Over the years there has been a drastic increase in heavy metal contamination in the soil due to a number of natural and industrial processes. As these heavy metals are non-biodegradable in nature, they remain in the environment for long periods of time and may infiltrate into th...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2023/v42i474320
Maize (Zea mays L.) is widely known as a ready-made fodder crop. Maize is the third major cereal crop in the world, and in India, it ranks third. Maize has been an important cereal crop owing to its highest production potential and wider adaptability to varied agroclimatic condit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2024/v10i2306
In the Kharif season of 2021, a field experiment was conducted at the crop research farm of the Division of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the ph...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i34061
Latief Ahmad, Junaid Mehraj, Sameera Qayoom, Ifra Ashraf, Faisul Ur Rasool, Raies A Bhat, Mohd Ayoub Malik, Aamir Hassan, Zahida Rashid, Aiyesha Shabir, Owais A Bhat & Nivedita Bagga·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2026
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a globally important cereal crop, providing staple food for humans and feed for livestock. Although rich in carbohydrates and high in caloric energy, its protein is deficient in essential amino acids like lysine and tryptophan. Quality Protein Maize (QPM) h...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i25985
Seerat Un Nissa, Zahoor A. Dar, Mehfuza Habib, Ajaz A. Lone, Efath Shahnaz, Faisul Ur Rasool, S. A. Dar, Shahida Iqbal & Shamshir ul Hussan·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different organic sources of nitrogen with inorganic fertilizers on crop yield, yield attributes and uptake of major plant nutrients in the soya bean-maize cropping system. The highest soybean yield of 12.9qt-1 was obtained...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i214084
Ajaz A. Lone, M. N. Khan, Audil Gul, Zahoor A. Dar, Asif M. Iqbal, Bilal A. Lone, Ashraf Ahangar, Faisul Ur Rasool, Mehfooza Habib Khan, G. Ali, Fouzea Nisar & Asma Fayaz·Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology·2021
Legumes are well recognized for their nutritional and health benefits as well as for their impact in the sustainability of agricultural systems. The threatening scenario imposed by climate change highlights the need for concerted research approaches in order to develop crops that...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i1431402