Study zeroes in on target plant hormone to improve potassium deficiency in rice

Plants deficient in Potassium more susceptible to salt, drought, chilling and other stresses

Soil scan

Soil testing can help farmers decide on the right mix of fertilisers and maximise benefits

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Quality soils

Never prevent a river

Consultation on African Soil Partnership focuses on sustainable soil management

The Food and Agriculture Organization has implemented a number of projects related to sustainable production and better soil management

Soil microbiomes should be included in One Health goals: Study

Ignoring soil microbiomes and their role may lead to pandemics

We have robbed the soil of its nutrients

P N TAKKAR former director of the Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, and currently principal scientist at the Indian Agricultural Research …

Measure of tolerance

New way to calculate capacity of soil to resist erosion

Trump of a card

A cakewalk

Pressmud, a byproduct of the sugar industry, is a potential source of soil nutrients and wax

Losing ground

High rates of soil erosion trouble India

Excess nitrogen fertilisers hamper germination, root growth in rice: study

Indian scientists have now identified rice varieties that are efficient in nitrogen use

Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world

Conventional wisdom says we need industrial agriculture to feed the world. Not so, says the writer. Practices that focus on creating healthy soil …

For a terra firma

Earth, the cradle of all lifeforms, should not be transformed into a graveyard for want of serious monitoring of soil degradation all over India …

The good earth

SOIL CONSERVATION EXTENSION: FROM CONCEPTS TO ADOPTION· Edited by S Sombatpanit, M A Zobisch et al·Oxford and IBH Publishing …

Beyond conservation, why our natural ecosystems need restoration

Significant strides have been made in both the science and practice of restoration over the last three decades, with specialisation across …

Tartaric acid in, aluminium out

Cheaper, eco-friendly method to tackle soil toxicity

Where does the water go during a drought? Germany researchers try to find out

Researchers examined how the process of evaporation and groundwater recharge differed under various kinds of soils and land uses

Dose of phosphorus

SOIL SANITY

Grazing animals play key role in maintaining soil carbon health: Study

Grazing by mammalian herbivores can be a climate mitigation strategy

Deficiency in micronutrients in soil linked to health of children and women

Districts with more soil zinc samples had significantly lower rates of underweight children and child stunting

Fertiliser from waste

Scientists assess how continuous use of fertilisers affects soil bacteria

Application of Nitrogen Phosporus Potassium with farmyard manure increases the minerals' availability in the soil as compared to other treatments