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  • CROPPING SYSTEMS AND THEIR SOIL MANAGEMENT

    Editor: Dr. Md. Parwaiz Alam, Dr. Navnit Kumar, Dr. Md. Naiyar Ali, Reeta Singh, Ajit Kumar Paswan, Devendra Mandal, Govind Kumar, Dr. D K Sachan, Dr Sushil Kumar Singh, Dr.Mangal Deep Tuti

    Edition: 2021

    ISBN: 978-81-927825-2-0

    Publisher: PPD

    Length: 187 pages.

    Language Note: ENGLISH

    Summary:

    Multiple cropping systems using crop rotations or intercropping may improve
    nutrient use efficiency. Growing of nitrate catch crops prevents residual N
    from being lost. Growing of deep rooting crops following harvest of short
    duration and shallow rooting crops like vegetables is another option for N
    recycling. Winter wheat with deep rooting nature, high N demand and high N
    harvest index could serve this purpose well. Adoption of such cropping
    system strategy could substantially reduce leaching loss of N in humid and
    sub humid regions. There is a need to develop crop rotations involving
    legumes to tap the benefits of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). Nitrogen use
    efficiency for cereals following legumes is greater than that for cereals
    following cereals or fallow. Pulse crops are also popular for their suitability in
    different cropping systems, owing to their short–life cycle. Development of
    large number of high yielding cultivars of pulse crops with varying maturity
    duration and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, have made it possible
    to include them in irrigated crop sequence as well. Thus, legume–based
    cropping systems can transform the rural livelihoods by overcoming the
    production constraints largely experienced over the decades due to
    cereal–based production systems.

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