B Raghavendra Goud

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Scientist at ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack

Rice fallow areas in India are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and have lower productivity per unit area compared to other intensive rice cultivation systems. Despite a significant potential for cultivating subsequent rabi crops, the challenges and constraints associated with these fallows often prevent their cultivation. Short-durat...

Arsenic (As) is a well-known human carcinogen, and the consumption of rice is the main pathway for the South Asian people. The study evaluated the impact of the amendments involving CaSiO3, SiO2 nanoparticles, silica solubilizing bacteria (SSB), and rice straw compost (RSC) on mitigation of As toxicity in rice. The translocation of As from soil to...

Rice-millet cropping systems have transformative potential in India to address the multifaceted challenges posed by climate change in the agricultural sector. With a focus on sustainability, climate resilience, and enhanced livelihoods, a comprehensive overview of the current state of agriculture in India in the context of climate change has been p...

Millets are celebrated globally and India is the largest producer of millets and would like to foresee itself as a global millet hub. However, the onset of the green revolution and policy prejudice in past decades led to the dominance of rice and wheat in our food system. This policy brief discusses how rice can help in the revival of millet and an...

It is well known that changes in land use and land cover (LULC) have a significant impact on land surface temperature and various weather variables. However, there is limited study on LST in deltaic environments, particularly the Mahanadi delta. As a result, this study's objectives were set to estimate changes in land use land cover and its impact...

The spatial distribution of land surface temperature (LST) is a driving factor in global climate change studies, but research on LST in deltaic regions, particularly the Mahanadi delta, is very limited. Therefore, we analyzed the spatial variation of LST in the Mahanadi delta region using time series Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 8 OLI data over a 28-ye...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the major crop of India and the lifeline of the Eastern states. The challenges however are to produce more food for the increasing population by utilizing limited resources and maintain it under climate change conditions. This can be achieved by devising appropriate agro-techniques. We calibrated and evaluated CERES...

There are very few books in the field of crop production, which satisfies the requirements of students particularly preparing for competitive examinations. This book is designed to satisfy their need and is presented in a systematic manner to understand every fundamental aspect related to crop production. This book covers all the basic concepts of...

Water supply to agriculture especially rice will be affected in the future because of climate change and increased demand of water for non-agricultural use. To sustain rice production, focus should be on water saving rice production systems such as aerobic rice, which may further reduce water requirement when combined with drip irrigation. Hence, a...

This abstract gives information on water required to produce 1 kg of aerobic rice under different drip irrigation regimes and nitrogen levels. Traditional rice cultivation requires 3000-5000 litres of water to produce 1 kg of rice. By scheduling irrigation through drip we could able to produce 1 kg of rice by applying 2305 litres of water in the lo...

Weeds which are escaped during the control measures are one of the source of soil weed seedbank. At the time of crop harvest, several weed species retain a considerable quantity of their seed. These weed seeds are evenly spread across the crop field through various weed seed dispersal mechanisms. By knowing the weed seed retention character of ever...

The growing demand of rice has to be met by increasing production with less resources viz. land, water and manpower; and by optimizing usage of all agricultural inputs for which precise management of inputs are considered very important. Precision Farming (PF) assists in identifying, analysing, and managing the spatial and temporal variability of d...

Soil takes many years to form, however can be damaged in a very short amount of time. With the damage of soil, man’s ability decreases to grow food crops, graze animals and to produce fiber and forests. Increasing agricultural development with population pressure and mounting demands created upon the soil ends up in a lot of stress on soil by accru...

Decreasing irrigation water availability, declining ground-water table, emission of greenhouse gas, indiscriminate use of pesticides (insecticides & fertilizers), intensive rice-rice cropping system, declining soil fertility and other environmental problems due to practice of unsustainable rice production practices are of serious concern. Action to...

Water is an essential and freely available natural resource that supports life on Earth and is also a vital factor for the economic and social development of society. Its demand is drastically increasing especially in developing countries due to increasing population, urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture developments. Irrigation account...

Agriculture sector using about 70% of the global freshwater resources followed by industry and domestic usage. Irrigation is the major consumer of groundwater due to the increased population and irrigated area. As a result, per capita availability of water Manjanagouda S. Sannagoudar et al. 202 resources gradually decreasing over the years. Due to...

Food grain production of India has increased by four-fold since 1950-51 through invention of green revolution technology by adopting of high yielding verities coupled with intensive input use, extensive tillage, burning of residues and irrigation. However, over the years, the intensive agricultural practices, negligence in maintaining soil health a...

Nanotechnology may offer keener solutions to current intensive agriculture problems. By the end of the 20 th century, the controlled preparation of nanomaterials with desired morphology and size were visualized as smart systems in nutrient and water management. There has been significant interest and scope for using nanotechnology and its products...

Conservation agriculture (CA) is an eco-friendly approach of farming that emphasizes minimal soil disturbance, diversified crop rotations, and surface crop residue retention. CA systems are frequently associated with weed infestations and shifts in weed communities, sometimes with the problem of more difficult to control species. Hence, weed contro...

Potassium (K) is the third important primary nutrients after nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in the crop production process (Raghavendra et al. 2018). Potassium involved in various crop physiological and biochemical functions such as activation of enzymes, osmoregulation process, impart resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses to improve gro...

System of wheat intensification (SWI) is an innovative wheat establishment technique involving components of wheat cultivation practices such as sowing, weeding, irrigation, and nutrient management. These management practices provide better condition for growth of wheat crop in the root zone than those plants grown under conventional wheat cultivat...

Removal of potassium in rice-wheat cropping system far exceeds its addition through fertilizers. In addition, split application of half RDK as basal and remaining half at panicle initiation/ear initiation stage increased K uptake and its use efficiency. The potassium balance was found negative to the tune of 150 kg/ha/year even after applying 150%...

Field experiment was conducted during kharif 2010 and 2011 at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru to study the effect of customized fertilizers on the productivity of finger millet. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with different customized fertilizer treatments replicated thrice. The composition...