Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University

Carbon sequestration and sustainable land management through temperate fruit orchards in Himalayan landscapes: implications for climate-resilient agroecosystems

Anthropogenic disturbances, inadequate land management, and deforestation have intensified the soil degradation in the Himalayan region. Temperate fruit plantations in this area exhibit differential abilities to sequester soil organic carbon (SOC). This study examined the dynamic...

Diversified pomegranate-based intercropping systems to enhance productivity, profitability, and soil fertility in semi-arid ecosystems

Diversified intercropping is increasingly recognized as a strategy to enhance the productivity and the sustainability in orchard-based agroecosystems, particularly in water-limited environments. A five-year field experiment (2016–2020) was conducted under semi-arid conditions of...

Beyond the single gene: Integrating genomic selection and genome editing for the improvement of polygenic traits in crop plants

Polygenic traits such as yield, drought tolerance, water-use efficiency, and nutritional quality are central to crop improvement but remain challenging targets because they are controlled by numerous loci and influenced by complex genotype-by-environment (G×E) interactions. These...