Alharbi, K., Rashwan, E., Hafez, E., Omara, A. E., Mohamed, H. H. and Alshaal, T. (2022). Potassium humate and plant growth-promoting microbes jointly mitigate water deficit stress in soybean cultivated in salt-affected soil. Plant. 11: doi:10.3390/plants11223016.
Ali, A. M., Salem, H. M. and Bijay-Singh, N. (2024). Site-specific nitrogen fertilizer management using canopy reflectance sensors, chlorophyll meters and leaf color charts: a review. Nitrogen 5: 828–56. doi:10.3390/nitrogen5040054.
Bhadra, P., Maitra, S., Shankar, T., Hossain, A., Praharaj, S. and Aftab, T. (2022). Climate change impact on plants: plant responses and adaptations. In: Plant Perspectives to Global Climate Changes, (Eds. Roychoudhury, A. and Aftab, T.). Academic Press. pp: 1–24.
Cai, S., Zhao, X. and Yan, X. (2025). Towards precise nitrogen fertilizer management for sustainable agriculture. Earth Critic. Zone. 2: doi:10.1016/j.ecz.2025.100026.
Das, P., Pramanick, B., Goswami, S. B., Maitra, S., Ibrahim, S. M., Laing, A. M. and Hossain, A. (2021). Innovative land arrangement in combination with irrigation methods improves crop and water productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown with okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) under raised and sunken bed systems. Agronomy 11: doi:10.3390/agronomy11102087.
Gaikwad, D. J., Ubale, N. B., Pal, A., Singh, S., Ali, M. A. and Maitra, S. (2022). Abiotic stresses impact on major cereals and adaptation options – A review. Res. Crop. 23: 896–915. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2022.ROC-913.
Gomez, K. A. and Gomez, A. A. (1984). Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons, New York. pp: 680.
Liu, K., Johnson, E. N., Blackshaw, R. E., Hossain, Z. and Gan, Y. (2019). Improving the productivity and stability of oilseed cropping systems through crop diversification. Field Crop Res. 237: 65–73. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2019.03.020.
Maheswari, N., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Ray, S., Sagar, L., Santosh D. T. and Gaikwad, D. J. (2025). Impact of real-time nitrogen management on the performance of maize–cowpea intercropping system. Crop Res. 60: 139-46. doi:10.31830/2454-1761.2025.CR-1018.
Maitra, S., Praharaj, S., Brestic, M., Sahoo, R. K., Sagar, L., Shankar, T., Palai, J. B., Sahoo, U., Sairam, M., Pramanick, B., Nath, S., Venugopalan, V. K., Skalický, M. and Hossain, A. (2023b). Rhizobium as biotechnological tools for green solutions: an environment-friendly approach for sustainable crop production in the modern era of climate change. Curr. Microbiol. 80: doi:10.1007/s00284-023-03317-w.
Maitra, S., Sahoo, U., Sairam, M., Gitari, H. I., Rezaei-Chiyaneh, E., Battaglia, M. L. and Hossain, A. (2023a). Cultivating sustainability: a comprehensive review on intercropping in a changing climate. Res. Crop. 24: 702–15. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-1020.
Matthews, S., Siddiqui, Y. and Ali, A. (2024). Unleashing the power of bio-stimulants for enhanced crop growth, productivity, and quality: a comprehensive review. J. Plant Nutr. 48: 703–25. doi:10.1080/01904167.2024.2412736.
Maurya, P., Dawson, J. and Singh, V. (2021). Harvest index (HI) as influenced by total grain yield and biological yield in K-27 variety of maize crop (Zea mays L.) under varying levels of nitrogen and plant growth regulators (PGR). Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 10: 712–16. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.072.
Midya, A., Saren, B. K., Dey, J. K., Maitra, S., Praharaj, S., Gaikwad, D. J., Gaber, A., Alsanie, W. F. and Hossain, A. (2021). Crop establishment methods and integrated nutrient management improve: Part I. crop performance, water productivity and profitability of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the lower Indo-Gangetic plain, India. Agronomy 11: 1860. doi:10.3390/agronomy11091860.
Naikoo, N. B., Chesti, M., Bhat, M. A., Mir, A. H., Bashir, O., Bhat, T. A., Mir, M. S., Amin, Z., Gull, A. and Ayoub, L. (2025). Biostimulants towards soil health improvement: a review. Agric. Rev. 46: 70–77. doi:10.18805/ag.R-2526.
Quille, P., Kacprzyk, J., O’Connell, S. and Ng, C. K. Y. (2025). Reducing fertiliser inputs: plant biostimulants as an emerging strategy to improve nutrient use efficiency. Discov. Sustain. 6: doi:10.1007/s43621-025-00910-w.
