Article
Environmental Sciences
Ying Wang, Shuo Wang, Jingjing Sun, Hengren Dai, Beijun Zhang, Weidong Xiang, Zixin Hu, Pan Li, Jinshui Yang, Wen Zhang
Summary: The study demonstrates that irrigation with nanobubble water can significantly increase rice yield, reduce fertilizer usage, and enhance plant growth and nutrient uptake.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Di Wu, Zhibo Feng, Wenqi Gu, Yuning Wang, Zifan Liu, Wenjia Wang, Yuxue Zhang, Weiming Zhang, Wenfu Chen
Summary: Biochar amendment can improve rice growth and soil fertility, leading to increased rice production in cold areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Susanna Vain, Ilmar Tamm, Ulle Tamm, Mihkel Annusver, Kristjan Zobel
Summary: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between root traits and crop yield in oat and barley under favorable conditions. The results showed significant negative relationships between root length-related traits and both grain and protein yield in both species. This suggests that cereal crops may produce longer roots in the topsoil than necessary for maximum yield.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Nur Atikah Mohidem, Norhashila Hashim, Rosnah Shamsudin, Hasfalina Che Man
Summary: Rice is a vital food source for over half the world's population, providing essential nutrients and antioxidant properties that can help prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This review highlights global rice production, consumption, and nutritional values, as well as introducing a new method for storage, drying, and grading of rice. It also discusses the environmental impacts of rice cultivation and policy directions.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Muhammad Aslam
Summary: The research introduced the Laspeyres index and other indexes for dealing with uncertain data, and concluded that these indexes are more informative, flexible, and suitable through comparative studies on rice production data from nine districts in Punjab, Pakistan.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sahana N. Banakar, M. K. PrasannaKumar, H. B. Mahesh, P. Buela Parivallal, M. E. Puneeth, Chirag Gautam, D. Pramesh, T. N. Shiva Kumara, T. R. Girish, Sailaja Nori, Shrikumar Surya Narayan
Summary: Red seaweed-derived biostimulants promote plant health and protect against abiotic stress conditions. This study investigates the efficacy of red seaweed biostimulants on rice under fungicidal stress and describes the underlying mechanism.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Qiuyuan Liu, Meng Li, Xin Ji, Juan Liu, Fujuan Wang, Yunfei Wei
Summary: Grain protein content (GPC) is an important factor affecting rice quality and nutrition, and there are significant differences in GPC among different varieties. This study compared high GPC (H-GPC) and low GPC (L-GPC) japonica rice varieties in terms of grain yield, dry matter production, and nitrogen uptake and transport. The results showed that L-GPC varieties had higher grain yield and dry matter production, but lower nitrogen uptake during the grain-filling period compared to H-GPC varieties. GPC was mainly influenced by the amount of nitrogen available for grain development per unit sink capacity.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Eka Sunarwidhi Prasedya, Nanda Sofian Hadi Kurniawan, Nur Ardiana, Bq Tri Khairina Ilhami, Tri Mulyaningsih, Sri Puji Astuti, Ahmad Jupri, Aluh Nikmatullah, I. Komang Damar Jaya, Sri Widyastuti
Summary: This study evaluated the nutritional status and rhizosphere bacterial community of rice grown with seaweed fertilizers. The results showed that the rice grown with a combination of chemical and seaweed fertilizers at a 50:50 ratio (CFSF2) exhibited better growth characteristics and had the highest concentration of macronutrients in the leaves. The abundance of beneficial bacteria Rhizobiales and Vicinamibacterales was also significantly higher in CFSF2 compared to the chemical fertilizer group.
