Weed management is entering a transition from uniform field-wide treatment to spatially selective intervention at patch, row and individual-plant scales. This critical narrative review evaluates the technological and agronomic evidence underpinning site-specific weed management,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96267
Aims: This study assessed the effectiveness of soil conservation practices (SCPs) in controlling soil erosion and examined their contribution to sustainable crop production, using the Food Basket Sites (FoBaSi) programme of Ngororero District, Rwanda, as a case study. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96268
Objectives: The high demand for wild plants has led to the overexploitation of several species. This raises the issue of conserving plant species in the face of risks of biodiversity loss and extinction. This study aims to promote the sustainable use of species providing non-timb...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96269
Nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) are essential macronutrients that play pivotal roles in regulating crop growth, yield formation, and oil synthesis in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). A field experiment was conducted during the Zaid season of 2025 at the Crop Research Farm, School o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96270
Sonu Dhakad, M. K. Tripathi, Jagendra Singh, Ravindra Solanki, Deepak Saran, Ravi Yadav, Swati Singh Tomar, Sandeep Singh Tomar & Ankit Pandey·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2026
The present study evaluated standard heterosis for seed yield and 15 associated traits in 40 cross combinations of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.]. Crosses developed during Rabi 2025 were evaluated during Rabi 2026 at the Experimental Farm, Zonal Agricult...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96265
The experiment was conducted at the research field, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute (NAI), Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (India), during the kharif seas...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96263
Vegetable crops occupy a small share of global cropland yet supply a disproportionate fraction of dietary micronutrients, and their short life cycles, high water demand and thermosensitive reproductive stages make them unusually exposed to a warming and more variable climate. Clu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96264
Gboma eggplant (Solanum macrocarpon L.) is an important leafy and fruit vegetable in Africa, but information on cultivar-level morphological and yield variation under Burkina Faso conditions remains limited. This study assessed eight cultivars in the North-Sudanian zone of Burkin...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96230
A field investigation was conducted to assess how the duration of organic rice farming was associated with selected soil physicochemical properties in farmers’ fields of Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh. Sixty surface soil samples (0–15 cm) were collected from fields managed orga...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86261
An experiment was conducted during 2025–2026 at the Central Orchard (Horticulture Research Farm), Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, Uttar Prade...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i96262
Abhishek Sen, Dibyendu Mukhopadhyay, Abhas Kumar Sinha, Ganesh Chandra Banik, Amrit Tamang, Partha Sarathi Patra, Manoj Kanti Debnath & Rajib Das·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2026
Flooding and drainage impose on lowland rice soils a distinctive alternation of anoxic and oxic conditions that is widely believed to govern the residence time of soil organic carbon. Yet the short-term, within-season expression of this control on surface soil has rarely been exa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86260
Industrial soil contamination by chromium (Cr) is an important environmental and public health concern because hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is toxic, mobile, and carcinogenic. This study investigated the mechanisms involved in reducing toxic Cr(VI) to the less toxic Cr(III) form...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86257
A field experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2025-26 at the Agriculture Research and Development Centre, Sakatpura, School of Agriculture Science, Vikrant University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, to evaluate the yield and economic responses of Indian mustard (Brassica j...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86258
The success of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) grafting is strongly influenced by the physiological quality of the rootstock prior to grafting. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of 75% shading and the individual application of 50 ppm α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86259
S. K. Kumawat, Karamvir, Manoj Kumar Singh, Deep Narayan Roy, Sumit Raizada, Monika, Ravi Gautam, Y. Suresh Kumar, A. William Mariya Joseph, Sanjay A. Dhale, Milind Wadodkar, R. L. Meena, N. S. Gahlod, Kumar Rajeev & S. K. Tripathi·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2026
Accurate soil characterisation and classification are essential for understanding soil variability and supporting sustainable land-use and nutrient-management decisions. A detailed soil characterisation and classification study was conducted in Utkoor Mandal, Narayanpet District,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2026/v38i86256