Ray, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sameer, S., Sagar, L., Divya, B. S. and Gitari, H. I. (2025). The nexus between intercropping systems, ecosystem services and sustainable agriculture: a review. Res. Crop. 26: 1–11. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2025.ROC-1166.
Ray, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sravya, M., Priyadarshini, A., Shubhadarshi, S. and Padhi, D. P. (2024). An unravelled potential of foliar application of micro and beneficial nutrients in cereals for ensuring food and nutritional security. Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev. 41: 19–42.
Rezaei Chiyaneh, E., Mahdavikia, H., Alipour, H., Dolatabadian, A., Battaglia, M. L., Maitra, S. and Harrison, M. T. (2023). Biostimulants alleviate water deficit stress and enhance essential oil productivity: a case study with savory. Sci. Rep. 13: doi:10.1038/s41598-022-27338-w.
Sagar, L., Maitra, S., Singh, S. and Sairam, M. (2023). Influence of precision nutrient management on dry matter accumulation and partitioning of rice in southern Odisha. Agric. Sci. Dig. 43: 767-75. doi:10.18805/ag.d-5822.
Sahoo, U., Maitra, S., Dey, S., Vishnupriya, K. K., Sairam, M and Sagar, L. (2023). Unveiling the potential of maize-legume intercropping system for agricultural sustainability: A review. Farm. Manage. 8: 1-13.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sagar, L., Biswas, T., Bárek, V., Brestic, M. and Hossain, A. (2025). Application of precision nutrient tools for the optimization of fertilizer requirements and assessment of the growth and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) in the Northeastern Ghat of India. J. Agric. Food Res. 21: doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2025.101958.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sagar, L., Krishna, T. G. and Sahoo, U. (2023c). Precision nutrient management on the growth and productivity of Rabi maize (Zea mays L.) under light textured brown forest soils of Odisha. Res. Crop. 24: doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-989.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sahoo, U., Sagar, L. and Gopala Krishna, T. (2023a). Evaluation of precision nutrient tools and nutrient optimization in maize (Zea mays L.) for enhancement of growth, productivity and nutrient use efficiency. Res. Crop. 24: 666–77. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-1016.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Ray, S., Maity, B. and Pradhan, P. (2025). Influence of need-based nutrient management on yield and nutrient use efficiency of Rabi maize (Zea mays L.) under sandy loam soils of Odisha, India. Farm. Manage. 10: 11-19.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sain, S., Gaikwad, D. J. and Sagar, L. (2023b). Dry matter accumulation and physiological growth parameters of maize as influenced by different nutrient management practices. Agric. Sci. Dig. 44: 219-25. doi:10.18805/ag.d-5835.
Santosh, D. T., Debnath, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sagar, L., Hossain, A. and Moulick, D. (2024). Alleviation of climate catastrophe in agriculture through adoption of climate-smart technologies. In: Climate Crisis: Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability (Eds. Chatterjee, U., Shaw, R., Kumar, S., Raj, A. D. and Das, S.), Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 307–32. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8_17.
Shen, J., Xiao, X., Zhong, D. and Lian, H. (2024). Potassium humate supplementation improves photosynthesis and agronomic and yield traits of foxtail millet. Sci. Rep. 14: doi:10.1038/s41598-024-57354-x.
Srivastava, R. K., Purohit, S., Alam, E. and Islam, M. K. (2024). Advancements in soil management: optimizing crop production through interdisciplinary approaches. J. Agric. Food Res. 18: doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101528.
Swathy, R., Geethalakshmi, V., Pazhanivelan, S., Kannan, P., Annamalai, S. and Hwang, S. (2024). Real-time nitrogen monitoring and management to augment N use efficiency and ecosystem sustainability – A review. J. Hazard. Mater. Adv. 16: doi:10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100466.
Tahoun, A. M. M. A., El-Enin, M. M. A., Mancy, A. G., Sheta, M. H. and Shaaban, A. (2022). Integrative soil application of humic acid and foliar plant growth stimulants improves soil properties and wheat yield and quality in nutrient-poor sandy soil of a semiarid region. J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 22: 2857–71. doi:10.1007/s42729-022-00851-7.
Whitton, M. M., Ren, X., Yu, S. J., Irving, A. D., Trotter, T., Bajagai, Y. S. and Stanley, D. (2023). Humate application alters microbiota–mineral interactions and assists in pasture dieback recovery. Heliyon 9: doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13327.
