Major challenges in the agriculture in India Plant health may not be in the news as much as climate change and other environmental issues going on in the world right now, but it can have a much more significant impact on people’s lives than most people realize. Humans have fought plant diseases and pests...
Why Soil Testing? Soil Nutrient impact on plant growth was established back in the 1700s by eminent scholars like Dokuchev, Liebig and others. But, soil testing as a practice of soil fertility management was not popular until the mid or late 1940s. Soil testing plays an important role in understanding the built-in resource structure...
Agriculture and its challenges: Economic growth and development are heavily dependent on agriculture. It is essential to human existence because it provides food. The sector contributes a great deal to the economy as a supplier of industrial raw materials. It also contributes significantly to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Human survival depends on it, and...
Soil moisture is important for various applications e.g. hydrology, agriculture and meteorology. Some of the applications where soil moisture is useful are: Optimal irrigation in farms Identify areas being over-irrigated Improved flood risk estimation Monitor agricultural drought in near real-time Improved weather forecast Analyze the impact of an irrigation project Identify the irrigated area...
Have you imagined life without rain? Certainly not! Rain and snow are parts of a larger process called the hydrologic cycle, which transports water from the ocean to land and back again, hence rainfall is one of the most pertinent sources of water. 97 per cent of Earth’s water is saline seawater which is...
Soil moisture, the water held within the soil pores in liquid or vapour phase is the major factor that supports plant growth. Plants can readily absorb water if the moisture content of the soil is optimum. Knowledge of spatio-temporal variation of soil moisture is of utmost importance as it helps in understanding the health...