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Transitioning apple farming towards sustainability: evidence from Himachal Pradesh, India Open

Divyanshu, Rohit Kumar Vashishat, Subhash Chander Verma, Rajeshwar Singh Chandel, Subhash Sharma , et al. · 2025

Objective . This study evaluates the comparative impact of Natural Farming (NF) and Conventional Farming (CF) on soil health and economic outcomes in apple orchards across two agro-climatic zones in Himachal Pradesh, India. Findings . Soil…

Evidence of transitioning apple farming to an agro-ecological model in Himachal Pradesh Open

Divyanshu, Subhash Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh Chandel, Rohit Kumar Vashishat, Subhash Chander Verma , et al. · 2025

Agro-ecological farming practices that integrate economic viability and environmental resilience, based on principles designed to support optimal food and nutritional security in farming systems. This study compares Natural Farming (NF) an…

Apple Peel Valorization: A Sustainable Approach to Food Waste Upcycling Open

S. K. Chauhan, Prabhu Shankar, Asit Mishra, Subodh Kumar · 2025

Apple peel, a by-product of processing apples, has the potential to be used in the production of functional meals since it is a rich source of bioactive compounds and dietary fibre. Apple peel, being abundant in polyphenols, flavonoids, an…

Solar-powered agricultural vehicles: Advancing sustainable farming in India Open

S. K. Chauhan, LALIT MITTAL · 2025

The solar-powered agricultural vehicle (420 cm × 188 cm) was designed and constructed during the years 2021–24 at Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi, India to explore its development and potential impact in promoting sustai…

Insights on soil biological properties and crop yields under natural farming in western Himalaya Open

Panma Yankit, R S CHANDEL, SUDHIR VERMA, P L SHARMA, Subhash Chander Verma , et al. · 2024

Sustainability of agricultural production systems is a major concern in context to present environmental conditions. Natural farming (NF) is being promoted as low-cost environment friendly option. A study was carried out to investigate the…

Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in <i>Populus deltoides</i> Plantations Using RothC-model in The Indo-Gangetic Region of India Open

Pankaj Panwar, S. K. Chauhan, D. K. Das, Rajesh Kaushal, Gurveen Arora , et al. · 2021

Soil organic carbon (SOC) change can arise because of changes in land use, land management and climatic conditions.Modelling approach helps in proper choice of management practices for soil carbon build-up.In this context, RothC is a promi…

Cybersecurity Threats Detection In IoT Using Krill Based Deep Neural Network Stacked Auto Encoders Open

Pragati Rana, S. K. Chauhan, B P Patil · 2021

The Internet of things (IoT) has concerned much significance for some manufacturing sectors including clinical fields, co-ordinations following, savvy urban communities, and automobiles. Anyway as a worldview, it is sensitive to different …

Innovative service recovery of customers by food aggregators using sentiment analysis Open

S. K. Chauhan, Yogesh Upadhyay, Swarnika Singh - · 2021

In the global era, technology plays a vital role in determining the strong market position for the modern-day organizations. Food aggregators make efforts to identify the reasons for service failure in case of customers not in direct commu…

Effect of wind breakers using eucalyptus on cultivation of kinnow mandarin Open

S. K. Chauhan, W.S. Dhillon, Nupur Gupta, Pankaj Panwar, Rajni Rajni · 2021

Effect of Branch Pruning and Topping On Poplar Tree Growth Open

Vikas Kumar Bishnoi, S. K. Chauhan · 2020

Four year old trees of PL5 (G 48) clone grown at 6 × 3 m spacing were pruned i.e., 50 % pruning of stem; 75 % pruning of stem; Lateral pruning (1.5 m on both sides), Topping 2 m from top and no topping. The highest DBH was recorded in 75% …

Identification of SSR markers linked to Botrytis grey mould resistance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Open

Supriya Sachdeva, Shruti Dawar, Upasana Rani, B. S. Patil, Khela Ram Soren , et al. · 2019

Botrytis grey mould (BGM), caused by Botrytis cinerea, is emerging as an important disease of chickpea in the northern and eastern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, including Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and in Australia. This fungus has a…

Clonal diversity of Salix for growth parameters Open

Samanpreet Singh, S. K. Chauhan, Rajni Chauhan, Dushyant Sharma · 2019

Twenty-two willow clones were planted in randomized block design at two sites (University Seed Farm, Ladhowal and Alamwala forest, Range Malout) to study the clonal diversity among different clones for their growth parameters. The data for…

Impact of manipulating poplar canopy on micro-environment and marigold yield under agri-silviculture system Open

Jagjot Singh, Avtar Singh, S. K. Chauhan · 2019

Populus deltoides, a fast growing tree species attains, a crown closure within 2–3 years and crown size increases with advancement in the age. The manipulation of canopy of poplar plays an important role in changing the microclimatic condi…

Defining growth, quality and biomass production of different bamboo species in central plains of Punjab Open

Jasveer Singh, Rajni Sharma, Ashok Kumar Dhakad, S. K. Chauhan · 2018

The present study was carried out at University Seed Farm Ladhowal, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab (India) with six bamboo species viz., Bambusa balcooa, Bambusa bambos, Bambusa nutans, Bambusa tulda, Bambusa vulgaris and …

Soil health (physical, chemical and biological) status under short rotation tree plantations on riverain soils Open

S. K. Chauhan, Shawinder Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Vashist, Rajni Sharma , et al. · 2018

Soil health under four multipurpose tree plantation (Acacia catechu, Dalbergia sissoo, Melia azedarach and Terminalia arjuna) after ten years of growth was assessed on riverain soils. Data revealed higher nutritional level under canopy of …

Economic Evaluation of Different Land Use Systems in North Western Region of Punjab, India Open

Sangeet Rani, Arunachalam Rajasekaran, Dinesh K. Benbi, S. K. Chauhan · 2017

The present study is the outcome of socio-economic diagnosis of traditional as well as commercial agroforestry practices followed by farmers in north western region of Punjab state, India. Tree species like P. deltoides, E. tereticornis an…

Tolerance to post-emergence herbicide Imazethapyr in chickpea Open

Nitish Ranjan Prakash, Rajesh Kumar Singh, S. K. Chauhan, M. K. Sharma, C. Bharadwaj , et al. · 2017

The present research work aimed at identification of sources of tolerance to herbicide Imazethapyr for their possible utilization in development of herbicide tolerant chickpea.Sixty five genotypes (55 desi and 10 kabuli) screened included …

Self-Help Groups Effecting the Change in Financial Attributes Open

S. K. Chauhan, Vinod Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Sangeeta Yadav · 2017

Evaluation and selection of Salix clones for different end uses under Punjab conditions Open

Kulwinder Singh, Rajni Sharma, S. K. Chauhan, N. B. Singh · 2016

The field trial was conducted during 2012–13 at Punjab Agricultural University seed farm, Ladhowal, Ludhiana located in central plains of Punjab. Twenty-two willow clones were planted in a randomized block design with three replications, t…

Biomass production, carbon sequestration and economics of on-farm poplar plantations in Punjab, India Open

S. K. Chauhan, Rajni Sharma, Baljit Singh, Sandeep Sharma · 2015

Six years poplar plantations were assessed for productivity, carbon storage and economics in comparison to sole cropping. Wheat grain yield was significantly higher in control plots (4.55 t/ha) than boundary plantation (3.28 t/ha) and bloc…

Flower seed production for remunerative returns under poplar based agroforestry system Open

Sangeeta Rani, S. K. Chauhan, K. K. Dha, Rajni Sharma · 2015

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