Superabsorbent polymer hydrogels for sustainable agriculture: A review

Y Oladosu, MY Rafii, F Arolu, SC Chukwu, MA Salisu… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues facing all countries
in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase …

Significance of biopolymer-based hydrogels and their applications in agriculture: a review in perspective of synthesis and their degree of swelling for water holding

Z Tariq, DN Iqbal, M Rizwan, M Ahmad, M Faheem… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels are three-dimensional polymer networks that are hydrophilic and capable of
retaining a large amount of water. Hydrogels also can act as vehicles for the controlled …

[图书][B] Responding to massification: Differentiation in postsecondary education worldwide

PG Altbach - 2017 - Springer
The massification of tertiary education, the emergence of the global knowledge economy
and increasing national and international competition in the last part of the 20th century and …

Greenhouse gas emission from rice fields: a review from Indian context

K Gupta, R Kumar, KK Baruah, S Hazarika… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Agricultural soil acts as a source and sink of important greenhouse gases (GHGs) like
methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2). Rice paddies have been a …

Methane production, oxidation and mitigation: a mechanistic understanding and comprehensive evaluation of influencing factors

SK Malyan, A Bhatia, A Kumar, DK Gupta… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Methane is one of the critical greenhouse gases, which absorb long wavelength radiation,
affects the chemistry of atmosphere and contributes to global climate change. Rice …

An agronomic assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from major cereal crops

B Linquist, KJ Van Groenigen… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute approximately 12% to total global
anthropogenic GHG emissions. Cereals (rice, wheat, and maize) are the largest source of …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural food production to supply Indian diets: Implications for climate change mitigation

SH Vetter, TB Sapkota, J Hillier, CM Stirling… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. The growing
global population is putting pressure on agricultural production systems that aim to secure …

Fertilizer management practices and greenhouse gas emissions from rice systems: a quantitative review and analysis

BA Linquist, MA Adviento-Borbe, CM Pittelkow… - Field Crops …, 2012 - Elsevier
Flooded rice systems emit both methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Elevated CH4
emissions in rice systems can lead to a high global warming potential (GWP) relative to …

Evaluation of effectiveness of enhanced‐efficiency fertilizers as mitigation options for N2O and NO emissions from agricultural soils: meta‐analysis

H Akiyama, X Yan, K Yagi - Global Change Biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural fields are an important anthropogenic source of atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O)
and nitric oxide (NO). Although many field studies have tested the effectiveness of possible …

Efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in cereal production: retrospects and prospects

JK Ladha, H Pathak, TJ Krupnik, J Six… - Advances in agronomy, 2005 - Elsevier
Presently, 50% of the human population relies on nitrogen (N) fertilizer for food production.
The world today uses around 83 million metric tons of N, which is about a 100‐fold increase …