5 Result(s)
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Kaushik Majumdar
Life Sciences
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Chapter
A New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition
Nutrient inputs play a critical role in raising crops and livestock for food security, human nutrition and other uses in the bioeconomy. Their production and management must change so as to nourish crops, redu...
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Article
Nitrogen management trade-offs in hybrid rice for agronomy, carbon, and energy efficiency
Efficient use of nitrogen (N) in agro-ecosystems can reduce environmental footprints, prevent degradation of natural resources and support sustainable intensification. The multifarious relationships between N ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Assessing Potassium Mass Balances in Different Countries and Scales
Estimating nutrient mass balances using information on nutrient additions and removals generates useful, practical information on the nutrient status of a soil or area. A negative input–output balance of nutri...
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Article
Site-Specific Nutrient Management under Rice-Based Crop** Systems in Indo-Gangetic Plains: Yield, Profit and Apparent Nutrient Balance
High fertilizer use efficiency in rice (Oryza sativa L.)-based crop** systems in Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) is not achieved because farmers’ fertilizer practices (FFP) and blanket state recommendations (BSR) do...
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Article
Rice-maize systems of South Asia: current status, future prospects and research priorities for nutrient management
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) and maize (Zey mays) are grown in 3.5 million hectares (Mha) in Asia that includes 1.5 Mha in South Asia. These crops are grown in sequence on the same land in the same year either in doubl...
