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Brahma, S., Borbora Phookan, D., Kachari, M., Hazarika, T. K. and Das, K. (2010). Growth, yield and economics of broccoli under different levels of nitrogen fertigation. Indian J. Hort. 67: 279–82.
Debbarma, S., Bhatt, L., Singh, P. K., Gautam, P., Raghav, M., Yadav, L. and Singh, A. K. (2021). Standardization of fertigation scheduling in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). Indian J. Agric. Sci. 91: 1160–64. doi:10.33545/2618060X.2024.v7.i8Sj.1384.
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.
Ghafoor, A. Z., Ceglińska, A., Karim, H., Wijata, M., Sobczyński, G., Derejko, A., Studnicki, M., Rozbicki, J. and Cacak-Pietrzak, G. (2024). Influence of genotype, environment, and crop management on the yield and bread-making quality in spring wheat cultivars. Agriculture 14: doi:10.3390/agriculture14122131.
Gomez, K. A. and Gomez, A. A. (1984). Statistical procedures for agricultural research, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons, New York. Pp: 680.
Hu, J., Gettel, G., Fan, Z., Lv, H., Zhao, Y., Yu, Y. and Lin, S. (2021). Drip fertigation promotes water and nitrogen use efficiency and yield stability through improved root growth for tomatoes in plastic greenhouse production. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 313: doi:10.1016/j.agee.2021.107379.
Kanase, V. J., Bhosale, A. M. and Shinde, V. N. (2018). Studies on effect of planting dates on growth, yield and quality of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) cv. Green Magic. Int. J. Microbiol. Appl. Sci. 6: 78–86.
Kanwar, P., Sonkamble, A. M. and Meena, S. (2024). Nutrient uptake and soil nutrient status as influenced by drip fertigation levels and schedules in broccoli. Int. J. Plant Soil Sci. 36: 173–85. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i115132.
Kapoor, R. and Sandal, S. K. (2019). Growth and yield response of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) to varying drip irrigation and fertigation levels. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 89: 2014–19. doi:10.56093/ijas.v89i12.96265.
Li, H., Mei, X., Wang, J., Huang, F., Hao, W. and Li, B. (2021). Drip fertigation significantly increased crop yield, water productivity and nitrogen use efficiency with respect to traditional irrigation and fertilization practices: a meta-analysis in China. Agric. Water Manag. 244: doi:10. 1016/j.agwat.2020.106534.
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., Sairam, M. and Santosh, D. T. (2024a). Evaluation of the growth, flower quality, yield and vase life of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii L.) cultivars under open ventilated saw-tooth type polyhouse. Res. Crop. 25: 104–09. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2024.ROC-1055.
Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Santosh, D. T., Gaikwad, D. J. and Sahoo, U. (2024b). Growth, productivity and quality of colored capsicum (Capsicum annuum L.) as influenced by hybrids and plant growth regulators under controlled environment conditions. Res. Crop. 25: 328-35. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2024.ROC-1079.
Mallik, R., Ojha, S., Dey, T., Islam, A. and Kothari, S. K. (2024). Effect of environmental variations on plant growth in different protective structures and growing mediums. Environ. Ecol. 42: 1650–58. doi:10.60151/envec/UOBZ1680.
Meena, A. K., Gupta, A., Kumar, M., Thakur, V., Rangu, T. and Ahmad, M. (2023). Effect of bio-fertilizers on growth, quality, yield and economics of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica). Int. J. Agric. Stat. Sci. 19: 753–58. doi:10.59467/IJASS.2023.19.753.
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: doi:10.3390/agronomy11091860.
Patra, S. K. and Poddar, R. (2022). Gravity-fed drip-fertigation: an efficient water and nutrient management tool for high valued crops in a deep tube well command of West Bengal. Indian J. Ecol. 49: 383–87. doi:10.55362/IJE/2022/3533.
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.
Rezaei‑Chiyaneh, E., Mahdavikia, H., Alipour, H., Dolatabadian, A., Battaglia, M. L., Maitra, S. and Harrison, M. T. (2023). Biostimulants alleviate water defcit stress and enhance essential oil productivity: A case study with savory. Sci. Rep. 13: doi:10.1038/s41598-022-27338-w.
Santosh, D. T., Debnath, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sagar, L., Hossain, A. and Moulick, D. (2024a). 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. and Das, S.) Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 307-32. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8_17.
Santosh, D. T., Hadole, M. and Maitra, S. (2024b). Enhancing capsicum cultivation under polyhouse, shadenet house and open field conditions with drip fertigation. Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev. 43: 190–200. doi:10.52756/ijerr.2024.v43spl.014.
Santosh, D. T., Maitra, S. and Tiwari, K. N. (2023). Optimizing nutrients through drip fertigation and plastic mulch on the growth and yield in banana (Musa acuminate L.). Res. Crop. 24: 330–36. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-11163.
