Climate change is reducing the stability of crop production through more frequent drought, heat, salinity and combined stresses, while rising atmospheric carbon dioxide threatens the nutritional quality of staple crops. Plant biostimulants, defined by their capacity to improve nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105697
The present field investigation was conducted to study the seasonal incidence of pod borer complex of Pigeonpea during Kharif 2025 at the Research Farm of Entomology Department, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai College of Agriculture, Sehore (Madhya Pradesh). Pigeonpea, Cajanus cajan (L.), is t...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105694
Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate division-wise variability and interrelationships of key soil physico-chemical properties governing nutrient retention in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR), a tropical dry deciduous forest ecosystem of the Eastern Ghats, India. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105695
Extreme heat during the March-April-May hot season is an important climatic concern in Tahoua, Niger. This study assessed the duration of heatwaves in Tahoua city during 2024 using daily maximum temperature observations from the Tahoua station. Two identification approaches were...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105696
Rapid urban expansion is transforming land-cover patterns in Rwanda’s secondary cities, with potential consequences for forest resources and sustainable land-use planning. This study assessed long-term changes in built-up and forest cover associated with urban expansion in Huye D...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105689
A field experiment was conducted for Agronomic evaluation of suitable cropping systems for bidi tobacco under rainfed conditions at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, ANGRAU under AINP on Tobacco for three years during rabi seasons from 2020-21 to 2022-23 with the o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105690
Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) are buoyant, vegetated treatment systems in which plant roots and associated biofilms develop directly within the water column. They are increasingly presented as low-energy, modular nature-based technologies for polishing wastewater and contami...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105691
Balanced fertilisation is essential for sustaining rice productivity and maintaining soil fertility, particularly in acidic red and lateritic soils where nutrient availability and retention can be limiting. Although nitrogen is commonly applied to enhance rice growth, its effecti...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105692
Allelopathy has long been proposed as a biological route to reduce reliance on synthetic herbicides, yet the agricultural evidence is more conditional than the frequency of laboratory phytotoxicity reports suggests. This critical narrative review evaluates allelopathy as a compon...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i105693
Plastic residues have become a persistent structural component of arable land, and the microbial films that develop on their surfaces have been proposed as concentrated sites for the accumulation and exchange of antibiotic resistance genes. This review critically examines the evi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i95685