Sagar Maitra, Akbar Hossain, Marián Brestič, Milan Skalický et al.
Intensive agriculture is based on the use of high-energy inputs and quality planting materials with assured irrigation, but it has failed to assure agricultural sustainability because of creation of ecological imbalance and degradation of natural resources. On the other hand, intercropping systems, ...
Akbar Hossain, Milan Skalický, Marián Brestič, Sagar Maitra et al.
Wheat is one of the world’s most commonly consumed cereal grains. During abiotic stresses, the physiological and biochemical alterations in the cells reduce growth and development of plants that ultimately decrease the yield of wheat. Therefore, novel approaches are needed for sustainable wheat prod...
Akbar Hossain, Milan Skalický, Marián Brestič, Sagar Maitra et al.
The trace element selenium (Se) is a crucial element for many living organisms, including soil microorganisms, plants and animals, including humans. Generally, in Nature Se is taken up in the living cells of microorganisms, plants, animals and humans in several inorganic forms such as selenate, sele...
Mousumi Mondal, Benukar Biswas, Sourav Garai, Sukamal Sarkar et al.
In modern days, rapid urbanisation, climatic abnormalities, water scarcity and quality degradation vis-à-vis the increasing demand for food to feed the growing population necessitate a more efficient agriculture production system. In this context, farming with zeolites, hydrated naturally occurring ...
Subhashisa Praharaj, Milan Skalický, Sagar Maitra, Preetha Bhadra et al.
Micronutrient malnutrition is a global health issue and needs immediate attention. Over two billion people across the globe suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. The widespread zinc (Zn) deficiency in soils, poor zinc intake by humans in their diet, low bioavailability, and health consequences has...
Sagar Maitra, Marián Brestič, Preetha Bhadra, Tanmoy Shankar et al.
Agricultural sustainability is of foremost importance for maintaining high food production. Irresponsible resource use not only negatively affects agroecology, but also reduces the economic profitability of the production system. Among different resources, soil is one of the most vital resources of ...
Debojyoti Moulick, Arkabanee Mukherjee, Anupam Das, Anirban Roy et al.
Agricultural productivity is constantly being forced to maintain yield stability to feed the enormously growing world population. However, shrinking arable and nutrient-deprived soil and abiotic and biotic stressor (s) in different magnitudes put additional challenges to achieving global food securi...
Dibakar Ghosh, Koushik Brahmachari, Marián Brestič, P. Ondrišík et al.
Increasing productivity of maize while decreasing production costs and maintaining soil health are emerging challenges for the rice–maize system in South Asia. A range of integrated nutrient and weed management practices were tested in winter maize for their effects on yield, profitability, and soil...
Masum Billah, Shirin Aktar, Marián Brestič, Marek Živčák et al.
Drought and salinity are the major environmental abiotic stresses that negatively impact crop development and yield. To improve yields under abiotic stress conditions, drought- and salinity-tolerant crops are key to support world crop production and mitigate the demand of the growing world populatio...
Dibakar Ghosh, Koushik Brahmachari, Anupam Das, Mohamed M. Hassan et al.
Sustainability and climate change are the two major challenges to the agricultural production system. The trade-off between them is essential for higher profitability. The energy assessment is essential for judging the sustainability and vulnerability of a production system. Besides, nutrient manage...
Santanu Das, Biplab Mitra, Asok Saha, Somnath Mandal et al.
The eastern sub-Himalayan plain of India is a popular potato growing belt in which vast scope exists to introduce processing grade cultivars. The selection and introduction of a better quality processing grade cultivar in this region may pave the way for the processing industries. Keeping these in t...
Akbar Hossain, Biswajit Pamanick, Visha Kumari Venugopalan, Ulkar İbrahimova et al.
Debojyoti Moulick, Karma Landup Bhutia, Sukamal Sarkar, Anirban Roy et al.
Environmental stresses such as drought, high salinity, and low temperature can adversely modulate the field crop’s ability by altering the morphological, physiological, and biochemical processes of the plants. It is estimated that about 50% + of the productivity of several crops is limited due to va...
Pijush K. Das, Biswajit Pramanick, Subhendu Bikash Goswami, Sagar Maitra et al.
The underground water and water storage reservoirs are rapidly depleting due to nominal recharging by the rainfalls making water a scarce resource for irrigation resulting in poor crop growth and production. Irrigation water application should focus on the proficient use of each drop of water. Water...
Sagar Maitra, Subhashisa Praharaj, Marián Brestič, Ranjan Kumar Sahoo et al.
Modern and industrialized agriculture enhanced farm output during the last few decades, but it became possible at the cost of agricultural sustainability. Industrialized agriculture focussed only on the increase in crop productivity and the technologies involved were supply-driven, where enough synt...