Water Hyacinth Tag

26 Oct

Posted at 09:07h in Miscellaneous
Hiralal Jana 6,000 views

जलकुंभी: कृषि के लिए एक गंभीर खतरा Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is a free floating perennial aquatic plant, native to South America.  Water hyacinth is a popular water garden plant because of the beauty of its large, purple to violet flowers and its interesting floating vegetation. Many plant nurseries and big box stores sell it as an ornamental pond plant. Later it was seen that the plant is basically a very aggressive invader which can form thick mats on water surface. Gradually, it is known that among the aquatic plants, water hyacinth is the worst aquatic plant in the world. It becomes a fierce competition with other micro flora and fauna in the...

09 Oct

Posted at 04:46h in Soil & Fertilizers
K.Jeevika 5,213 views

मृदा पोषण में तरल जैवि‍क खाद की भूमिका Manures are organic materials with plant nutrients in small concentrations. Organic manures are the main source of replenishing soil fertility. Organic farming is an internationally regulated legally enforced and standardized alternative paradigm relies on ecological processes, biodiversity for sustaining the health of soil. Solid organic fertilizer, cattle manure and green manure are the most nutritive organic fertilizers with an average nitrogen (N) content of 1.5%. Now a days Liquid Organic Manure has largely remained in background of bio-dynamic farming. The plant can absorb nutrients about 20 times fast through the leaves than applied through the soil. Therefore, liquid manures are helpful to overcome temporary nutrient shortages. In organic...