SWAT has proven to be an effective method of evaluating alternative land use effects on runoff, sediment and pollutant losses for simulation of hypothetical, real and future scenarios. This capability has been strengthened ...

Field experiments were conducted during the wet season of 2012 and 2013 at farmer’s field of village Binuria, Sriniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal, India with rice variety ‘Swarna’ (MTU 7029) to study the effect of bensulfuron-methyl ...

Nanotechnology has been in tremendous use in last two decades including in the field of medicine, communication, aerospace, environment, household goods and scientific researches. Nanotechnology has proved its place in ...

Twenty acid soils of West Bengal, India, representing Alfisols, Entisols and Inceptisols orders, were studied to characterize their acidity in relation to physicochemical properties. Total potential acidity (TPA), ...

To find out the residual fate and dissipation pattern of swing on paddy field under Indian subcontinent, it was applied twice recommended dose at 750 g/ha [187.5 g a.i./ha (93.5 g epoxiconazole + 93.5 g carbendazim)] ...

Georeferenced surface soil samples representing three major maize growing blocks viz. Umerkote, Raigarh and Jharigaon of Nabarangpur district of Odisha were collected from 154 sites using global positioning system (GPS). ...

Field experiments conducted on french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) during rabi season of 2013 revealed that the biodegradable geotextile jute mulches of varying thickness (250, 300, 350, 400, 500 gsm) have significant ...

Weeds in non-crop areas cause as much of a menace as in crop fields. They are known to provide food, shelter and reproductive sites for various pest organisms (plant pathogens, insects, mites, nematodes etc.) and serve as ...

Dumping of coir pith, the by product of coir-industry is posing serious environmental problems in the southern states of India, especially Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, India. A study was conducted at ...

Sorption phenomenon plays relevant role in the estimation of the solubility, availability, mobility and tendency of ion pollution of the environment. A field experiment was laid out in RBD with three replications and ...