Plants grown in land completely depend on soil on which they grow. The soil factors that affect crop growth are, Soil moisture Soil air Soil temperature Soil mineral matter Soil organic matter Soil organisms Soil reactions Biotic Factors
India is a vast country where diverse practices of farming are seen in different parts. But crops in India can be divided into two main types, which are as follows: Kharif Rabi Kharif Kharif crops are grown in the rainy season, i.e. during monsoon. Kharif crops are usually sown in Jun...
For instance, in the rainfall scarce areas of Rajasthan (India), the farmers grow bajra (bulrush millet), while in the Brahmaputra valley of Assam rice is the dominant crop. Likewise, cotton is grown in the regur (black earth) soil of Maharashtra and Gujarat, while t...
Estimating the Fluoride Concentration in Soil and Crops Grown over it in and around Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. American Journal of Ethnomedicine 1(1) 036- 041.Arora G, Sumit Bhateja S. Estimating the fluoride concentration in soil and crops grown over it in and around Mathura, Uttar ...
ICRISAT strengthens Asia-Africa collaboration on soil health through GLOSOLAN and regional partnerships The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan...
Yellow lupin is often found growing as a wild plant in Mediterranean region. It is sometimes grown as a green manure. In the past, seeds were a common food in some Mediterranean countries, but nowadays they are just used as a pickled snack food. ...
Shutsrirung A, Chromkaew Y, Pathom-Aree W, Choonluchanon S, Boonkerd N (2013) Diversity of endophytic actinomycetes in mandarin grown in northern Thailand, their phytohormone production potential and plant growth promoting activity. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 59(3):322–330 Article CAS Google Scholar...
Such benefits were reported in rain-fed agricultural ecosystems of southern India, where cover crops were grown with off-season rainfall (Venkateswarlu et al., 2007). Many long-term studies with winter cover crops have been done showing the effects of crop rotation on soil organic carbon (Lal...
irrigation under mar soil (black) type whose actual water holding capacity (AWHC) is 175 mm.Similarly, if the cropping system is grown under kabar (AHWC = 140 mm)soil, then it requires nine irrigation with a total water requirement of 591.5 mmat an interval ranging from 10 to 24 days....
Dye and tannin crops—plants grown for its content of tannin are used either as coloring, aromatic, or phenolic substances depending on the plant and the type of tannin. They are generally found in barks and other plant structures and are used in numerous industries including the tanning, pharm...