Previous research had suggested that paddy-field soil might contain nitrogen-fixing microbes that can provide rice plants with additional nutrients to support their growth, Shida says.

Paddy scientists say saline-alkaline stress has reduced crop productivity by 20 per cent on over one lakh hectares of the total 3.5 lakh hectares that grow paddy in Ballari, Koppal, Raichur and ...

The study, led by Assistant Professor Rishiram Ramanan and his PhD scholar C Amaneesh from the department's Sustainable ...

He uses the Happy Seeder to simultaneously pulverise the paddy stubble into the soil and sow wheat, saving time and money.