In the context of climate change, innovative rice-based cropping systems represent a sustainable approach to improving agricultural productivity. Given the reduction in cultivable land and declining soil fertility, assessing the effects of intercropping under different fertilisa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i106330
Carbon farming schemes increasingly pay land managers for increases in soil organic carbon, yet the credibility of these payments depends on monitoring, reporting and verification systems that can quantify small changes in a large and spatially variable carbon pool. Digital monit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i106331
Aims: The study was undertaken to assess dependable rainfall availability, estimate runoff and crop-water surplus or deficit, and develop a water-harvesting-based cropping plan for Vihokhu watershed of Nagaland, India. Study Design: Hydrological data for a 15-year period (2007–20...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i106328
Soil erosion and sediment loss are a serious threat to crop production and the environment. A study was conducted to quantify the loss of soil sediment and associated nutrients under different cropping systems using rainfall simulation. Sediment and nutrient losses and runoff wat...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96326
French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important legume vegetable crop; the integrated use of biochar with inorganic fertilisers may improve soil properties, nutrient availability and nutrient-use efficiency. Therefore, evaluating this approach is important for achieving susta...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i106327
Socio-demographic factors play a vital role in the practice of cashew agroforestry, where cashew is intercropped concurrently with food crops. This study explored the socio-demographic drivers of cashew agroforestry practice. The study employed a semi-structured questionnaire sur...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96324
Salinity restricts rice growth and nutrient acquisition and can reduce nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). This pot experiment evaluated Trichoderma enriched biofertilizer, urea, and their combined application for rice (Oryza sativa) under saline conditions. BR 29 rice was grown in 21...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96325
This study evaluated the effects of textile effluent—an increasingly common irrigation source in Bangladesh’s garment-industry regions—on nutrient acquisition, heavy-metal uptake, and associated health risks in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Six irrigation and fertiliser treatments were...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96321
This study aimed to utilise organic residues from cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) cultivation as a soil amendment for maize (Zea mays L.) cultivation in the savannas of northern Côte d'Ivoire. In the context of an agroecological transition characterised by the high availabilit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96322
Background: Seed cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in the municipality of Banikoara, in northern Benin, is severely constrained by climate variability and increasing rainfall deficits during critical stages of plant development. Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the effe...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96323
María Elena Hernández Araiza, Neymar Camposeco Montejo, Francisco Alfonso Gordillo Melgoza, Valentín Robledo Torres, Alberto Sandoval Rangel & Juan Samuel Guadalupe Jesús Alcalá Rico·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2026
Background: Bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) breeding can exploit heterosis and heterobeltiosis to identify parental combinations with improved agronomic and fruit-quality performance. Aims: The objective was to develop and evaluate experimental bell pepper hybrids produced throu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96319
Neonicotinoids are systemic, nicotine-derived insecticides that act primarily as agonists of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Their selective activity against insect pests, broad-spectrum efficacy and versatility in seed, soil, foliar and trunk-injection applications hav...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96320
A field experiment was conducted at the AICRP on Management of Saline Water and Associated Salinization in Agriculture, RVSKVV, College of Agriculture, Indore, at Salinity Research Farm, Baphalgaon, Barwaha, District Khargone (M.P.), to evaluate the effects of gypsum and Gliricid...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96316
The current study was conducted to assess their effects on mustard growth, productivity and quality under open and mango-based agroforestry systems. A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2024–25 at the AICRP Research Farm, Department of Forestry, College of A...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96317
Integrated farming systems (IFS) may improve soil carbon storage by diversifying biomass inputs and reducing reliance on continuous cereal cultivation. This field study assessed depth-wise soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and surface-layer carbon sequestration in a decade-old IFS...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96318