FERMENTATION-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Keiichi Hayashi, Lizzida P. Llorca, Iris D. Bugayong, Nurwulan Agustiani, Ailon Oliver Capistrano
Summary: The WeRise system combines seasonal climate predictions, real-time weather data, and crop growth models to provide recommendations for optimal planting timing and suitable varieties. Field validations in Southeast Asia have shown that WeRise can improve rice productivity, especially in rainfed areas.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Yi Wang, Chaoyi Deng, Yu Shen, Jaya Borgatta, Christian O. Dimkpa, Baoshan Xing, Om Parkash Dhankher, Zhenyu Wang, Jason C. White, Wade H. Elmer
Summary: Little is known about the effect of nano sulfur (NS) under field conditions as a multifunctional agricultural amendment. Pristine and surface coated NS (CS) were amended in soil at 200 mg/kg that was planted with tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and infested with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Foliar exposure of CS (200 mu g/mL) was also included. In healthy plants, CS increased tomato marketable yield up to 3.3 similar to 3.4-fold compared to controls. In infested treatments, CS significantly reduced disease severity compared to the other treatments. Foliar and soil treatment with CS increased yield by 107 and 192% over diseased controls, respectively, and significantly increased fruit Ca, Cu, Fe, and Mg contents. A $33/acre investment in CS led to an increase in marketable yield from 4920 to 11,980 kg/acre for healthy plants and from 1135 to 2180 kg/acre for infested plants, demonstrating the significant potential of this nanoenabled strategy to increase food production.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maoxing Zhang, Yin Wang, Xi Chen, Feiyun Xu, Ming Ding, Wenxiu Ye, Yuya Kawai, Yosuke Toda, Yuki Hayashi, Takamasa Suzuki, Houqing Zeng, Liang Xiao, Xin Xiao, Jin Xu, Shiwei Guo, Feng Yan, Qirong Shen, Guohua Xu, Toshinori Kinoshita, Yiyong Zhu
Summary: The study demonstrates that overexpression of a single gene, OSA1, in rice can enhance nitrogen and carbon utilization efficiency, leading to a significant increase in grain yield.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohammad Anisuzzaman, Mohd Y. Rafii, Shairul Izan Ramlee, Noraini Md Jaafar, Mohammad Ferdous Ikbal, Md Azadul Haque
Summary: One of the key challenges in maximizing crop production on limited agricultural land is maintaining or enhancing soil fertility. The use of chicken manure as an organic fertilizer is crucial for improving soil productivity and crop production. A field experiment was conducted in Malaysia to assess the effects of different levels of organic fertilizer on the growth and yield of rice. The results showed that applying chicken manure at a rate of 10 t ha(-1) resulted in the highest growth, yield, and nutrient contents in both grain and straw. The rice genotype BRRI dhan75 performed best under this treatment, making it recommended for rice production in Malaysia.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yeseong Kang, Jinwoo Nam, Younggwang Kim, Seongtae Lee, Deokgyeong Seong, Sihyeong Jang, Chanseok Ryu
Summary: The study utilized UAV-based multispectral imagery to develop regression models for predicting rice yield and protein content, with the artificial neural network (ANN) model showing stable prediction errors and consistent variable ranking in all year analyses, indicating its potential for developing a year-invariant model.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marufa Sultana, M. Jahiruddin, M. Rafiqul Islam, M. Mazibur Rahman, Md Anwarul Abedin, Zakaria M. Solaiman
Summary: This study focused on using organic amendments to increase the nutrient content of MSW compost for rice cultivation. Results showed that amended composts led to higher rice yield and nutrient content, indicating potential benefits in fertilizer management for rice cultivation in sub-tropical regions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yamdeu Joseph Hubert Galani, Emilie Marie Ost Hansen, Ioannis Droutsas, Melvin Holmes, Andrew Juan Challinor, Teis Norgaard Mikkelsen, Caroline Orfila
Summary: The study examined the impact of climatic factors on wheat yield and nutritional quality. Findings indicate that the combination of ozone and other factors can increase certain mineral content in wheat, but decrease others. Future climate change may have implications for wheat nutrition security.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Khanjan Trivedi, Ranjeet Kumar, K. G. Vijay Anand, Gopal Bhojani, Denish Kubavat, Arup Ghosh
Summary: Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed extract (KSWE) application on maize enhances soil bacterial diversity, reduces abundance of certain bacterial genera, and enriches beneficial bacterial taxa important for plant growth and nutrient cycling. The altered soil ecology mediated by KSWE may contribute to the improved yield.
