Agriculture under changing climate scenario is facing major challenges of water scarcity and resource imbalances.Crop water productivity(WP)may act as an indicator of crop responses to water limitation.Organic amendme...
Slash and burn cultivation systems carried out by many farmers in the Amazon region lead to changes in biogeochemical cycles of nutrients. To assess the extent of the impact of shifting cultivation on the soil in a fl...
The effect of agricultural practices on soil organic nitrogen (N) fractions in a cocoa plantation has not been much revealed till now. Despite the fact that soil organic N has been long admitted for its importance t...
Supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (No. 2006BAD05B04);the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System of China
Micronutrient status in soils can be affected by long-term fertilization and intensive cropping.A 19-year experiment (1990-2008) was carried out to investigate the influence of different fertilization regimes on micro...