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A Short Review on the Development of Salt Tolerant Cultivars in Rice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Rice is staple food for half of the world. With a population of almost 9.6 billion by the year 2050, there is a dire need of developing techniques to improve the crop plants, not only in terms of better yield but also to withstand harsh environmental ...
Jahan, N. (Nusrat)   +3 more
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Differential Effects of Increasing Salinity on Germination and Seedling Growth of Native and Exotic Invasive Cordgrasses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Soil salinity is a key environmental factor influencing germination and seedling establishment in salt marshes. Global warming and sea level rise are changing estuarine salinity, and may modify the colonization ability of halophytes.
Castillo Segura, Jesús Manuel   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Assessing the effect of salinity on the oil quality parameters of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss) using Fourier Transform Near-Infrared Reflectance (FT-NIR) spectroscopy

open access: yesGrasas y Aceites, 2014
Calibration models were developed for Fourier Transform Near Infrared Reflectance spectroscopy using PLS method and coefficients of determination (r2) for oil, protein, erucic acid and crude fiber contents were estimated 0.907, 0.922, 0.902, 0.903 ...
J. Singh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation Agriculture: factors and drivers of adoption and scalable innovative practices in Indo-Gangetic plains of India– a review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2021
Conventional- till (CT) agriculture is known to be ecologically indiscreet, economically and environmentally unsustainable, and leads to degradation of soil and environment in Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP).
H. S. Jat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of Electrical Spectroscopy using a Resper Probe to Measure the Salinity and Water Content of Concrete or Terrestrial Soil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper discusses the performance of electrical spectroscopy using a RESPER probe to measure the salinity s and volumetric content {\theta}W of the water in concrete or terrestrial soil.
Settimi, A.
core   +4 more sources

Response of onion to different nitrogen levels and method of transplanting in moderately salt affected soil

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Slovenica, 2017
Rapid increase in population and consumption, urged upon the agronomists to develop a comprehensive site specific agro technology to boost up production per unit area and quality of daily dietary onion crop in salt affected soils by improving some basic ...
Khalil Ahmed   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ocean salinity observations with SMOS mission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The purpose of this paper is to present the capabilities of SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission) for the global mapping of ocean salinity from space.
Camps Carmona, Adriano José   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Economic impact of tank rehabilitation in rainfed region of India

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
The present investigation measures economic impact of tanks restoration on productivity and income of 240 farm households in rainfed region of India.
Kiran Kumara T M   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility of different crop rotations for cultivation in salt affected soils

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Slovenica, 2019
Crop rotation can be used as an effective technique for managing salt-affected soils, however selection of suitable crop rotation at farmer field is very intricate decision which depends on expected net revenue, available resources and preserving the ...
Khalil AHMED   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rationalizing mineral gypsum use through microbially enriched municipal solid waste compost for amelioration and regaining productivity potential of degraded alkali soils

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Reclamation of alkali soils to harness their productivity potential is more complex due to the presence of excess sodium ions, poor hydraulic conductivity and infiltration rate, resulting in poor plant growth and crop productivity. Sodic soil reclamation
Yash Pal Singh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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