Journal

JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
(Online)

ISSN:2582-9211

VOLUME 1

NUMBER 1

June 2020

CONTENTS

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Sustainable natural resource management paradigms and research priorities in context to Indian agriculture Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, Raj Kumar, Sanjay Arora and Atul Kumar Singh	1
2	Soil acidity parameters and temporal nutrient availability as influenced by Azolla incorporation in acid Inceptisol of Meghalaya Shubham Singh and Sanjay-Swami	7
3	Crop residue importance in zero tilled plots during intervening period in semi-arid tropics Rajan Bhatt and Paramjit Singh	15
4	Water conservation and management technologies for efficient utilization of water Ashutosh Upadhyaya	20
5	Hydrological Modeling for Watershed Management Vishnu Prasad, Abrar Yousuf and Navneet Sharma	29
6	Impact of climate change on groundwater quality B.R. Jalgaonkar, K.K. Yadav, Vinay Kumar Gautam and Vikas Sharma	35
7	Optimizing cropped area based on water availability for creek irrigated ecosystem in coastal Odisha Ranu Rani Sethi, Madhumita Das, P.S. Brahmanand and J.K. Tripathy	40
8	Solar photovoltaic technology options for smallholders Atiqur Rahman, B. Sarkar, Ajay Kumar, K. Sarma, A. Dey and A. Upadhyaya	48
9	Substitution of mineral fertilizer in transplanted rice through nutrient and weed management with herbicide-comlizer mixture Nilay Borah, N.C. Deka, J. Deka, I.C. Barua, B. K. Medhi, Kailash Hazarika, Mitul Saikia and Kasturi Goswami	54
10	Response of drip irrigated onion (Allium cepa L.) growth, yield and water productivity under deficit irrigation schedules S. K. Dingre and D. D. Pawar	69
11	Optimizing seedlings number and spacing to harness productivity potential of salt tolerant rice cultivars in salt affected soils Y.P. Singh, V.K. Mishra and D. Singh	76

VOLUME 1

NUMBER 2

Dec 2020

CONTENTS

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Eco-Intensification of agroecosystems to realize the sustainable development goals of the United Nations Rattan Lal	83
2	Secondary salinization risks associated with irrigation water from borewell, lift and canal in the typical black soils of Southern India H.S. Ashwin, M.V. Rekha, B.V. Champa, A.S. Alur, M.S. Nagaraja and A.K. Bhardwaj	96
3	Soil properties as influenced by biochar application under integrated nutrient management in acid Inceptisol of Meghalaya Sanjay-Swami and Oguboyana Srikanth Yadav	104
4	Impact of planting techniques on the growth and quality performance of maize hybrids in the spring season Aashish Kumar, B.R. Kamboj, S.K. Thakral and Kapil Malik	112
5	Low input organic vis-a-vis conventional inorganic management for wheat: an analysis of variation for yield and yield components Neelam Bhardwaj, Jeevan Jot Kaur and Anjali	119
6	Forage resources in arid and saline environments of central Iran: production potential and phenology of Alhagi maurorum Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh, Gholam Hassan Ranjbar and Amir Parnian	125
7	Soil organic carbon stock under different forests in mid hills of Himachal Pradesh Vijeta Thakur, Mohan Singh and S.K. Bhardwaj	131
8	Seed priming for plant stress alleviation and sustainable intensification of vegetable production Vandana Thakur, Parveen Sharma, Akhilesh Sharma, Sanjay Chadha, Pardeep Kumar and Shweta	137
9	*Yield and quality attributes of potato (Solanum tuberosum* L.) under different irrigation methods and regimes** D.D. Pawar and S.K. Dingre	151
10	Microclimatic factors in crop growth and yield of pea in mid hills of Himachal Himalayas Mohan Singh, Sargun Kaur, Savita Devi and S.K. Bhardwaj	157
11	Potential of a pyrolyzed sugarcane industry waste for spillage oil absorption Amir Parnian, Amin Parnian, Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh and Hossein Parvizi	163
	List of Reviewers 2020

