Browsing by Author "Manju Lata"

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Bioremediation of metal contaminated soil for sustainable crop production
(Springer Singapore, 2018) M.L. Dotaniya; N.R. Panwar; V.D. Meena; C.K. Dotaniya; K.L. Regar; Manju Lata; J.K. Saha
Heavy metal pollution is emerging with time and reduces the chances of healthy food production from natural resources. Heavy metals are toxic in nature and caused various types of malfunction in plant, animal, and human bodies. Some heavy metals are essential for plant growth in lower level; but higher level shows toxic effects on plant growth. Heavy metals are also having carcinogenic, muta- genic, malfunctioning, and teratogenic and mostly affected the neurological, liver, and kidney function. Increasing population with higher pace needs food from the fixed-cultivated land. It is a great challenge for the researcher and policy-maker in one side mitigating the food crisis without contamination of natural resources. The waste generation per capita increased with tremendous rate and vice versa freshwa- ter resources shrinking. The needs of management for wastewater (WW) or metal-contaminated soil for the sustainable crop production in most of the developing countries. Various heavy metal remediation techniques are used for the removal of metals from environment. Among the techniques, bioremediation techniques are eco-friendly in nature, in situ, low cost, and energy saving. Phytoremediation tech- niques are green techniques with a wider scope of contamination removal. The cli- matic changes are also affecting the crop and soil production capacity; it needs more research in abiotic stress. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. All rights reserved.
Reuse of poor-quality water for sustainable crop production in the changing scenario of climate
(Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2023) M.L. Dotaniya; V.D. Meena; J.K. Saha; C.K. Dotaniya; Alaa El Din Mahmoud; B.L. Meena; M.D. Meena; R.C. Sanwal; Ram Swaroop Meena; R.K. Doutaniya; Praveen Solanki; Manju Lata; P.K. Rai
The availability of freshwater is limited for agriculture systems across the globe. A fast-growing population demands need to enhance the food grain production from a limited natural resources. Therefore, researchers and policymakers have been emphasized on the production potential of agricultural crops in a sustainable manner. On the challenging side, freshwater bodies are shrinking with the pace of time further limiting crop production. Poor-quality water may be a good alternative for fresh water in water scarce areas. It should not contain toxic pollutants beyond certain critical levels. Unfortunately, such critical limits for different pollutants as well as permissible quality parameters for different wastewater types are lacking or poorly addressed. Marginal quality water and industrial effluent used in crop production should be treated prior to application in crop field. Hence, safe reuse of wastewater for cultivation of food material is necessary to fulfil the demands of growing population across the globe in the changing scenario of climate. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
Role of biofertilizers in conservation agriculture
(Springer Singapore, 2016) Mahendra Singh; M.L. Dotaniya; Amit Mishra; C.K. Dotaniya; K.L. Regar; Manju Lata
In the present time, chemical fertilizers are more in practice for crop production which affected the soil and environment quality. The higher amount of chemical inputs in agricultural production system affected the sustainability of the agricultural crop production systems, increased cost of cultivation, and caused partial factor productivity decline, and maintaining the global food security and environmental quality became a daunting challenge. Indiscriminate and imbalanced use of fertilizers, mostly urea, and the poor application of organic matter to cropland have led to considerable reduction in soil health. Nowadays our agriculture has shifted to old-age practice like conservation agriculture. It is using old tool and techniques with incorporation of modern science and scientific principles. In general, biofertilizer is organic in nature containing an effective particular microorganism in a concentrated form which originated either from the plant root nodule or from the soil of the rhizosphere. Biofertilizers have emerged as potential environment-friendly inputs that are benefited for agricultural crop production system. They hold vast prospective in fulfilling the plant nutrient requirements, which are reducing the chemical fertilizer application and minimizing environmental pollution. The bioinoculants are used as a seed treatment or soil treatment, improving plant nutrient availability and finally crop growth and yield. These contain living cells of diverse types of microorganisms and have the potential to solubilize and mobilize plant nutrient elements from insoluble form through biological process and also fix atmospheric nitrogen. The adequate use of biofertilizers helps in maintaining soil quality and thus provides a low-cost approach to manage crop yield along with protecting the environment. © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016.
Use of sugarcane industrial by-products for improving sugarcane productivity and soil health
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016) M.L. Dotaniya; S.C. Datta; D.R. Biswas; C.K. Dotaniya; B.L. Meena; S. Rajendiran; K.L. Regar; Manju Lata
Purpose: Sugarcane industries are age-old industrial practices in India which contribute a significant amount of by-products as waste. Handling and management of these by-products are huge task, because those require lot of space for storage. However, it provides opportunity to utilize these by-products in agricultural crop production as organic nutrient source. Therefore, it is attempted to review the potential of sugar industries by-products, their availability, and use in agricultural production. Methods: A large number of research experiments and literatures have been surveyed and critically analyzed for the effect of sugarcane by-products on crop productivity and soil properties. Results: Application of sugar industries by-products, such as press mud and bagasse, to soil improves the soil chemical, physical, and biological properties and enhanced the crop quality and yield. A huge possibility of sugarcane industries by-products can be used in agriculture to cut down the chemical fertilizer requirement. If all the press mud is recycled through agriculture about 32,464, 28,077, 14,038, 3434, 393, 1030, and 240 tonnes (t) of N, P, K, Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cu, respectively, can be available and that helps in saving of costly chemical fertilizers. Conclusions: Application of sugarcane industries by-products reduces the recommended dose of fertilizers and improves organic matter of soil during the crop production. It can also be used in combination with inorganic chemical fertilizers and can be packed and marketed along with commercial fertilizer for a particular cropping system. That helps in reduce the storage problem of sugarcane industries by-products across the India. © 2016, The Author(s).