Search Results - "Korwar, G. R."
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Assessing Soil Quality in a Semiarid Tropical Watershed Using a Geographic Information System
Published in Soil Science Society of America journal (01-05-2011)“…Subsistence agriculture under rainfed conditions and declining or stagnant yields on irrigated farmland has raised concerns about resource management and…”
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Optimum stand density of Leucaena leucocephala for wood production in Andhra Pradesh, Southern India
Published in Biomass & bioenergy (2011)“…Leucaena leucocephala is widely used as raw material for the manufacture of paper and packaging material and in biomass based power plants in the state of…”
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Tree row spacing affected agronomic and economic performance of Eucalyptus-based agroforestry in Andhra Pradesh, Southern India
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-03-2010)“…The 3 x 2 m spacing currently used for eucalyptus plantations in the state of Andhra Pradesh, southern India does not permit intercropping from the second…”
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Effects of Soil Management Practices on Key Soil Quality Indicators and Indices in Pearl Millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke)–Based System in Hot Semi-arid Inceptisols
Published in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (26-03-2014)“…Rainfed Inceptisol soils, despite their agricultural potential, pose serious problems, including soil erosion, low fertility, nutrient imbalance, and low soil…”
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Effects of Conjunctive Use of Organic and Inorganic Sources of Nutrients on Soil Quality Indicators and Soil Quality Index in Sole Maize, Maize + Soybean, and Sole Soybean Cropping Systems in Hot Semi-arid Tropical Vertisol
Published in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (2014)“…The soils in the hot semi-arid tropical (SAT) regions generally have low organic matter and nutrient reserves. Soil-management problems in these soils…”
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Improvement and Assessment of Soil Quality under Long-Term Conservation Agricultural Practices in Hot, Arid Tropical Aridisol
Published in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (26-03-2013)“…Soils in the hot, arid topical regions are low in organic matter and fertility and are structurally poor. Consequently, these soils suffer on account of poor…”
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Effect of Soil and Nutrient-Management Treatments on Soil Quality Indices under Cotton-Based Production System in Rainfed Semi-arid Tropical Vertisol
Published in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (01-01-2011)“…Rainfed semi-arid tropical Vertisols of the Indian subcontinent encounter many problems on account of the physical, chemical, and biological soil qualities and…”
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Determination of optimum phosphorus level for grain sorghum using external and internal response indicators in rainfed semi-arid tropical alfisol
Published in Journal of plant nutrition (01-04-2012)“…The productivity of sorghum, an important staple food crops in semi-arid tropics of the world, is low due to scarcity of moisture and poor soil fertility…”
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Genetic associations, variability and diversity in seed characters, growth, reproductive phenology and yield in Jatropha curcas (L.) accessions
Published in Trees (Berlin, West) (01-10-2008)“…A thorough and extensive wild germplasm exploration survey was undertaken and 32 high yielding candidate plus trees (CPTs) of Jatropha curcas from different…”
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Influence of fly ash mixtures on early tree growth and physicochemical properties of soil in semi-arid tropical Alfisols
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-05-2008)“…The beneficial effects of planting mixtures comprising of fly ash at the rate of 66%, 33% and 17% by soil volume were assessed for the early growth of two…”
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Estimating yield of sorghum using root zone water balance model and spectral characteristics of crop in a dryland Alfisol
Published in Agricultural water management (16-02-2007)“…This study investigated the relationship between sorghum grain yield for a range of soil depths, with the seasonal crop water stress index based on relative…”
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Diversity and variability in seed characters and growth of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre accessions
Published in Trees (Berlin, West) (01-08-2011)“…A thorough and extensive wild germplasm exploration survey was undertaken and 50 high yielding candidate plus trees (CPTs) of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre from…”
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Utilization of composted bixa shell with different bioinoculants as soil amendment for ashwagandha and bixa growth
Published in Ecological engineering (01-12-2013)“…•Bioinoculants efficiency on recalcitrant crop residues decomposition was attempted.•Compost efficacy was evaluated on ashwagandha and bixa both in on station…”
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On-farm evaluation of two fast growing trees for biomass production for industrial use in Andhra Pradesh, Southern India
Published in New forests (01-07-2011)“…On-farm experiments were conducted in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh from 2001 to 2006 to evaluate the biomass productivity, intercrop yields and…”
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Response of Sunflower to Sources and Levels of Sulfur under Rainfed Semi-arid Tropical Conditions
Published in Communications in soil science and plant analysis (01-01-2009)“…Sulfur (S) is one of the severely limited nutrients in rainfed semi-arid tropical Alfisols. Its application plays an important role in improving the yield and…”
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Influence of root pruning and cutting interval of Leucaena hedgerows on performance of alley cropped rabi sorghum
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Alley cropping of sorghum with Leucaena during the post-rainy season on Vertisols in semi-arid India
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-01-1997)“…A field experiment was conducted for two years (1989- 1991) on a Vertisol in Bijapur, India in a split-plot design, replicated four times, to evaluate the…”
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Micro-level spatial variability and temporal trends in reference evapotranspiration (ETo) at a semi-arid tropical station
Published in Journal of agrometeorology (01-12-2010)“…Micro-level spatial variability and temporal trends in annual and seasonal (weeks 23-39) reference evapotranspiration (ETo) were analyzed across three…”
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Strategies for improving the productivity of rainfed farms in India with special emphasis on soil quality improvement
Published in Journal of crop improvement (01-10-2009)“…Rainfed agriculture encounters several constraints on account of climatic, edaphic, and social factors. Out of the 97 million farm holdings, about 76% come…”
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Influence of fly ash mixtures on early tree growth and physicochemical properties of soil in semi-arid tropical Alfisols
Published in Agroforestry systems (01-07-2008)“…The online version of the original article can be found under doi: 10.1007/s10457-008-9108-7…”
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