Santosh, D. T., Maitra, S. and Tiwari, K. N. (2024c). Enhancing banana production through effective fertigation frequency management and plastic mulch: impacts on crop growth and yield. Res. Crop. 25: 65–72. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2024.ROC-1048.
Santosh, D. T., Upreti, P., Maitra, S., Sairam, M. and Gaikwad, D. J. (2025). Impact of fertigation and plastic mulch on yield, economics and fruit quality of guava. Crop Res. 60: 35–44. doi:10.31830/2454-1761.2025.CR-1006.
Sarma, H. H., Paul, A., Kakoti, M. and Talukdar, N. (2023). Fertigation: a modern approach for enhancing nutrient use efficiency. In: Frontiers in Agricultural Sustainability, Integrated Publications TM. pp: 111–26.
Shinawa, Y. J., Amin, A. M. and Ibraheem, F. F. (2024). Effect of irrigation and tillage systems on the amount of wasted water and net profit of broccoli plants. J. Sci. Res. Med. Biol. Sci. 5: 98–108. doi:10.47631/jsrmbs.v5i2.772.
Singh, A., Kumar, S., Duhan, D., Kumar, N., Dhaloiya, A. and Kumar, M. (2024). Assessment of soil water dynamics and yield response of broccoli under subsurface drip irrigation in the semi-arid region of India. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 55: 636–52. doi:10.1080/00103624.2023.2274525.
Spehia, R. S. and Negi, R. (2021). Drip irrigation and fertigation requirement of broccoli under mid hill conditions. Veg. Sci. 48: 35–40. doi:10.61180/vegsci.2021.v48.i1.04.
Tandon, H. L. S. (2017). Methods of analysis of soils, plants, waters, fertilisers and organic manures. In: Methods of analysis of soils, plants, waters, fertilisers and organic manures. (Ed; Tandon, H. L. S.) CABI, New Delhi, Pp: 203.
Youssef, G. D. M. and Yakout, T. R. (2015). Effect of externally mounted shading screen on microclimatic conditions of greenhouse cantaloupe crop equipped with evaporative cooling system. J. Soil Sci. Agric. Eng., Mansoura Univ. 6: 667–85. doi:10.21608/jssae.2015.42614.
Brahma, S., Borbora Phookan, D., Kachari, M., Hazarika, T. K. and Das, K. (2010). Growth, yield and economics of broccoli under different levels of nitrogen fertigation. Indian J. Hort. 67: 279–82.
Debbarma, S., Bhatt, L., Singh, P. K., Gautam, P., Raghav, M., Yadav, L. and Singh, A. K. (2021). Standardization of fertigation scheduling in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). Indian J. Agric. Sci. 91: 1160–64. doi:10.33545/2618060X.2024.v7.i8Sj.1384.
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.
Ghafoor, A. Z., Ceglińska, A., Karim, H., Wijata, M., Sobczyński, G., Derejko, A., Studnicki, M., Rozbicki, J. and Cacak-Pietrzak, G. (2024). Influence of genotype, environment, and crop management on the yield and bread-making quality in spring wheat cultivars. Agriculture 14: doi:10.3390/agriculture14122131.
Gomez, K. A. and Gomez, A. A. (1984). Statistical procedures for agricultural research, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons, New York. Pp: 680.
Hu, J., Gettel, G., Fan, Z., Lv, H., Zhao, Y., Yu, Y. and Lin, S. (2021). Drip fertigation promotes water and nitrogen use efficiency and yield stability through improved root growth for tomatoes in plastic greenhouse production. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 313: doi:10.1016/j.agee.2021.107379.
Kanase, V. J., Bhosale, A. M. and Shinde, V. N. (2018). Studies on effect of planting dates on growth, yield and quality of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) cv. Green Magic. Int. J. Microbiol. Appl. Sci. 6: 78–86.
Kanwar, P., Sonkamble, A. M. and Meena, S. (2024). Nutrient uptake and soil nutrient status as influenced by drip fertigation levels and schedules in broccoli. Int. J. Plant Soil Sci. 36: 173–85. doi:10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i115132.
Kapoor, R. and Sandal, S. K. (2019). Growth and yield response of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) to varying drip irrigation and fertigation levels. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 89: 2014–19. doi:10.56093/ijas.v89i12.96265.
Li, H., Mei, X., Wang, J., Huang, F., Hao, W. and Li, B. (2021). Drip fertigation significantly increased crop yield, water productivity and nitrogen use efficiency with respect to traditional irrigation and fertilization practices: a meta-analysis in China. Agric. Water Manag. 244: doi:10. 1016/j.agwat.2020.106534.
