Crop

Overview

A crop is a cultivated plant grown and harvested for food, feed, fibre or other agricultural use, and crop science addresses the productivity, quality, physiology and management of these plants within farming systems. Improving crop performance involves variety selection and breeding, soil fertility and fertiliser management, water and stress tolerance, plant-growth regulation, weed and pest control, and the adoption of precision and sustainable practices, all balanced against environmental constraints and the imperatives of food security. The field integrates agronomy, soil science, plant physiology and agricultural technology. Research in this area includes permaculture practices to improve sustainable agriculture; standardised use of the plant-growth regulator mepiquat chloride for higher productivity of densely planted cotton; analysis of whether crop productivity must keep rising and how to sustain it; agro-ecological requirements and research achievements for hot pepper; the effects of drought and salt stress on cereal crops with proteomic and physiological study; residue retention and soil-health management for sustainability in semi-arid tropics; the climate change, land degradation and food security nexus; fertiliser response and strategic shifts to overcome stagnant foodgrain production; soil testing for fertiliser recommendation; and automated grassweed detection in wheat using emerging technologies. Across these contributions the field advances crop productivity and resilience through breeding, soil and nutrient management, stress physiology, weed control and precision agriculture, supporting sustainable and food-secure farming systems.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 77 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• Support Vector Classification Applied to Wheat and Ryegrass Spectral Signatures Discrimination: Dimensionality Reduction Analysis
  2026 · Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
• A data-driven approach for devising and assessing precision nitrogen management strategies applied to wheat systems in India
  2025 · Environmental Research: Food Systems
• Land Degradation and Soil Health Nexus in the Indian Himalayan Region
  2025 · Forestry sciences
• Comparing indigenous and scientific (Palin test) soil fertility assessment approaches for better soil health monitoring, management, and farm decision-making in Uganda
  2025 · Discover Soil.
• The nexus of agricultural land use change and food security: A comprehensive systematic review
  2025 · Land Use Policy
• Unravelling the dynamics of rainfall patterns in Bihar, India: A comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis
  2025 · Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Towards Sustainable Transformation of Agri-Food System in India: Challenges and Policy Imperatives*
  2025 · Agricultural Economics Research Review
• Dietary Influences on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Footprints in Indian Food Systems: A State and Union Territory-Level Analysis
  2025 · Nutrients

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