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oindrila Roy, Ram Swaroop Meena, Sandeep Kumar, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Gourisankar Pradhan
Summary: This study assessed the soil and climate change under different land-use systems, and found that forest land-use system has the highest soil enrichment, C storage, and CO2 sequestration capacity.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rakesh Kumar, Janki Sharan Mishra, Sushanta Kumar Naik, Surajit Mondal, Ram Swaroop Meena, Saurabh Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Dubey, Govind Makarana, Bal Krishna Jha, Santosh Sambhaji Mali, Ashis Kumar Biswas, Arbind Kumar Choudhary, Hansraj Hans, Rachana Dubey, Santosh Kumar, Prem Kumar Sundaram, Rohan Kumar Raman, Mohammad Monobrullah, Sanjeev Kumar, Ujjwal Kumar, Bhagwati Prasad Bhatt
Summary: This study identifies that the adoption of ZTDSR practices and diversification of rice-fallows with pulses crops can enhance crop productivity, increase soil organic carbon stock, and improve soil biological properties in the rice-fallow ecosystems of India.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sandeep Kumar, Surendra Kumar Sharma, Sanjay Kumar Thakral, Krishan Kumar Bhardwaj, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Ram Swaroop Meena, Chetan Kumar Jangir, Sandeep Bedwal, Ram Dhan Jat, Ahmed Gaber, Ahmed A. Atta, Akbar Hossain
Summary: Enhancing nutrient use efficiencies is crucial for the long-term sustainability of production systems. This study evaluated the effects of different nutrient treatments on three lentil cultivars. The results showed that integrated fertilization combined with appropriate cultivar selection can improve seed yield and nutrient use efficiencies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Seema Sheoran, Sandeep Kumar, Vinita Ramtekey, Priyajoy Kar, Ram Swaroop Meena, Chetan Kumar Jangir
Summary: Approximately 2 billion people are suffering from chronic malnutrition or hidden hunger, and biofortification offers a sustainable solution for managing malnutrition. However, there are challenges to overcome in terms of accessibility, acceptance, and availability of biofortified cultivars. Nevertheless, with regular interventions, biofortification holds great potential to address the malnutrition problem for billions of people globally.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Gourisankar Pradhan, Ram Swaroop Meena
Summary: The study aimed to manage zinc and iron deficiency by adopting genetically enriched varieties of rice and wheat with organic and inorganic fertilization in the rice-wheat cropping system. The results showed that applying NPKFeZn treatment significantly increased the grain yield of wheat and rice, and using carpet waste and Trichoderma viride treatment resulted in higher yields. The NPKFeZn treatment also increased the Fe and Zn contents in both wheat and rice. This research could contribute to increasing nutritional security and addressing malnutrition in society.
Article
Agronomy
Ishwar Singh, Sushil Solomon, Vijay Anand K. Gopalakrishnan, Arup Ghosh
Summary: This study empirically proves that including Gracilaria-based seaweed extract as a biostimulant in sugarcane production can increase yield and promote environmentally friendly alternative practices. The biostimulant improves the nitrogen use efficiency of sugarcane, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other impact categories.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kirti Saurabh, Rakesh Kumar, Janki Sharan Mishra, Anil Kumar Singh, Surajit Mondal, Ram Swaroop Meena, Jaipal Singh Choudhary, Ashis Kumar Biswas, Manoj Kumar, Himadri Shekhar Roy, Nongmaithem Raju Singh, Sushil Kumar Yadav, Ashutosh Upadhyaya, Hansraj Hans, Pawan Jeet, Prem Kumar Sundaram, Rohan Kumar Raman
Summary: Climate-smart agriculture practices are important for improving crop productivity and soil health in the rice-fallow production systems of eastern India and comparable agroecotypes in South Asia.
