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Climate change, environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources are among the prominent potential challenges for sustainable crop production and environment management in modern agriculture. Rice production systems have threatened with insect pests and weeds that significantly contribute to yield losses. Although control of insects, pests and weeds has remained the major effective plant protection tool, yet hazards to environmental safety urge the scientific community to propose alternative pest management strategies. Apprehensions about conventional agriculture sustainability have impelled the extensive introduction of integrated pest management (IPM). Bio-based IPM is one of the important component for controlling insect-pests, and weeds in rice, as it is environmentally benign, effective, and economically viable. In the present article, we analysed several studies to highlight the: (1) description of practices related to IPM in rice, (2) progress regarding the bio-based integrated insect pests and weed management with possible implications and scope, (3) allelopathy effectiveness for weed management in rice, and (4) present dilemmas and proposed future research directions. Briefly, this article explores the opportunities for the scientists and rice farmers to maximize the utilization of diverse natural control agents as a partial or total substitute for synthetic pesticides.
Shah Fahad; Shah Saud; Adnan Akhter; Ali Ahsan Bajwa; Shah Hassan; Martin Battaglia; Muhammad Adnan; Fazli Wahid; Rahul Datta; Emre Babur; Subhan Danish; Tayebeh Zarei; Inam Irshad. Bio-based integrated pest management in rice: An agro-ecosystems friendly approach for agricultural sustainability. Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences 2020, 20, 94 -102.
AMA StyleShah Fahad, Shah Saud, Adnan Akhter, Ali Ahsan Bajwa, Shah Hassan, Martin Battaglia, Muhammad Adnan, Fazli Wahid, Rahul Datta, Emre Babur, Subhan Danish, Tayebeh Zarei, Inam Irshad. Bio-based integrated pest management in rice: An agro-ecosystems friendly approach for agricultural sustainability. Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences. 2020; 20 (2):94-102.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShah Fahad; Shah Saud; Adnan Akhter; Ali Ahsan Bajwa; Shah Hassan; Martin Battaglia; Muhammad Adnan; Fazli Wahid; Rahul Datta; Emre Babur; Subhan Danish; Tayebeh Zarei; Inam Irshad. 2020. "Bio-based integrated pest management in rice: An agro-ecosystems friendly approach for agricultural sustainability." Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences 20, no. 2: 94-102.
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is one of the major fiber crops. Its production is under threat due to scarcity of water resources under a changing climatic scenario. Limited water availability also decreases the uptake of phosphorus, and less uptake of phosphorus can deteriorate the quality attributes of cotton fiber. There is a need to introduce bio-organic amendments which can mitigate osmotic stress on a sustainable basis. Inoculation of rhizobacteria can play an imperative role in this regard. Rhizobacteria can not only improve the growth of roots but also enhance the availability of immobile phosphorus in soil. That is why the current experiment was conducted to explore and compare the efficacy of sole application of diammonium phosphate (DAP) over plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and phosphorus solubilizing bacteria (PSB) coated DAP on growth and quality attributes of cotton under artificially induced osmotic stress at flowering stage. The impact of phosphorus levels was found to be significant on the plant height, leaf area, average boll weight, stomatal conductance, net photosynthetic rate, and seed cotton yield, while the irrigation effect was significant on all the parameters. The PGPR coated phosphorus performed better as compared to other treatments under normal irrigation and osmotic stress. Results showed that PGPR coated phosphorus increased by 29.47%, 21.01%, 41.11%, 32.73%, 15.63% and 22.89% plant height, average boll weight, stomatal conductance, net photosynthetic rate, fiber length, and seed cotton yield respectively. In conclusion, PGPR coated DAP can be helpful to get higher cotton productivity as compared to control and sole application of DAP under normal irrigation and osmotic stress.
Muhammad Majid; Muqarrab Ali; Khurram Shahzad; Fiaz Ahmad; Rao Ikram; Muhammad Ishtiaq; Ibrahim Alaraidh; Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi; Hayssam Ali; Tayebeh Zarei; Rahul Datta; Shah Fahad; Ayman El Sabagh; Ghulam Hussain; Mohamed Salem; Muhammad Habib-Ur-Rahman; Subhan Danish. Mitigation of Osmotic Stress in Cotton for the Improvement in Growth and Yield through Inoculation of Rhizobacteria and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria Coated Diammonium Phosphate. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10456 .
AMA StyleMuhammad Majid, Muqarrab Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Fiaz Ahmad, Rao Ikram, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Ibrahim Alaraidh, Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi, Hayssam Ali, Tayebeh Zarei, Rahul Datta, Shah Fahad, Ayman El Sabagh, Ghulam Hussain, Mohamed Salem, Muhammad Habib-Ur-Rahman, Subhan Danish. Mitigation of Osmotic Stress in Cotton for the Improvement in Growth and Yield through Inoculation of Rhizobacteria and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria Coated Diammonium Phosphate. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10456.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuhammad Majid; Muqarrab Ali; Khurram Shahzad; Fiaz Ahmad; Rao Ikram; Muhammad Ishtiaq; Ibrahim Alaraidh; Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi; Hayssam Ali; Tayebeh Zarei; Rahul Datta; Shah Fahad; Ayman El Sabagh; Ghulam Hussain; Mohamed Salem; Muhammad Habib-Ur-Rahman; Subhan Danish. 2020. "Mitigation of Osmotic Stress in Cotton for the Improvement in Growth and Yield through Inoculation of Rhizobacteria and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria Coated Diammonium Phosphate." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10456.