Yamini, V., Singh, K., Antar, M. and Sabagh, A. E. (2025). Sustainable cereal production through integrated crop management: a global review of current practices and future prospects. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 9: doi:10.3389/fsufs.2025.1428687.
Ali, A. M., Salem, H. M. and Bijay-Singh, N. (2024). Site-specific nitrogen fertilizer management using canopy reflectance sensors, chlorophyll meters and leaf color charts: a review. Nitrogen 5: 828–56. doi:10.3390/nitrogen5040054.
Bhadra, P., Maitra, S., Shankar, T., Hossain, A., Praharaj, S. and Aftab, T. (2022). Climate change impact on plants: plant responses and adaptations. In: Plant Perspectives to Global Climate Changes, (Eds. Roychoudhury, A. and Aftab, T.). Academic Press. pp: 1–24.
Cai, S., Zhao, X. and Yan, X. (2025). Towards precise nitrogen fertilizer management for sustainable agriculture. Earth Critic. Zone. 2: doi:10.1016/j.ecz.2025.100026.
Das, P., Pramanick, B., Goswami, S. B., Maitra, S., Ibrahim, S. M., Laing, A. M. and Hossain, A. (2021). Innovative land arrangement in combination with irrigation methods improves crop and water productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown with okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) under raised and sunken bed systems. Agronomy 11: doi:10.3390/agronomy11102087.
Gaikwad, D. J., Ubale, N. B., Pal, A., Singh, S., Ali, M. A. and Maitra, S. (2022). Abiotic stresses impact on major cereals and adaptation options – A review. Res. Crop. 23: 896–915. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2022.ROC-913.
Gomez, K. A. and Gomez, A. A. (1984). Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons, New York. pp: 680.
Liu, K., Johnson, E. N., Blackshaw, R. E., Hossain, Z. and Gan, Y. (2019). Improving the productivity and stability of oilseed cropping systems through crop diversification. Field Crop Res. 237: 65–73. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2019.03.020.
Maheswari, N., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Ray, S., Sagar, L., Santosh D. T. and Gaikwad, D. J. (2025). Impact of real-time nitrogen management on the performance of maize–cowpea intercropping system. Crop Res. 60: 139-46. doi:10.31830/2454-1761.2025.CR-1018.
Maitra, S., Praharaj, S., Brestic, M., Sahoo, R. K., Sagar, L., Shankar, T., Palai, J. B., Sahoo, U., Sairam, M., Pramanick, B., Nath, S., Venugopalan, V. K., Skalický, M. and Hossain, A. (2023b). Rhizobium as biotechnological tools for green solutions: an environment-friendly approach for sustainable crop production in the modern era of climate change. Curr. Microbiol. 80: doi:10.1007/s00284-023-03317-w.
Maitra, S., Sahoo, U., Sairam, M., Gitari, H. I., Rezaei-Chiyaneh, E., Battaglia, M. L. and Hossain, A. (2023a). Cultivating sustainability: a comprehensive review on intercropping in a changing climate. Res. Crop. 24: 702–15. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-1020.
Matthews, S., Siddiqui, Y. and Ali, A. (2024). Unleashing the power of bio-stimulants for enhanced crop growth, productivity, and quality: a comprehensive review. J. Plant Nutr. 48: 703–25. doi:10.1080/01904167.2024.2412736.
Maurya, P., Dawson, J. and Singh, V. (2021). Harvest index (HI) as influenced by total grain yield and biological yield in K-27 variety of maize crop (Zea mays L.) under varying levels of nitrogen and plant growth regulators (PGR). Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 10: 712–16. doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.072.
Midya, A., Saren, B. K., Dey, J. K., Maitra, S., Praharaj, S., Gaikwad, D. J., Gaber, A., Alsanie, W. F. and Hossain, A. (2021). Crop establishment methods and integrated nutrient management improve: Part I. crop performance, water productivity and profitability of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the lower Indo-Gangetic plain, India. Agronomy 11: 1860. doi:10.3390/agronomy11091860.
Naikoo, N. B., Chesti, M., Bhat, M. A., Mir, A. H., Bashir, O., Bhat, T. A., Mir, M. S., Amin, Z., Gull, A. and Ayoub, L. (2025). Biostimulants towards soil health improvement: a review. Agric. Rev. 46: 70–77. doi:10.18805/ag.R-2526.
Quille, P., Kacprzyk, J., O’Connell, S. and Ng, C. K. Y. (2025). Reducing fertiliser inputs: plant biostimulants as an emerging strategy to improve nutrient use efficiency. Discov. Sustain. 6: doi:10.1007/s43621-025-00910-w.
