Soil and water salinity substantially constrain crop and biomass production. Research over
the last two plus decades, facilitated by advances in molecular genetics and biotechnology …

In an agricultural field, the water content and salt content are defined as soil moisture and
soil salinity and have to be estimated precisely. The changing of these two factors can be …

Background Plants have developed various sophisticated mechanisms to cope up with
climate extremes and different stress conditions, especially by involving specific transcription …

Salinity and acidity have affected several hundred million hectares of land throughout the
globe which poses a major threat to global food security and biodiversity. Application of …

The system of rice intensification (SRI) aims to improve rice (Oryza sativa L.) yields through
multiple management practices that have been presumed to interact synergistically. This …

Pearl millet is an important C4 cereal plant that possesses enormous capacity to survive
under extreme climatic conditions. It serves as a major food source for people in arid and …

The rice white stem borer, Scirpophaga innotata Walker (Family: Crambidae) is a major
lepidopteran pest of rice from seedling to ear setting stage. Due to their hidden life style, no …

A complex and ecologically responsive rice-fish farming system has evolved in the coastal
wetland regions of India over centuries. Kaipad is a unique coastal wetland rice production …

Rice, the most important cereal and staple carbohydrate source of Asia is cultivated in
diverse ecological conditions and many such agro-ecosystems are fragile and critically …

Groundnut cultivation on saline soil facing complex problems associated with high electrical
conductivity (EC), toxic effects of Na cation, imbalance nutrients, and N and P deficiency …