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., Sairam, M. and Santosh, D. T. (2024a). Evaluation of the growth, flower quality, yield and vase life of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii L.) cultivars under open ventilated saw-tooth type polyhouse. Res. Crop. 25: 104–09. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2024.ROC-1055.
Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Santosh, D. T., Gaikwad, D. J. and Sahoo, U. (2024b). Growth, productivity and quality of colored capsicum (Capsicum annuum L.) as influenced by hybrids and plant growth regulators under controlled environment conditions. Res. Crop. 25: 328-35. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2024.ROC-1079.
Mallik, R., Ojha, S., Dey, T., Islam, A. and Kothari, S. K. (2024). Effect of environmental variations on plant growth in different protective structures and growing mediums. Environ. Ecol. 42: 1650–58. doi:10.60151/envec/UOBZ1680.
Meena, A. K., Gupta, A., Kumar, M., Thakur, V., Rangu, T. and Ahmad, M. (2023). Effect of bio-fertilizers on growth, quality, yield and economics of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica). Int. J. Agric. Stat. Sci. 19: 753–58. doi:10.59467/IJASS.2023.19.753.
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: doi:10.3390/agronomy11091860.
Patra, S. K. and Poddar, R. (2022). Gravity-fed drip-fertigation: an efficient water and nutrient management tool for high valued crops in a deep tube well command of West Bengal. Indian J. Ecol. 49: 383–87. doi:10.55362/IJE/2022/3533.
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.
Rezaei‑Chiyaneh, E., Mahdavikia, H., Alipour, H., Dolatabadian, A., Battaglia, M. L., Maitra, S. and Harrison, M. T. (2023). Biostimulants alleviate water defcit stress and enhance essential oil productivity: A case study with savory. Sci. Rep. 13: doi:10.1038/s41598-022-27338-w.
Santosh, D. T., Debnath, S., Maitra, S., Sairam, M., Sagar, L., Hossain, A. and Moulick, D. (2024a). 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. and Das, S.) Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 307-32. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-44397-8_17.
Santosh, D. T., Hadole, M. and Maitra, S. (2024b). Enhancing capsicum cultivation under polyhouse, shadenet house and open field conditions with drip fertigation. Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev. 43: 190–200. doi:10.52756/ijerr.2024.v43spl.014.
Santosh, D. T., Maitra, S. and Tiwari, K. N. (2023). Optimizing nutrients through drip fertigation and plastic mulch on the growth and yield in banana (Musa acuminate L.). Res. Crop. 24: 330–36. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2023.ROC-11163.
Santosh, D. T., Maitra, S. and Tiwari, K. N. (2024c). Enhancing banana production through effective fertigation frequency management and plastic mulch: impacts on crop growth and yield. Res. Crop. 25: 65–72. doi:10.31830/2348-7542.2024.ROC-1048.
Santosh, D. T., Upreti, P., Maitra, S., Sairam, M. and Gaikwad, D. J. (2025). Impact of fertigation and plastic mulch on yield, economics and fruit quality of guava. Crop Res. 60: 35–44. doi:10.31830/2454-1761.2025.CR-1006.
Sarma, H. H., Paul, A., Kakoti, M. and Talukdar, N. (2023). Fertigation: a modern approach for enhancing nutrient use efficiency. In: Frontiers in Agricultural Sustainability, Integrated Publications TM. pp: 111–26.
Shinawa, Y. J., Amin, A. M. and Ibraheem, F. F. (2024). Effect of irrigation and tillage systems on the amount of wasted water and net profit of broccoli plants. J. Sci. Res. Med. Biol. Sci. 5: 98–108. doi:10.47631/jsrmbs.v5i2.772.
Singh, A., Kumar, S., Duhan, D., Kumar, N., Dhaloiya, A. and Kumar, M. (2024). Assessment of soil water dynamics and yield response of broccoli under subsurface drip irrigation in the semi-arid region of India. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 55: 636–52. doi:10.1080/00103624.2023.2274525.
Spehia, R. S. and Negi, R. (2021). Drip irrigation and fertigation requirement of broccoli under mid hill conditions. Veg. Sci. 48: 35–40. doi:10.61180/vegsci.2021.v48.i1.04.
Tandon, H. L. S. (2017). Methods of analysis of soils, plants, waters, fertilisers and organic manures. In: Methods of analysis of soils, plants, waters, fertilisers and organic manures. (Ed; Tandon, H. L. S.) CABI, New Delhi, Pp: 203.
Youssef, G. D. M. and Yakout, T. R. (2015). Effect of externally mounted shading screen on microclimatic conditions of greenhouse cantaloupe crop equipped with evaporative cooling system. J. Soil Sci. Agric. Eng., Mansoura Univ. 6: 667–85. doi:10.21608/jssae.2015.42614.










