Papers by Rohith gottipati
Rice cultivation is the principal activity and source of income for millions of households around... more Rice cultivation is the principal activity and source of income for millions of households around the globe. Green Revolution increased the use of high yielding and fertilizer responsive varieties and cultivation system has been intensified and this prompted the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The challenge of drought is greater for crops such as rice when compared with other crops such as maize and wheat, as it has relatively higher water needs. About 3,000 to 5,000 L of water is required to produce 1 kg of rice seed, with less than half of that amount needed to produce 1kg of seed in other crops such as maize or wheat. With the increase in Nitrogen levels there is increase in number of tillers per hill in rice. Leaf area of rice is significantly reduced and variation in total chlorophyll content is noticed under different levels of draught stress.
Environment Conservation Journal
The practice of purposefully setting fire to the residue that remained after harvest of rice and ... more The practice of purposefully setting fire to the residue that remained after harvest of rice and wheat crop is increasing periodically. Stubble burning has become one of the challenging issues in India in recent times. Government has been consistently instructing farmers not to burn the crop residues, instead asking them for in-situ management. Farmers are citing various complications in stubble management which pulling them to setting up fire to the stubble. Rice straw burning generates life threatening greenhouse gases which causes air pollution injury. Particulate matter (PM2.5) levels in the capital state of India (New Delhi) have been exceeded by 14 times than threshold level because of episodic agricultural fires in the neighbouring states namely Punjab, Haryana. A very limited study has been done so far on this complete issue despite of its importance. The present review tried to expose root cause, impacts on ecosystem and management strategies of stubble burning especially ...
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Papers by Rohith gottipati