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I am presently working on nutrient management with emphasis on use of decision support systems for fertilizer scheduling, use of organic sources of nutrients, bio fertilizers, sea weed extracts etc.
Also working in cropping systems approach, conservation agriculture and weed management.
Among the crops I work on rice, maize, potato, groundnut and pulses.
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Tillage practices significantly influence maize growth, yield, and soil health by altering the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. Conventional tillage generally enhances plant height, dry matter accumulation, and leaf area index, with notable benefits for grain yield and biomass production. In contrast, reduced and zero tillage...
A two years field experiment was conducted at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India during 2021-22 and 2022-23 following a split-plot design comprising of three plant geometries namely, 40 cm x 20 cm (P1), 50 cm x 20 cm (P2), and 60 cm x 20 cm (P3) as main plot treatments and six weed management treatments...
A field experiment was conducted at Agriculture Farm, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal, during kharif season of 2021-22 and 2022-23 in order to assess the performance of rice under various levels of nitrogen and silicon in red and laterite soil of West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with thr...
Nitrogen management has a substantial impact on crop growth stages and yields. Split nitrogen administration at specific growth stages improves nutrient utilization, reduce losses and increase yield. Several studies have shown that applying nitrogen in fractions throughout the life cycle improves nutrient uptake efficiency while minimizing environm...
The globe faces food security difficulties because of population increase and resource degradation, both worsened by climate change. Applying chemical fertilizer along with cereal-based cropping systems degrades soil health with respect to physical, chemical, and biological properties, which also results in low crop land productivity. However, adop...
A field experiment was conducted at agricultural farm of Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal in rabi season of 2022-23 using the field pea cultivar IPFD 10-12. The experiment was laid out in a factorial randomized block design with two factors and ten treatment combinations. The first factor consi...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the third most important cereal crop after rice and wheat which is considered a soil-exhaustive crop. The combination of soil exhaustive and replenishing crops in a cropping system is a beneficial approach where legumes can play a vital role in agricultural sustainability. As maize is a widely spaced crop, intercropping legum...
To meet the ever increasing needs of the growing human population ensuring sustainable use of natural resources, maintaining the standards essential for competing in the global market especially in case of major cereals like rice, wheat and maize is a never ending challenge. Keeping this in mind, to increase the productivity of maize by resource co...
Background: Cereal-legume intercropping is an age-old practice in most of the countries. Among the major cereals, maize is a better choice to include in legume intercropping due to its morphology and wider row spacing. Therefore, legume intercropping in consort with proper nutrient management can enhance overall productivity of the system, further...
Background: Maize, being highly productive and versatile cereal crop, is influenced by various biotic and abiotic stresses. Among biotic stresses, weed infestation is one of the serious concerns in maize cultivation. Weeds can affect maize by competing for light, water and nutrients resulting in yield loss of up to 70% in severe cases.
Methods: A...
The present-day agriculture is facing a tremendous problem in achieving the global food security in the context of the climate change scenario with ever-increasing human population. To combat with the situation, there is an urgent need to adopt proven improved technologies that can ensure food and nutritional security as well as agricultural sustai...
Lentil (Lens culinaris) is an important crop of sustainable agriculture system having good nutritional value. Liquid biofertiliser formulations are known to have better result at field level. A field experiment was conducted in the gangetic alluvial soil belt of West Bengal to study the performance of lentil cv WBL 77 (Moitree) at farmer’s field in...
Reduction in cultivable land, increase in population, reduction of water resources, and climate change has led to tremendous pressure on the farmers and soil. Precision in water management, nutrient management and pest management has become the major concerns of the farmers. In order to reduce the losses due to climate change, farmers are now movin...
A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Farm, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan during 2017 and 2018, to study the effect of flumioxazin 50% SL applied as pre-emergence herbicide in summer groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Flumioxazin was applied at 3 different doses at 75 g a.i/ha, 100 g a.i/ha, 125...
The brown-top millet has huge untapped potential for drylands in terms of assuring food, nutrition, and livelihood security to smallholders. As a drought-tolerant and climate-smart crop, it provides enough scope as an adaptation option to combat ill effects of global warming and climate change. The crop is resistant to various biotic and abiotic st...
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2018-19 and 2019-20 at Bagushala farmers field (odisha, India) to find out most efficientmethod of weed control in kharif maize. The treatments comprised of intercropping of maize + cowpea, maize + cowpea with pre-emergence application of pendimethalin @ 1 kg ha-1 , pre emergence application of atrazin...
Rice holds key importance in food and nutritional security across the globe. Nutrient management involving rice has been a matter of interest for a long time owing to the unique production environment of rice. In this research, an artificial neural network-based prediction model was developed to understand the role of individual nutrients (N, P, K,...
Rice architecture is crucial for grain yield. India's dream of Second Green Revolution and Doubling Farmers' Income can be met with use of plant growth regulators. Gibberellins (GA) are plant growth regulators occurring naturally and involved in most phases of plant growth and development including germination , cell proliferation, flowering, sex d...
