Dr. Aracely Castro of the International Center of Tropical Agriculture presents a new model of agricultural management that makes life better for farmers, the soil they till and ecosystems that surround them. Lesson one: mulch, don

This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that spatial variations in soil microbial variables in a Thai rice paddy are accurately described by multivariate profiles of the soil bacterial communities. The authors found that community-level physiological profiles of soil bacterial communities could better describe the population density of Rhizoctonia

Biomass estimation and productivity studies were conducted in 3, 6 and 9 years old plantations of Dalbergia sissoo in sodic lands of Sultanpur District in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. A set of regression equations for biomass production per unit area was also developed to be applied on regional basis.

The Nagaon Paper Mill, a public sector pulp and paper mill, a unit of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited, is located at
Jagiroad, Morigaon district, Assam and generates about 448 tonnes
of lime sludge per day as solid waste. Instead of marketed lime,

In arid environments such as deserts, nitrogen is often themost limiting nutrient for biological activity. The majorityof the ecosystem nitrogen flux is typically thought to be drivenby production and loss of reactive nitrogen species by microorganismsin the soil.