Ray, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sameer, S., Sagar, L., Divya, B. S. and Gitari, H. I. (2025). The nexus between intercropping systems, ecosystem services and sustainable agriculture: a review. Res. Crop. 26: 1–11. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2025.ROC-1166.
Ray, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sravya, M., Priyadarshini, A., Shubhadarshi, S. and Padhi, D. P. (2024). An unravelled potential of foliar application of micro and beneficial nutrients in cereals for ensuring food and nutritional security. Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev. 41: 19–42.
Rezaei Chiyaneh, E., Mahdavikia, H., Alipour, H., Dolatabadian, A., Battaglia, M. L., Maitra, S. and Harrison, M. T. (2023). Biostimulants alleviate water deficit stress and enhance essential oil productivity: a case study with savory. Sci. Rep. 13: doi:10.1038/s41598-022-27338-w.
Sagar, L., Maitra, S., Singh, S. and Sairam, M. (2023). Influence of precision nutrient management on dry matter accumulation and partitioning of rice in southern Odisha. Agric. Sci. Dig. 43: 767-75. doi:10.18805/ag.d-5822.
Sahoo, U., Maitra, S., Dey, S., Vishnupriya, K. K., Sairam, M and Sagar, L. (2023). Unveiling the potential of maize-legume intercropping system for agricultural sustainability: A review. Farm. Manage. 8: 1-13.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sagar, L., Biswas, T., Bárek, V., Brestic, M. and Hossain, A. (2025). Application of precision nutrient tools for the optimization of fertilizer requirements and assessment of the growth and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) in the Northeastern Ghat of India. J. Agric. Food Res. 21: doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2025.101958.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sagar, L., Krishna, T. G. and Sahoo, U. (2023c). Precision nutrient management on the growth and productivity of Rabi maize (Zea mays L.) under light textured brown forest soils of Odisha. Res. Crop. 24: doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-989.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sahoo, U., Sagar, L. and Gopala Krishna, T. (2023a). Evaluation of precision nutrient tools and nutrient optimization in maize (Zea mays L.) for enhancement of growth, productivity and nutrient use efficiency. Res. Crop. 24: 666–77. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-1016.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Ray, S., Maity, B. and Pradhan, P. (2025). Influence of need-based nutrient management on yield and nutrient use efficiency of Rabi maize (Zea mays L.) under sandy loam soils of Odisha, India. Farm. Manage. 10: 11-19.
Sairam, M., Maitra, S., Sain, S., Gaikwad, D. J. and Sagar, L. (2023b). Dry matter accumulation and physiological growth parameters of maize as influenced by different nutrient management practices. Agric. Sci. Dig. 44: 219-25. doi:10.18805/ag.d-5835.
Santosh, D. T., Debnath, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sagar, L., Hossain, A. and Moulick, D. (2024). Alleviation of climate catastrophe in agriculture through adoption of climate-smart technologies. In: Climate Crisis: Adaptive Approaches and Sustainability (Eds. Chatterjee, U., Shaw, R., Kumar, S., Raj, A. D. and Das, S.), Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 307–32. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8_17.
Shen, J., Xiao, X., Zhong, D. and Lian, H. (2024). Potassium humate supplementation improves photosynthesis and agronomic and yield traits of foxtail millet. Sci. Rep. 14: doi:10.1038/s41598-024-57354-x.
Srivastava, R. K., Purohit, S., Alam, E. and Islam, M. K. (2024). Advancements in soil management: optimizing crop production through interdisciplinary approaches. J. Agric. Food Res. 18: doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101528.
Swathy, R., Geethalakshmi, V., Pazhanivelan, S., Kannan, P., Annamalai, S. and Hwang, S. (2024). Real-time nitrogen monitoring and management to augment N use efficiency and ecosystem sustainability – A review. J. Hazard. Mater. Adv. 16: doi:10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100466.
Tahoun, A. M. M. A., El-Enin, M. M. A., Mancy, A. G., Sheta, M. H. and Shaaban, A. (2022). Integrative soil application of humic acid and foliar plant growth stimulants improves soil properties and wheat yield and quality in nutrient-poor sandy soil of a semiarid region. J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 22: 2857–71. doi:10.1007/s42729-022-00851-7.
Whitton, M. M., Ren, X., Yu, S. J., Irving, A. D., Trotter, T., Bajagai, Y. S. and Stanley, D. (2023). Humate application alters microbiota–mineral interactions and assists in pasture dieback recovery. Heliyon 9: doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13327.
Yamini, V., Singh, K., Antar, M. and Sabagh, A. E. (2025). Sustainable cereal production through integrated crop management: a global review of current practices and future prospects. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 9: doi:10.3389/fsufs.2025.1428687.
