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
Information about the phosphorus (P) forms in soils of Terai agro-ecological region of Cooch Behar (where P fertilizers have been applied for a long time), and their influence on the availability of P in soils is meagre. A study was undertaken to evaluate the status of different...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/36408
Two biochars were produced from the rice and wheat residues by slow pyrolysis (at 400°C) in muffle furnace with an aim to study the effect of their application on some chemical properties of acidic soil such as pH, exchangeable acidity and cation exchange capacity (CEC) as well a...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i930193
Deepranjan Sarkar, Shikha ., S. Rakesh, Sabuj Ganguly & Amitava Rakshit·Advances in Research·2017
The present paper is a mini review of the increasing soil pollution in the environment and the possible handy options available, to curb its rate. Soil being a non-renewable resource, must be protected from all types of pollutants. The health of all life forms is associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2017/36622
The Government of India is promoting natural farming (NF) which is evolved from our ancient heritage and traditional cultivation practices. Though NF has many advantages, it is facing several challenges like low yield in initial years, expecting high outputs from low cost of cult...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121544
Accumulation of mineral nitrogen (min-N) in soil profile (0-90 cm) was significantly (p<0.05) higher in conventional tillage (CT) than zero tillage (ZT) treatment plots both at 42 days after sowing (DAS) and 84 DAS of wheat, the increase over ZT being 58% and 44% respectively;...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i1030205
Sonam Singh, Deepranjan Sarkar, Mehjabeen ., M. Bhudevi, S. Rakesh, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Shantanu Kar & Amitava Rakshit·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
Widespread incidences of sulphur (S) deficiency in agricultural crops and soils have been reported globally. To meet this gap, various new forms of S fertilizers are available in the market, and they are in the process of testing for their validations in varied type of crop speci...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39763