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Crop Rotation – Definition & Organic weed management Growing different crops like monocotyledons followed by dicotyledons on a same piece of land is termed as Crop rotation. To stimulate the Continue Reading
Soil amendments are substances that influence plant growth favourably by changing the soil pH, increasing the nutrient availability, improving the physical conditions of the soil and counteracting the effects of Continue Reading
‘Biofertilizer’ is a substance that contains living microorganisms which, when applied to seed, plant surfaces, or soil, colonizes the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promotes growth by Continue Reading
The addition of leaves, stem, and other parts of the plant to the soil when they are still green to improve the fertility of the soil is called green leaf Continue Reading
Soil testing is as important to agriculture as a health check is for a human being. The soil that supports the crops has to be very healthy and fertile. Soil Continue Reading
SRI was developed in Madagascar by Father Henri de Laulanié, a Jesuit priest, in the early 1980s. It has since been tested in China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Continue Reading
Herbicides especially soil applied, have harmful effects on both human and animal health. In this context, fungal pathogens control specific weeds and continue to survive on the weeds year after Continue Reading
The history of systematic gardening in India is as old as civilization of Indus of Harappan which existed between 2500 B.C and 1750 B.C. During the period, people were living Continue Reading
#1. The most awaited and the Tuticorin’s first traditional product Kovilpatti kadalai mittai got Geographical indication (GI) tag recently. #2. Kovilpatti kadalai mittai is a candy made of peanuts held Continue Reading
Madhuban Gajar, a biofortified carrot variety with higher β-carotene content (277.75 mg/kg) and iron content (276.7 mg/kg) dry basis developed by Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya, a farmer scientist from Junagadh Continue Reading
