TAILIEUCHUNG - Studies on the impact of growing transgenic cotton on soil health in Major Bt cotton growing areas of Tamil Nadu, India

There is a persistent environmental concern that transgenic Bt-crops have indirect undesirable effect to natural and agroecosystem function. We investigated the effect of Btcotton (with Cry 1 Ac gene) on soil biology in Bt cotton growing soils of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu under rainfed scenario. Soil samples randomly from ten Bt cotton growing fields were selected in each of the taluks of Perambalur district of TamilNadu region, India, where Bt-cotton has been growing at least for ten continuous years and side by side non-Bt cotton grown soils were also collected to compare the extent of adverse effect of Bt toxin, if any. Samples were analyzed for various soil biological indicators like microbial population, microbial respiration, Microbial Biomass Carbon (MBC), Microbial Biomass Nitrogen (MBN), and soil Dehydrogenase (DHA) activities. The soil biological indicators like microbial population, soil respiration, DHA, MBC and MBN were found to be comparitively higher in Btgrown soils than their non Bt counter parts over a period of 10 years. | Studies on the impact of growing transgenic cotton on soil health in Major Bt cotton growing areas of Tamil Nadu, India

• Nông nghiệp
• Soil health
• Transgenic cotton
• Soil biological índices
• Major Bt cotton growing areas
• Growing transgenic cotton
• Biological indicators of soil health
• Soil Microfauna as Bioindicators of Soil Health
• Biomonitoring of Soil Health by Plants
• Soil Microflora as Bioindicators of Soil Health
• Soil Microbial Biomas
• Soil structure
• Soil physical
• Soil chemical properties
• Soil to improve the soil health
• Different geotextile in soil
• Soil quality
• Chemical properties
• Evaluation of soil health
• Soil quality analysis
• Soil health card
• Socio economic factors affecting
• Assam factors influencing
• Soil health card use in Assam
• Problems hampering
• Soil heath card
• Soil testing kit
• Soil fertility
• Micro nutrients
• Soil removal
• Soil properties cultivating sesame
• Organic amendment
• Surface soil removal
• Soil health cards
• Soil testing
• Constraints faced by farmers
• Soil health card based fertilizer application
• Soil testing
• Soil health assessment
• Promoting soil health is importantt
• Soil determines agricultural sustainability
• Water and is controlled
• Soil to sustain crop growth
• Utility perception
• Knowledge regarding soil testing
• Improving the farm production
• Farmers about the soil health card
• Perception of farmers
• Increase agricultural productivity
• Adoption and soil health card scheme
• Soil health card scheme
• Farmers in adoption
• Constraints faced by the farmers
• Soil test basis
• Heavy metals
• Remediation techniques
• Soil washing
• Stabilize contaminants in soil
• Protected cultivation
• Himachal Pradesh
• Soil quality indexing
• Variability analysis
• Environmental challenges
• Human health risk based soil quality
• Conceptual framework
• Soil policy
• Soil pollution
• Acidic soil
• Alkaline soil
• Soil salinity
• Iron chlorosis
• Sodic soil
• Bio agents
• Soil moisture
• Soil solarisation
• Soil temperature
• Chemical treatments
• Physical and chemical treatments
• Awareness and perception
• Farmers towards soil health
• Rayalaseema region
• Card scheme
• Sustainable soil health management
• Sustainable soil health management of potato
• Solanum tuberosum L
• Influenced by Bio fertilizers
• Bio fertilizers
• Macro nutrients
• Farmers in nutrient management
• Utilization of soil health card
• Jute rice cropping system
• NPK ratio
• Fertilizer economics
• Management through soil health assessment
• Different level of sulphur
• Zinc on soil health
• Yield of Blackgram
• Plant body
• Correlation coefficient
• Soil health of pigeonpea
• Phosphorus levels
• Pigeonpea as influenced
• Nitrous oxide
• Methemo Globinemia
• Indicator of soil health
• Denitrification process
• Cost of cultivation
• Benefit cost ratio
• Paddy farmers’ income
• Soil analysis
• Water analysis
• Narmada valley
• Wildlife health by soil
• Water quality analysis