The utilization of dairy wastewater for producing algal biomass is seen as a two-fold opportunity to treat wastewater and produce algae biomass, which can be potentially used for production of biofuels. In animal agriculture system, one of the major waste streams is dairy manure that contains high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus. Furthermore, it is produced abundantly in California's dairy in...

Technogenic activities (industrial-plastic, textiles, microelectronics, wood preservatives; mining-mine refuse, tailings, smelting; agrochemicals-chemical fertilizers, farm yard manure, pesticides; aerosols-pyrometallurgical and automobile exhausts; biosolids-sewage sludge, domestic waste; fly ash-coal combustion products) are the primary sources of heavy metal contamination and pollution in th...

Four hundred isolates obtained from soil samples collected from forest, river basin, agricultural fields and rhizosphere of plantation crops of North Bengal were screened for phosphate solubilizing activity on Pikovskaya’s agar medium. Among the screened isolates, ninety showed phosphate solubilizing activity. Out of these, ten isolates belonging to Aspergillus niger, A. melleus and A. clavatus...

The experiment was conducted during October-December,2020 at Forage Production Unit, College of Veterinary Science, Korutla, Jagityala, Telangana State, India to evaluate the yield fodder under different manure or fertilizer applications and along with nutritional composition in fresh ensiled form. African tall maize (ATM) sown four treatments five replications randomise block design (RBD) (T1=...

Our soil continues to grapple with a number of familiar challenges like infertility, unfavourable conditions, and declining health as well quality. These issues are caused by the ongoing crises climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, excessive fertilizer usage alone in intensive cropping. Deterioration can be alleviated application organic fertilizers. With this background, current experi...

A field experiment on a saline-sodic soil with pH 8.21-8.42, ECe 6.40-7.90 dSm and SAR 17.79-23.46mmolwas carried out using five soil reclaiming treatments viz., leaching (Control), Farm yard manure (FYM) @ 10 tons ha, Rice Husk (RH) @ 10 tons ha, FYM+RH @ 5+5 tons ha and Gypsum @ 100% soil requirement in a complete randomized block design with four replications. Rice variety SARSHAR and wheat ...

A five-year-old boy succumbed 24 days following an unusual farm accident in which considerable manure was deposited in multiple lacerations. Death was due to an extensive meningo-encephalomyelitis caused by a nematode that is ordinarily saprophagous.

Water quality concerns and revised regulations are changing how confined animal feeding operations manage manure. Devising acceptable and feasible changes in manure practices requires a full understanding of the forces shaping current manure management decisions. Previous theoretical models have shown that a wide range of factors influence the lowest cost solution for manure management. We used...