(a) Ergotism is the effect of long term ergot poisoning, due to ingestion of alkaloids produced by fungus Claviceps purpurea which is found in infected cereals and ryes.
A large number of pesticides and chemical are used to protect our crops from pest and diseases. Some of these chemicals are washed down into the soil, while some enter...
(a) The earliest known copper-plate called Sohgaura is a Maurya record that mentions famine relief efforts. It is one of the very few pre-Ashoka Brahmi inscriptions in India.
(b) Procurement price is the support price at which the government will buy whatever quantum farmers wants to sell to the government in the event of private traders not buying...
(d) Biomagnification is the phenomenon of increasing concentration of compound in the tissue of organism, as the compound passes up a food chain, usually as a result of food intake....
(b) The dead organic matter of plant or animal is called as detritus. While a part of it remains on the soil surface as litter, the other part enters the...