VOLUME 2

NUMBER 1

June 2021

CONTENTS

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Integrated Farming System: An Approach for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources D.K. Sharma	1
2	Suggestive artificial recharge structures in hard rock terrain areas for sustainable groundwater conservation using remote sensing, GIS, and geophysical technique V.J. Ganvir*, Kaushlendra Singh, Anil Kumar Chaurasiya, Aniket Khare and Pushpesh Kumar	6
3	Growth and physiological responses of Melia plant (Melia dubia Cav.) to alkali stress Raj Kumar*, Rakesh Banyal and Awtar Singh	17
4	Effect of Organic and Inorganic Sources of Nutrients on Crop Productivity of Ricebean in North–Western Himalayas Neelam Bhardwaj and Anjali	26
5	Plant Growth Promoting Endophytic Bacteria for management of stresses in cereal crop productions Pratiksha Singh, Rajesh Kumar Singh* and Mohini Prabha Singh	32
6	Zinc and nitrogen uptake by wheat plants with zinc fertilization via soil and foliar application Suman Sharma* and Devashish Singh	43
7	Automation in scheduling irrigation: A review of concepts and latest recommendations in technology Anju Kumari Singh, Atul Kumar Singh*, Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, Chhedi Lal Verma, Vinay Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Arora, Navneet Sharma, Rohit Pratap Ojha	47
8	Effect of different sowing methods and varieties on growth and yield performance of wheat crop Kapil Malik*, O.P. Lathwal, A.K. Dhaka, Y.A. Tamboli, Amit Singh and Pramod Kumar	57
9	A Review of Advances in Bioremediation of Heavy Metals by Microbes and Plants Prity Kushwaha* and Prem Lal Kashyap	65
10	Bio-efficacy and phytotoxicity of glyphosate 41% SL on weed flora and its effect on soil microbial activities in non-cropped area Suresh Kumar*, Neelam Sharma, Sandeep Manuja and Tamanna Bhalla	81

VOLUME 2

NUMBER 2

Dec 2021

CONTENTS

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Integrated Nutrient Management: Concept, Constraints, and Advantages for A Sustainable Agriculture Sukirtee Chejara, Kapil Malik,Manu Rani, Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj*	86-94
2	Growth performance and production economics of eggplant (Solanum melongena) in response to vermicompost vis-a-vis a chemical fertilizer application Sushmita Kalika-Singh, Sirpaul Jaikishun, Abdullah Ansari, Gomathinayagam Subramanian, Ramwant Gupta*	95-102
3	Effect of soil and foliar application of iron on productivity and nutrient uptake by parching sorghum A.B. Age*, Suraj Satpute, G.S. Laharia, D.S. Kankal, P.R. Kadu, S.D. Jadhao, D.V.Mali, N.M. Konde	103-109
4	Influence of Soil Test Crop Response based organic manure and inorganic fertilizers on yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.Moench) V.R. Mageshen*, U. Bagavathi Ammal, Pradip Dey	110-113
5	Surface morphology and structural characteristics of rice husk, its biochar and vermicompost K. Amritha*, S. Jayasree Sankar	114-119
6	Dynamics of carbon fractions under different land-use systems of Rangapura micro-watershed in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka R. Pooja, K.T. Gurumurthy*, G.Y. Shwetha	120-126
7	Soil pollution under intensively cropped chili growing areas of Guntur division of Andhra Pradesh, India G.S. Madhurvani, A.K. Lalitha, G.R. Rao, K.L.N. Rao	127-132
8	Assessment of soil biological activity as an ecological indicator for mango orchard soils Tarun Adak*, G. Pandey	133-138
9	Residual effects of biochar on soil properties and yield of chickpea grown after maize in a Vertisol G.S. Laharia Prajakta, R. Jadhvar, A.B. Age*, V.S. Fandi, D.A. Shid	139-145
10	Rainfall trends in the Satara district of Maharashtra over the last two decades K.A. Ahire*, R.C. Kothawale, P.D. Hange, Bhagyashri R. Jalgaonkar, A.D. Patil, J.P. Shewale	146-150
	List of Reviewers 2021

