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S. K. Dhyani
Life Sciences
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Efficacy of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Bacterial Inoculants in Enhancing Yield of Phaseolus mungo L. and Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek under Central Indian Conditions
The pulse production, stagnating around 22–24 million tonnes in India, is short of present domestic requirement by around 8 million tonnes, and to increase its production, farmers apply excessive dose of chemi...
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Agroforestry for Sustainable Cereal Based Crop** Systems in Indo-Gangetic Plain Region
Agroforestry is an effective land use system which contributes to food, nutritional and environmental security besides good economic returns. Besides its multifarious use as food, fuel, fodder, fibre and timbe...
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Spatial analysis of area and carbon stocks under Populus deltoides based agroforestry systems in Punjab and Haryana states of Indo-Gangetic Plains
Various agroforestry systems are prevalent in different agro-climatic regions of India and occupy sizeable area. Populus deltoides (poplar) based agroforestry systems are very predominant in Indo-Gangetic Plains ...
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Agroforestry Approach for the Rehabilitation of Mine Spoils
Mining for various types of ores inevitably produces large amounts of waste material that creates severe physical, chemical and biological barriers for the establishment of new plant recruits. In India, mining...
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Estimating carbon sequestration potential of existing agroforestry systems in India
India launched National Agroforestry Policy on 10th February, 2014 which has the potential to substantially reduce poverty in rural India and revive wood based industry, besides integrating food production wit...
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Agroforestry Policy Issues and Challenges
Agroforestry growth and development is influenced by various policies of the economy like credit, trade, taxation, power, transport, etc. These policies impact the sector either directly or indirectly besides ...
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Agroforestry in India and its Potential for Ecosystem Services
India has a long tradition of agroforestry and many different types of indigenous agroforestry systems are found in different parts of the country. Most of these systems are location specific, and information ...
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Modeling analysis of potential carbon sequestration under existing agroforestry systems in three districts of Indo-gangetic plains in India
The Indo-gangetic plains (IGP) in India occupies 13 % of the total geographical area and produces 50 % of total food grain to feed 40 % population of the country. Dynamic CO2FIX model v3.1 has been used to ass...
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South Asian Agroforestry: Traditions, Transformations, and Prospects
The South and Southeast Asian region is often described as the cradle of agroforestry in recognition of its long history of the practice of an array of systems under diverse agroecological conditions. The mult...
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Soil biological properties under different tree based traditional agroforestry systems in a semi-arid region of Rajasthan, India
An investigation was carried out in an Entisol at farmers’ field in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India during 2002–2004 to evaluate the effect of traditionally grown trees on soil biological characteristics. Tradi...
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Moisture conservation and nitrogen recycling through legume mulching in rainfed maize (Zea mays)–wheat (Triticum aestivum) crop** system
Mulching with vegetative materials is a highly beneficial and widely-investigated agro-technique in rainfed areas but the adoption of this practice has been constrained due to non-availability of mulch biomass...
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Biomass and production of fine and coarse roots of trees under agrisilvicultural practices in north-east India
An understanding of the rooting pattern of tree species used in agroforestry systems is essential for the development and management of systems involving them. Seasonal variation, depth wise and lateral distri...
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Tree growth and crop yield under agrisilvicultural practices in north-east India
Tree growth, survival and crop yield under agrisilvicultural practices were analyzed over a seven-year period in a split plot experiment on acid alfisol under rainfed conditions at ICAR Research Farm, Barapani...
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Sericulture-based agroforestry systems for hilly areas of north-east India
Sericulture-based agroforestry systems (AFS) have great potential for higher returns in the north-eastern region with slo** and valley-land conditions. A field investigation was initiated in November, 1992 a...
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Studies on root distribution of five multipurpose tree species in Doon Valley, India
Observations on the growth performance, rooting behaviour and distribution of fine roots of five tree species viz., Bauhinia purpurea, Grewia optiva, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Leucaena leucocephala and Ougeinia oo...
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Agroforestry systems in the Garhwal Himalayas of India
Agroforestry systems, though at subsistence level are well established in Garhwal Himalayas. The farmers undertake cultivation of various crops, seasonal and biennials crops with trees all in mixtures on the s...
