The role of biochar and biochar-compost in improving soil quality and crop performance: A review

G Agegnehu, AK Srivastava, MI Bird - Applied soil ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiple nutrient deficiencies related to severe soil fertility depletion have emerged as the
major constraint to the sustainability of agriculture on a global scale. Use of biochar and …

Ongoing soil potassium depletion under intensive cropping in India and probable mitigation strategies. A review

D Das, J Sahoo, MB Raza, M Barman… - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Springer
Potassium (K) is essential for plant growth and vital for soil health. However, despite high
crop demand, K fertilization continues to be ignored or severely inadequate in Indian …

Horticultural crops and climate change: A review

SK Malhotra - The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2017 - epubs.icar.org.in
If agriculture is the main stay towards the emission of greenhouse gases induced climate
change, horticultural crops have a much bigger role to play in countering the negative …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of biochar and compost on improving soil hydro-physical properties, crop yield and monetary returns in inceptisol subtropics

P Sharma, V Abrol, V Sharma, S Chaddha… - Saudi Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic manures in combination with biochar might improve efficacy of biochar in improving
soil functions related to hydro-physical properties and a field experiment was conducted …

Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops—An appraisal

SK Malhotra - The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016 - epubs.icar.org.in
Horticultural crops have now attained a status, parallel to not only field crops, but stake
strong claim of offering nutritional security, thereby, cutting the unnecessary load on …

Nutrient use efficiency in perennial fruit crops—A review

AK Srivastava, SK Malhotra - Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Perennial fruits crops by the virtue of their nutritional qualities have already emerged as a
major alternative, cutting short the menacing load on the consumption of traditional …

Impact of rice-husk ash on the soil biophysical and agronomic parameters of wheat crop under a dry tropical ecosystem

R Singh, P Srivastava, P Singh, AK Sharma, H Singh… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Several alternative amendments like organic manure and biochar have been proposed for
revitalizing the degrading soil viability and fertility for sustainable agriculture, globally …

Mitigation of degraded soils by using biochar and compost: a systematic review

MB Zahra, B Fayyaz, ZEH Aftab, MS Haider - Journal of Soil Science and …, 2021 - Springer
Continuous increase in the population of the world along with multiple nutrient deficiencies
and poor water use efficiency offers a challenging scenario for agriculture sector to meet the …

Functional and biotechnological cues of potassium homeostasis for stress tolerance and plant development

S Anil Kumar, S Kaniganti, P Hima Kumari… - Biotechnology and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Potassium (K+) is indispensable for the regulation of a plethora of functions like plant
metabolism, growth, development, and abiotic stress responses. K+ is associated with …

Exploiting nutrient-microbe synergy in unlocking productivity potential of perennial fruits: A review

AK Srivastava, SK Malhotra… - The Indian Journal of …, 2015 - epubs.icar.org.in
Fruits crops by the virtue of their nutritional qualities have already emerged as a major
alternative, cutting short the menacing load on the consumption of traditional monotonous …