VOLUME 3

NUMBER 1

2022

CONTENTS

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Role of Mulching in Regulating Soil Temperature after Five Cycles of Tillage Treatments in A Rice-Wheat System Mutiu A. Busari*, Surinder S. Kukal, Rajan Bhatt, Amanpreet Kaur	1
2	Optimizing the Determinants of Water Use Efficiency in Mango Tarun Adak*, Vinod Kumar Singh, Naresh Babu	12
3	Soil Chemical Properties as affected by Fencing and Slope Position in the Foothills of Shivalik M.S. Hadda*, K.B. Thapa, Sanjay Arora	17
4	Assessment of Performance of Bhimal (Grewia optiva) Provenances under Diverse Agroforestry Practices at Low and Mid Hills of Indian Himalaya Harsh Mehta, Raj Kumar*, M. Ayoub Dar, Rajeev Ranjan, Sneha Dobhal, K.S. Dadhwal	25
5	Comparison of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Reclaimed Sodic Soils by Inverse Auger Hole Methods with Different Bottom Geometries Chhedi Lal Verma*, S.K. Jha, Sanjay Arora, A.K. Singh, C.S. Singh	34
6	Prospect of Phytoremediating Hexavalent Chromium from Contaminated Water in Chromite Mining Areas of Odisha, India Madhumita Das*, D.K. Patri, S. Kumar, R. Sethi	43
7	Horticulture intervention for improving productivity and profitability of small and marginal farmers Naresh Babu*, Tarun Adak, Arvind Kumar	49
8	Optimal Cropped Area and Cropping Pattern with Conjunctive Use of Surface and Groundwater for Kendrapara District of Odisha Om Prakash Verma*, Ranu Rani Sethi, Ashok Kumar Nayak	58
9	Production and Purification of L-asparaginase obtained from a Bacterial Isolate of Black Gram Rhizospheric Soil at J&K, India Sweeta Manhas*, Vikas Sharma, Asha Chaubey	64
10	Spatial variability of available macro and micronutrients in the soils of Nisija in Kaimur District of Bihar, India Chandan Kumar, P.K. Sharma*, Sumit Kumar Tripathi, Sandeep Patel	71
11	Comparative Evaluation of Different Reference Evapotranspiration Estimation Approaches: A Case Study from Maharashtra, India S.K. Dingre	78

VOLUME 3

NUMBER 2

2022

CONTENTS

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Performance of subsidized solar pump and its utility for smallholders’ irrigation in the Eastern region of India A. Rahman* and A. Upadhyaya	85-91
2	Aggregate breakdown of two texturally different soils under different land-uses in semiarid tropical environments M.S. Hadda* and Balbir Singh	92-106
3	Varying water regime in the rice-wheat system and its impact on yield and water saving under a sodic environment Atul Kumar Singh*, Sanjay Arora, C.L. Verma, Y.P. Singh, Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, Navneet Sharma and Anurag Srivastava	107-113
4	Bio-efficacy of flumioxazin against mixed weed flora in the wastelands of Himachal Pradesh Shabnam Thakur*, Suresh Kumar, Sandeep Manuja and Shagun Shukla	114-117
5	Soil and plant nutrient indices as tools to evaluate nitrogen management in grape production Vinod C. Naraboli, Champa, B.V., Shankar Meti, Ashok S. Alur, Ravikumar, D., Nagaraja, M.S.* and Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj	118-124
6	Zinc for enhancing crop growth of rice-A brief review Suman Sharma* and Devashish Singh	125-129
7	Assessment of critical limits of Boron in potato growing soils of West Bengal Debabrata Dhar*, Kiran Sharma and Ashim Datta	130-135
8	Comparative analysis of ginger cultivated soils under different nutrient management practices Nichitha, C.V., Champa, B.V., Ganapathi, Nagaraja, M.S. and Raghavendra, S.	136-142
9	Rice straw compost: a sustainable residue recycling solution for soil health and productivity enhancement in the rice-wheat cropping system Kapil Malik, Manu Rani, Preeti Sharma and Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj*	143-151
10	Effect of biochar on yield, quality and uptake of nutrients by maize grown on a vertisol in Maharashtra, India G.S. Laharia, Vikram Fandi, A.B. Age, S.D. Jadhao and P.R. Jadhvar	152-158
11	List of reviewers, 2022	159-160