Conventional farming methods and technologies prevalent in India are no longer able to increase productivity. Instead, they are continuously increasing the hazard caused to the environment. Thus, the hazard caused to the environment needs to be overcome for the betterment of the rare planet earth. The traditional methods of sowing, irrigation, fert...
The persistence behavior of Etoxazole 10 SC in Brin-jal was investigated at Chella, Birbhum, WB during two consecutive seasons, 2014-15 and 2015-16. Etox-azole was foliar sprayed in two doses viz. 350 ml/ha (recommended dose-T 1) and 700 ml/ha (double the recommended dose-T 2) along with untreated control (T 3). Fruit and soil samples were collecte...
Several factors are responsible for reducing the crop productivity in worldwide. Among those factors, weed infestation is the major biotic constraint. Weed free condition during the critical period of crop weed competition is absolutely important for getting maximum yield. Weeds can be effectively managed by cultural, physical, chemical and biologi...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a most important cereal crop grown in tropical and subtropical regions of the world and staple food for more than half of the world population. Generally, the yield reduction of rice due to weed growth may vary from 28-45% in transplanted rice. Hence, the field investigations were carried out at the agricultural farm of PS...
Weed management in agriculture is a critical juncture. Several factors are responsible for reducing the crop productivity in worldwide. However, weed infestation is the major biotic constraint. Weeds deplete the crop environment by compete with nutrients, space, water and light. This competition leads to reduction in crop yield considerably. Weed f...
Background: Biofertiliser formulations are available as carrier based and liquid based. Liquid formulations are known to have better shelf life, viability and higher cell count. Little is known about the comparison between the two formulations in field condition. The present experiment was conducted to study the effect of seed treatment of carrier...
Rice is the lifeline for more than half of the world population, and in India, in view of its huge demand in the country, farmers adopt a rice–rice cropping system where the irrigation facility is available. As rice is a nutrient-exhausting crop, sustainable productivity of rice–rice cropping system greatly depends on appropriate nutrient managemen...
Citation: Shankar, T.; Malik, G.C.; Banerjee, M.; Dutta, S.; Maitra, S.; Praharaj, S.; Sairam, M.; Kumar, D.S.; Dessoky, E.S.; Hassan, M.M.; et al.
Article History Correspondence to Keywords Manuscript No. AR845 To find out the efficacy of different integrated nutrient management a field experiment was conducted at Pulses and Oilseeds Research Station, Berhampore, W.B, during Rabi season of 2009-10 and 2010-11 on Rapeseed-Mustard. The experiment was laid out in split plot design and replicated...
: Rice is the lifeline for more than half of the world population, and in India, in view of its hugedemandinthecountry,farmersadoptarice–ricecroppingsystemwheretheirrigationfacilityis available. As rice is a nutrient-exhausting crop, sustainable productivity of rice–rice cropping system greatly depends on appropriate nutrient management in accordan...
Nitrogen management is vital for economic and environmental sustainability. Asynchrony of fertilizer application with crop demand along various nitrogen losses in Eastern India leads to low fertilizer efficiency in Kharif rice. At the same time, direct-sowing is gaining popularity due to water and labor scarcity. In an experiment between 2017–2018...
To fulfill the demand of increased population it is very essential to enhance crop productivity with precise inputs. Non-judicious application of inorganic fertilizers and other agrochemicals is degrading soil health, creating environmental pollution and also contributing to climate change. Nowadays, people became more aware towards health risks an...
Nutrient management is critical for rice farming because the crop is grown under diverse conditions, and in most cases, the existing nutrient management practices fail to achieve an attainable yield target. During recent years site specific nutrient management gained importance for a target yield with maximum nutrient use efficiency. Sufficient res...
The persistence behaviour of Flumioxazinin wheat were investigated at Chella, Kamarpara, Illambazar, Birbhum, West Bengal, during two consecutive season of 2013-14 and 2014-15. Extraction of the herbicides was performed with acetonitrile followed by dispersive Solid Phase Extraction (d-SPE) clean up with Primary Secondary Amine (PSA: Varian, Harbor...
A field experiment was conducted to study the intercropping of sesame with black gram & green gram during pre-kharif season of 2015 at agricultural farm, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal in red and lateritic soil. The experiment was conducted by following Randomized Block Design (RBD) and 12 treatments were repl...
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and tuber yield of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) under red and lateritic belt of West Bengal. The study was laid out during 2014-15 and 2015-16 at Bahadurpur, Birbhum district of west Bengal which consists of 14 treatments and carried out in randomized...
Nitrogen management is vital for economic and environmental sustainability. Asynchrony
of fertilizer application with crop demand along various nitrogen losses in Eastern India leads to
low fertilizer efficiency in Kharif rice. At the same time, direct-sowing is gaining popularity due
to water and labor scarcity. In an experiment between 2017–2018...
The field experiment was carried out at the farmer's field in Chella Kamarpara village, Chella G.P, Chella Mouza of Illambazar Block, Birbhum, West Bengal which is situated at 23 o 37.374' latitude and 87 o 37.170'E longitudes with an average altitude of 58.9 m above mean sea level under sub-humid, subtropical belt under the prevailing climatic con...
