Wetland rice agriculture includes puddling practices, which facilitate transplanting and weed control easier and lowers water and nutrient loss through percolation. However, in addition to these benefits, the puddling alters the soil's physical properties, which is harmful to sub...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121534
A laboratory experiment was carried out on composting of three organic substrates viz; paddy straw, vegetable waste and maize stover by using three isolated cellulose degrading bacteria viz; CBG2, CBD4 and CBC9. The physical properties after final products were examined. Irrespec...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131227
Investigation was made to study the impact of long-term fertilizer and manure application on the sub-soil nitrogen (N) fertility of an acidic Inceptisol under continuous rice-rice cropping system. For this purpose, a long-term fertilizer experiment commenced from 2005-06, rabi se...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131109
The study was conducted during the pre-monsoon period in April-May 2019 to monitor the quality of different water sources for assessing their suitability for irrigation purposes in Odisha state of eastern India. Twenty-seven surface water and twenty-one groundwater samples were c...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i730704