Article
Plant Sciences
Sudipa Mal, Dibyendu Sarkar, Biswapati Mandal, Piu Basak, Ritesh Kundu, Deblina Ghosh, Joy Dutta, Shovik Deb, Feroze H. Rahman
Summary: This study aimed to establish critical limits of boron (B) in soils and leaves of tomato crops. The experiment analyzed soil and tomato leaf samples from 94 fields and found that hot-calcium chloride (HCC) was the most effective extractant for B assessment. The study provided insights into addressing B deficiency in tomato cultivation.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Kripal Singh, Ram Swaroop Meena, Sandeep Kumar, Shalini Dhyani, Seema Sheoran, Har Mohan Singh, Vinayak V. Pathak, Zaira Khalid, Anita Singh, Kapil Chopra, Somvir Bajar, Faiz Ahmad Ansari, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Sunita Varjani, Richa Kothari, Vineet Veer Tyagi, Bhaskar Singh, Chaeho Byun
Summary: This article reviews the development of renewable energies in India after the Paris Climate Agreement, specifically focusing on solar energy's massive success and limited investment in other renewable sectors. It highlights India's ambitious plans to phase down coal use and become a carbon-neutral economy, as well as the highly ambitious commitments made at COP26.
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2023)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Khanjan Trivedi, K. G. Vijay Anand, Pradipkumar Vaghela, Alan T. Critchley, Pushp Sheel Shukla, Arup Ghosh
Summary: The indiscriminate or non-strategic use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture can have harmful effects on natural ecosystems. Seaweed-based biostimulants are being widely studied as a more sustainable alternative to synthetic nutrient inputs to increase agricultural productivity. Kappaphycus alvarezii, a tropical red alga, contains bioactive compounds that improve plant growth and resilience to stressors. Various K. alvarezii-based biostimulants have been used in agriculture to enhance growth, yield, nutrient uptake, and resilience.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sudip Kumar Dutta, Jayanta Layek, Ashish Yadav, Shaon Kumar Das, Heiplanmi Rymbai, Somnath Mandal, Nandita Sahana, T. L. Bhutia, E. L. Devi, V. B. Patel, Ramgopal Laha, V. K. Mishra
Summary: Seaweed extracts have a significantly positive impact on the growth, quality, and reproduction of agricultural and horticultural crops. In this study, different seaweed extracts were applied to kiwifruit cuttings, leading to increased rooting and growth. The seaweed extracts also enhanced various growth parameters and biochemical components, while reducing electrolyte leakage. The study suggests that seaweed extract and humic acid can be used as alternatives to synthetic hormones for promoting the rooting and growth of kiwifruit cuttings.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gourisankar Pradhan, Ram Swaroop Meena
Summary: The study aimed to manage industrial wastes and create a module for using compost from waste for crops cultivation to conserve energy, reduce fertilizer use and Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and improve the atmospheric CO2 capturing in agriculture for a green economy. The experiment's results showed that using compost from waste significantly increased grain yield and total CO2 sequestration in the wheat-rice cropping sequence compared to the control group. Additionally, the treatment with waste compost and biochar had greater energy output and efficiency compared to the treatment with only chemical fertilizers.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Pradipkumar Vaghela, Grishma Gandhi, Khanjan Trivedi, K. G. Vijay Anand, Dhruvil Chavda, Moutusi Manna, Tanmaye Seth, Abhiram Seth, Munisamy Shanmugam, Arup Ghosh
Summary: This study characterized the minimally processed aqueous homogenates (MPHs) from red and brown seaweed and investigated their effects on maize crop performance. The results showed that MPHs enhanced crop growth and yield, with the best response observed at a lower dose.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shreya Sadukha, Rohan Mani Thomas, K. G. Vijay Anand, Tulsi Bhaliya, Jibananand Nayak, Kirti Singhal, Arup Ghosh, Ramalingam Dineshkumar
Summary: This study demonstrates the potential utilization of de-oiled cakes derived from agro-wastes as a cheap nutrient source for microalgal cultivation, and the extraction of biomass to produce products such as lutein, phytol, and lipids.
WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION
(2023)
