bhat, Mohd Ayoub Malik, Aamir Hassan, Zahida Rashid, Aiyesha Shabir, Owais A Bhat & Nivedita Bagga·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2026
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a globally important cereal crop, providing staple food for humans and feed for livestock. Although rich in carbohydrates and high in caloric energy, its protein is deficient in essential amino acids like lysine and tryptophan. Quality Protein Maize (QPM) h...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i25985
Studies on water balance and irrigation at agricultural areas require accurate values of reference evapotranspiration. The values obtained can help farmers to determine the water requirement of these vegetable crops so that proper irrigation can be applied according to its growth...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v35i430195
Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is a crucial indicator of hydrologic regime of a region. It is an important variable in the estimation of actual evapotranspiration (AET) in hydrological and ecosystem modeling. Evapotranspiration affects the amount of runoff and thus the irriga...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/36356
Precise estimation of crop water requirement is essential for efficient water management of crops. Reference evapotranspiration plays a vital role in determining the water requirements of crops as well as planning of irrigation. The present study has been undertaken to determine...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30940
Basharat Bashir, Latief Ahmad, Sameera Qayoom, Farhat Anjum, Aiyesha Shabir, Raqeeb Ul Haq, Suhail Bilal Bhat, Ahba Riyaz, Shoieb Rasool, Abhishek, Mehraj ud din Sofi & Shabir Ahmad Bhat·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2026
Rising global temperatures have altered the frequency, intensity and spatial distribution of extreme weather events, with direct and measurable consequences for agricultural productivity worldwide. This review synthesises evidence on how heatwaves, drought, flooding, tropical cyc...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i75553
In the Kharif season of 2021, a field experiment was conducted at the crop research farm of the Division of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the ph...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i34061
Over the years there has been a drastic increase in heavy metal contamination in the soil due to a number of natural and industrial processes. As these heavy metals are non-biodegradable in nature, they remain in the environment for long periods of time and may infiltrate into th...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2023/v42i474320
Atufa Ashraf, Latief Ahmad, Khalid Ferooz, Shazia Ramzan, Ifra Ashraf, Junaid N. Khan, Efath Shehnaz, Mifta Ul-Shafiq, Sabia Akhter, Ambreen Nabi, Rehana Rasool & Shaista Nazir·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2023
Remote sensing technology has revolutionized agriculture management and monitoring by providing valuable information on crop health, soil conditions, weather patterns, and overall land management. The reflectance data are progressively being exploited in agriculture with the mome...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i81957
A field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad during 2016-17 and 2017-18 to study the organic manures and biofertilizers: Effect on the growth and yield of Indian mustard varieties. The exper...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2018/43594
Objective: The study was conducted to estimate the pattern of field environment genetic variation for twenty genotypes of Madhuca indica Gmel distributed over different sites/locations of district Allahabad and adjoining areas of Uttar Pradesh, India. Study Design: Study under Ra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2823
Maize (Zea mays L.) is widely known as a ready-made fodder crop. Maize is the third major cereal crop in the world, and in India, it ranks third. Maize has been an important cereal crop owing to its highest production potential and wider adaptability to varied agroclimatic condit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i2306
Faisul-ur- Rasool, M. I. Bhat, Z. A. Dar, B. A. Lone, Latief Ahmad, S. A. Hakeem, Z. Rashid, S. Naseer, S. Bashir, S. Majid & S. Nissa·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2021
Intercropping provides ample scope to include two or more crops simultaneously in same piece of land thus targeting higher productivity from unit area on sustainable basis. Maize, a cereal crop of immense importance, planted in wide rows offers the possibility for adoption of int...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i1630527
Ifra Ashraf, Junaid N. Khan, Syed Towseef Ahmad, Immad A. Shah, Rohitashw Kumar, Latief Ahmad, Pervez Ahmed, Imran Khan, Anil Kumar Lohani, F. U. Khan & Shazia Ramzan·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2024
Alpine glaciers serve as critical indicators of climate change and play a vital role in regional and global hydrological cycles. This study focuses on the Suru basin in Ladakh, India, a region with a crucial network of alpine glaciers that serve as freshwater reservoirs. Utilizin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i84336
Muneer Ahmad Sofi, Rather , Bashir, Bashir Rather, Mushtaq Dar, Shafeeq hakeem, Faisul Rasool, Latief Ahmad, Sofi , Muneer Ahmad, Aamir Hussain, Bismat Un Nisa, Rasool , Faisul & Nisa , Bismat Un·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
Kashmir has quietly undergone a yellow revolution as thousands of hectares of land have been brought under mustard cultivation to double the farmers' income. Earlier, most of the land in Kashmir was used only for growing a single crop -- paddy in most areas but now farmers are ro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193579
Raies A. Bhat, Faizan Ahmad, Tanveer Ahmad Ahngar, T. A. Shiekh, Zahida Rashid, Waseem Raja, Latief Ahmad, S. A. Hakeem, Mumtahin Ul Kousar, Roman Nissar & Z. A. Dar·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2021
Fodder availability in cold arid regions is from 40 to 50 percent of real need, but in some areas it exceeds 50 percent [1]. Alfalfa, which is the sole fodder accessible to farmers and is dried and given to animals throughout the winter, is insufficient to meet the winter fodder...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430801
Maliqa Majid, Junaid N. Khan, Haleema Bano, Arshad H. Mughal, Faheeem Ullah Khan, Rohitashw Kumar, Immad A. Shah, Basharat Bashir, Mehraj U. Din Dar & Latief Ahmad·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2023
Traditionally grown in soil, saffron cultivation has been plagued by limited arable land, variable climate conditions, and soil-borne diseases. Phenological studies of the crop during each of its growth stages are crucial for mitigating the detrimental consequences of climate cha...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i92303