The use of bio-mulch in rice crop under soil water stress is a new dimension for water saving, soil physical health improvement and nutrient utilization which lead to better crop growth and yield and higher water use efficiency. Application of bio-mulches in rotational stress largely improved the growth and yield parameters. Bio-mulching improved grain yield by 20.5% - 50.7%, field Water Use Efficiency by 10%- 41% over continuous submergence and by 19.9% - 53.9% over stress control. It also gave considerably higher physical and monetary water productivity. Among the bio-mulches rice chaffy...

Soil health has become a cause of concern for sustainable agricultural production in the new millennium. Use of high analysis fertilizers, heavy sulphur removal by the crops under intensive cultivation & neglect of S replenishment contributed to widespread S deficiencies. Sulphur deficiencies have been reported from 72 countries in the world. Sulphur has a great role in N-fixation by influencing active nodulation in legume & despite the relatively low S requirement of rice , the productivity of these staple food grains may drastically be reduced by an inadequate supply of S. Sulphur has the...