VOLUME 4

Issue 1

2023

JNRCM

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Estimating heat use efficiency in mango under subtropical climate Tarun Adak* and Naresh Babu	1-14
2	Identification of hydrogeochemical processes affecting the hydrochemistry of groundwater: A review Jashandeep Singh Sidhu and Sumita Chande l *	15-29
3	T-Min-based geometrical similarity model for prediction of evapotranspiration demand of Eucalyptus under waterlogged sodic soil conditions S.K. Singh, Chhedi Lal Verma*, C.S. Singh, Shyam Ji Mishra and Gyan Singh	30-39
4	Changes in physicochemical and microbial properties during standardization of on-farm composting of municipal solid waste Y.P. Singh*, Sanjay Arora, V.K. Mishra, R.K. Gupta and Shyam Ji Mishra	40-49
5	Performance of solar irrigation pumps in the Eastern region of India Atiqur Rahman* and Atul Kumar Singh	50-54
6	Soil resources of Gujarat and their suitability for banana (Musa paradisiaca L) cultivation: A case study of Jhagadia, Bharuch district of Gujarat, India R.P. Sharma*, R.K. Naitam, B. Dash, G. Tiwari, A. Jangir and Sanjay Arora	55-59
7	Scientific approach for developing soil information system in mango Orchards Tarun Adak* and Vinod Kumar Singh	60-69
8	Irrigation water productivity trends in rice-wheat grown under partially reclaimed sodic soils Atul Kumar Singh*, Sanjay Arora, C.L. Verma, Y.P. Singh, Navneet Sharma, Akaashdeep Jaiswal, Anurag Srivastava and Shyamji Mishra	70-76
9	Prioritization of watersheds for land and water management in lower Sutlej River Basin using geospatial technology Navneet Sharma*, Abrar Yousuf and Arun Kaushal	77- 91
10	Assessment of soil physical characteristics as affected by soil conservation treatments under a semiarid tropical environment M.S. Hadda*, Sanjay Arora and Dapinder Pal Singh	92-99
11	Farmers perception to climate change under sodic environment of Uttar Pradesh Atul Kumar Singh*, Sanjay Arora, C.L. Verma, Arjun Singh, Ravi Kiran, S.K. Jha, R.H. Rizvi, T. Damodaran and Ranjay Kumar Singh	100-106

VOLUME 4

Issue 2

2023

JNRCM

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Carbon dynamics as influenced by various nutrient management strategies in the Inceptisols (Typic Ustropept) of Puducherry U. Bagavathi Ammal, R. Rajakumar*, B. Sabitha and Pradip Dey	107-115
2	Assessing the impact of nano zinc oxide on growth, yield, and nutrient uptake by linseed Manish R. Pandao and Mohammad Sajid*	116-122
3	Design and evaluation of structure for roof top harvested rainwater for fluoride affected area of Unnao Chhedi Lal Verma, S.K. Jha and A.K. Singh	123-130
4	Nutritional quality of bhendi as influenced by effective microorganism application R. Sankar, R. Rajakumar*, U. Bagavathi Ammal and U. Akshay Kumar	131-138
5	Rainfall pattern affecting mango productivity under rainfed conditions in subtropics Tarun Adak* and Ashok Kumar	139-146
6	Precision nutrient management in agriculture for sustaining crop productivity U. Bagavathi Ammal, and R. Rajakumar	146-160
7	Analysis of annual rainfall and temperature trend by using the Mann-Kendall Test of Kohima Station, Nagaland, India Visakhonuo Kuotsu,*, Pramod Chandra Dihingia, and Khan Chand	161-166
8	Variation in plant leaf traits of Rubus ellipticus and Berberis aristata along the altitudinal gradient and aspects in the Lower Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India Dharmendra Shah* and A.K. Negi	167-172
9	The scientific approach for organic Langra production under Subtropical Climate Tarun Adak and S.K. Shukla*	173- 179
10	Enhancing livelihood and income of smallholder farmers through Integrated Farming Systems in Mima, Nagaland Meribeni Tsopoe*, Kambam Boxen Meetei and Krishna Giri	180-184
11	Effect of various media for growing spinach (spinacia oleracea L.) crop P.B. Jadhav*, G.S. Pakhale, A.P. Patil, Bhagyashri R. Jalgaonkar, A.D. Patil and A.V. Patil	185-191
12	List of reviewers, 2023	192

