Skip to main content

11 Result(s)

within Yam Kanta Gaihre Remove this filter

and

  1. No Access

    Chapter

    Improving Soil Health and Soil Security for Food and Nutrition Security in Nepal

    Soil health and soil security are intrinsically interconnected with food and nutrition security. Hence, their improvement is necessary for a normal functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, including but not limi...

    Bhaba P. Tripathi, Jagadish Timsina… in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Food Se… (2022)

  2. No Access

    Article

    Real-time nitrogen management using decision support-tools increases nitrogen use efficiency of rice

    Several decision support tools have been proposed for precision nitrogen (N) fertilizer application in rice (Oryza sativa L.) to increase nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and grain yields. However, a comparison of t...

    Bandhu Raj Baral, Keshab Raj Pande, Yam Kanta Gaihre… in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2021)

  3. No Access

    Chapter

    Soil Properties

    Nepalese soils are developed dominantly from micaceous parent materials such as phyllites, schists, gneisses, and granites; thus, most of the soil contains a higher proportion of mica. Nepalese soils are mostl...

    Shree Prasad Vista, Krishna Bahadur Karki, Yam Kanta Gaihre… in The Soils of Nepal (2021)

  4. No Access

    Article

    Increasing nitrogen use efficiency in rice through fertilizer application method under rainfed drought conditions in Nepal

    Nitrogen (N) is the most important yield-limiting plant nutrient. Despite various measures available for improvement of N management, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is still very low in rice (Oryza sativa L.), par...

    Bandhu Raj Baral, Keshab Raj Pande, Yam Kanta Gaihre… in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2020)

  5. No Access

    Article

    Movement and Retention of NH4-N in Wetland Rice Soils as Affected by Urea Application Methods

    A field experiment was conducted to investigate the dynamics of ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N) in the soil during an entire rice-growing season. The NH4+-N dynamics were measured in paddy soils from two N application...

    Imran Ahammad Siddique, Abdullah Al Mahmud… in Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2020)

  6. Article

    Open Access

    Nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions from lowland rice cultivation with urea deep placement and alternate wetting and drying irrigation

    Urea deep placement (UDP) and the alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation method are two promising rice production technologies. However, studies on the impact of UDP under AWD irrigation on nitrous oxid...

    S. M. Mofijul Islam, Yam Kanta Gaihre, Jatish Chandra Biswas… in Scientific Reports (2018)

    Download PDF (1544 KB) View Article

  7. No Access

    Article

    Nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions and nitrogen use efficiency as affected by nitrogen placement in lowland rice fields

    Urea deep placement (UDP) has demonstrated its benefits of saving N fertilizer and increasing nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and grain yields. However, studies on its environmental impacts, particularly on nitr...

    Yam Kanta Gaihre, Upendra Singh, S. M. Mofijul Islam… in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2018)

  8. No Access

    Article

    Design, Development and Field Evaluation of Manual-Operated Applicators for Deep Placement of Fertilizer in Puddled Rice Fields

    Deep placement of urea increases nitrogen use efficiency, rice yields, and farm profitability compared to conventional broadcast urea. However, labor shortages for deep placement pose constraints for wider ado...

    Md. Abdul Wohab, Yam Kanta Gaihre, A. T. M. Ziauddin, M. A. Hoque in Agricultural Research (2017)

  9. No Access

    Article

    Rice yields and nitrogen use efficiency with different fertilizers and water management under intensive lowland rice crop** systems in Bangladesh

    Optimum nitrogen rates and methods of application increase crop productivity and farm income while reducing negative environmental effects. Field experiments were conducted during four consecutive rice growing...

    S. M. Mofijul Islam, Yam Kanta Gaihre, A. L. Shah… in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2016)

  10. No Access

    Article

    Floodwater ammonium, nitrogen use efficiency and rice yields with fertilizer deep placement and alternate wetting and drying under triple rice crop** systems

    Fertilizer management should consider optimum time, rates and methods of application to increase use efficiency and crop yield. We conducted field experiments at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh,...

    Azmul Huda, Yam Kanta Gaihre, M. R. Islam… in Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2016)

  11. No Access

    Article

    Impact of elevated temperatures on greenhouse gas emissions in rice systems: interaction with straw incorporation studied in a growth chamber experiment

    Two pot experiments in a “walk-in” growth chamber with controlled day and night temperatures were conducted to investigate the influence of elevated temperatures along with rice straw incorporation on methane (CH

    Yam Kanta Gaihre, Reiner Wassmann, Gina Villegas-Pangga in Plant and Soil (2013)