This document is based on the answers provided by soil laboratories to the survey “global assessment on laboratory capacities and needs” (see Annex II), which was conducted by the Global Soil Laboratory
Anew site being explored by the Mars rover Opportunity has yielded soil samples unlike any examined before on the red planet and that appear more favourable for life, scientists said. Opportunity,
The chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), CP Gautam, on Sunday said more than 60% of distilleries in the state do not comply with pollution control laws, becoming a major source of soil
A Subba Rao, Director and his associate K Sammi Reddy, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, jointly conferred prestigious 'Hari Om Ashram Trust Award 2008-09'. They received a cash award of `1,00,000 and a citation from Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar on July 16, 2011 at New Delhi.
It is projected that India will need to grow its agricultural output 12% to feed its people in 2020. Much of this has to come by growing more on the same amount of land.
<p>Researchers must collaborate to manage one of the planet’s most precious and threatened resources — for food production and much more.</p> <p>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7350/full/474151a.html<br /> </p>
THRISSUR: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has urged the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) scientists to formulate a naturefriendly package of practices to stimulate organic enrichment of soil. Addressing a conclave of the scientists from KAU, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute(CPCRI), Spices Research Centre, and Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK), at a
<p>It has long been felt that our natural environment should be mapped and monitored with active participation of agencies responsible for managing natural resources, industry groups and community organizations. This organized information forms a basis for storing soil and land databases for the implementation and monitoring of various efforts on land resource management.
<p>The dehydrogenase activity (DHA) has been proposed as a measure of overall microbial activity and used as index of the soil microbial biomass. DHA is measured by two methods using TTC and INT as substrate, however, various authors reported poor results when TTC is used as substrate.</p>
Jamshedpur, Sept. 26: The Dhalbhum division of the state forest department and city-based NGO, Kalamandir, are set to start
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