A field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural farm of Visva-Bharati University, Birbhum, West Bengal during Pre-kharif (Summar) season of 2012, to study the effect of foliar spray of seaweed extracts (prepared from Kappaphycus alvarezii & Gracilaria crassa) on the growth and productivity of black gram. The foliar spray was applied thrice at...
A field experiment was conducted during the summer seasons of 2018 at
Agricultural Farm, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West
Bengal to study the effect of pre-emergance herbicide on growth, yield attributes
and yield of summer groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). The experiment
comprising of eight treatments was laid out in a rand...
The experiment was conducted during 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 at farmers' field situated at Binuria village (23 o 40'N and 87 o 37'E) of Birbhum district of West Bengal under the red and lateritic belt of West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replication and twelve treatments in both during kharif and boro sea...
A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Farm, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal on sandy loam soil during pre-kharif season 2018 to study the effect of weed management practices on yield, quality and economics of summer groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). The experiment comprising of eight treatments was laid ou...
A field experiment was conducted during 2014 &2015 at farmers' field is situated at latitude and longitudes location of Binuria village (23 o 40.392'N and 87 o 37.654'E) of Birbhum district of West Bengal under the red and lateritic belt of West Bengal .The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replication and twelve treatme...
A field experiment was conducted during 2015 & 2016 at farmers' field is situated at latitude and longitudes location of Binuria village (23 o 40.392'N and 87 o 37.654'E) of Birbhum district of West Bengal under the red and lateritic belt of West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replication and twelve treatm...
A field trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Kappaphycus and Gracilaria based seaweed extracts (SWEs) to enhance the yield of rice in red and lateritic soils and also simultaneously assess the sustainability of the use of SWEs through life cycle assessment. A total of thirteen treatments involving combinations of recommended rate of fert...
Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of weed management and biofertilizer on productivity of transplanted rice variety ‘MTU-7029 (Swarna)’. Experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with 24 treatments, comprising of twelve weed management practices and two nutrient management practices viz. No biofertilizer...
Summer rice cultivation mainly depends on the assured irrigation and modern inputs. Among the modern inputs, weed management aspect plays a vital role. With the view of weed management a field experiment was conducted during summer season of 2014 at the agricultural farm of Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture) at Visva-Bharati, Sriniketa...
To find out the efficacy of different integrated nutrient management a field experiment was conducted at Pulses and Oilseeds Research Station, Berhampore, W.B, during Rabi season of 2009–10 and 2010–11 on Rapeseed-Mustard. The experiment was laid out in split plot design and replicated thrice with three varieties viz. V1, Binoy (B-9);V2, Sarama;V3,...
A field experiment was carried out during kharif season of 2010 and 2011 at Sriniketan Research Farm, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal, India. The yield attributes and growth parameters were significantly higher in case of sole maize and intercropping treatments with legumes. The maximum total chlorophyll (chlorophyll a + chlorophyll b) was observed on s...
A FIELD EXPERIMENT WAS CARRIED OUT DURING KHARIF SEASON OF 2010 AND 2011 AT SRINIKETAN RESEARCH FARM, VISVA BHARTI, WEST BENGAL. THE GRAIN YILED AND STOVER YIELD OF MAIZE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN CASE OF PURE STAND OF MAIZE THAN EITHER OF ITS INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS WITH LEGUMES, WHILE THE COB YILED WAS HIGHEST IN THE MAIZE WITH SOYBEAN (1:2) INT...
The results of field experiment conducted during summer season of 2004 and 2005 showed that continuous field saturation increased plant height, tillers production, LAI, DMA, CGR, panicle and grain production, and test weight that ultimately produced high grain (6025 kg ha⁻¹) and straw yield (6296 kg ha⁻¹) with high harvest index, gross return and n...
Jute is an important commercial crop in eastern states of India. Although the state of West Bengal covers about 60% of the area and production of jute in the country, jute farmers in the state grow it mainly for bre rather than for seed purpose. Even they are facing acute shortage of quality seeds in crop season as they are to depend on seeds from...
Article History Correspondence to Keywords A three-year field study was conducted during rabi seasons of 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 at the Pulses and Oilseeds Research Sub-station, Beldanga, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India to study the effect of seed inoculation with Rhizobium (LLR 22) alone and in combination with PGPR (CRB 1, CRB 2, RB 1, RB 2,...
Field and pot experiments were conducted during kharif season of 2002 and 2003 at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, to study the root characteristics of maize as influenced by various phosphatic chemical fertilizers and biofertilizers. The experimental design of the field experiment was randomized block design and in the case o...
A field experiment was conducted at IARI, New Delhi during 2002-2004 in maize (Zea mays L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori & Paol) crop sequence. The treatments N 120SSP 30VAM and N 120RP 30PSB proved its superiority in respect of grain yield, maize-wheat crop sequence resulted in better fertility build-up of soil organic C, soil availabl...
A field experiment was conducted in a farmer"s field in the district of Nadia, West Bengal, India to study the management of N through leaf color chart (LCC) and soil plant analysis development (SPAD) or chlorophyll meter in rice (cv. IET-4094) during the Kharif (wet season) of 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 by taking the treatment combinations based on d...