VOLUME 5

Issue 1

2024

JNRCM

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Investigation of spectral indices for mapping soil sodicity using Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite images R.H. Rizvi*, Sanjay Arora, C.L. Verma and Shailendra Verma	1-6
2	Growth, yield, economics and stress indicators in response to tillage practices of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) cultivars under rainfed conditions Narendra Kumar Pareek, Jitendra Kumar Verma, Harphool Singh and Anand Kumar	7-12
3	Comparison of measured historical, computed and simulated runoff depths using two different ratios of initial abstraction to soil moisture retention parameters in semiarid tropical environments M.S. Hadda* and Mandeep S. Sidhu	13-24
4	Investigating the effect of liquid diammonium phosphate fertilizer application on growth characteristics and yield of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) Adel Neisi and Rajan Bhatt	25-31
5	Dielectric properties of barley seed (Hordeum vulgare) in the radio frequency range Atiqur Rahman*, J.P. Shukla, Atul K. Singh, Sanjay Arora, A.K. Dubey, and R.K. Yadev	32-36
6	Response of okra plant to foliar application of effective microorganisms solution on an Inceptisol (Fluventic Haplustept) R. Sankar, R. Rajakumar*, U. Bagavathi Ammal and U. Akshay Kumar	37-45
7	The psychological impacts of climate change on agriculture dependent communities: Challenges and PCK approach opportunity for sustainable development Mina Mahbod and Amir Parnian	46-51
8	Smallholders’ role in achieving food security and ecological management in Kohima, Nagaland Meribeni Tsopoe*, Kambam Boxen Meetei and Krishna Giri	52-57
9	Investigating the effect of applying liquid organic fertilizer and different amounts of nitrogen on sugarcane yield Adel Neisi* and Rajan Bhatt	58-65
10	Frontline demonstration results in Raebareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India, for long duration paddy variety Swarna sub-1 Rajesh Kumar Kanojia, Rudra Pratap Narayan Singh, Deepak Mishra	66-69

VOLUME 5

Issue 2

2024

JNRCM

S.No.	Title and Authors	Page no.	PDF
1	Watershed Modelling using Generated Rainfall by Arc-SWAT Priti Tiwari, M.P. Tripathi, Pramod Pandey, Deepak Swami, Rituraj Shukla, Deepak Singh	71-81
2	Effect of Slope Position and Depth on Hydraulic and Physical Properties of Soils in North-western Tract of India MS Hadda and Sandeep Singh	82-94
3	Monitoring of Agricultural and Meteorological Drought Indices in Gujarat (India) using Remote Sensing and GIS Bhukya Srinivas	95-110
4	Growth, Yield and Zinc Uptake by Wheat in Response to Zinc Fertilization under Different Saline Environments Sonia Rani, Mohammad Amin Bhat, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Ram Prakash	111-123
5	Soil Enzyme Activities as Bioindicators of Soil Health: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture Nisha Singh, Asha, Vineet Kumar Maurya, Deepak Singh	124-136
6	Studies on genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance, correlation and path analysis in dahlia (Dahlia variabilis L.) under tarai region of Uttarakhand Anju Pal, Priyanka Rilkotia and Bhagwan Das Bhuj	137-144
7	Variations in soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass carbon following herbicide application in rice-mustard cropping sequence in Assam, India Rajat Kumar Parit, Kaberi Mahanta, Dipankar Sonowal, Seema Bhagowati and Jayanta Deka	145-156
8	Effect of organic matter application and plant growth on microbial biomass carbon in three contrasting land use scenarios after rice Aditya Raj, Anshuman Kohli, and Mainak Ghosh	157-161
9	Effect of integrated nutrients management on growth and development of date palm cv. Khadrawy under hot arid region Pawan Kumar Pareek, P.K. Yadav and D. K. Sarolia	162-169
10	Soil bio-chemical properties of groundnut rhizosphere and crop performance under Panchagavya and Jeevamrutha Sanjay-Swami and Teeka Ram Meena	170-179
11	Comparison of historical and simulated sediment yields using two different ratios of initial abstraction to soil moisture retention parameters in two micro-watersheds in north-western tract of India MS Hadda and Mandeep S Sidhu	180-191
12	List of reviewers, 2024	192-193

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