Agrotechnology for Dryland Farming

Contents: Preface.1. Seed treatment for seed vigour and viability in relation to rainfed farming/O.P. Saxena and A.V. Pandya. 2. Watershed concept and yield optimization under dryland farming/K.S. Bhaskar. 3. Differential properties of soils, nutrient availability and their management under semi-arid regions/G.U. Malewar and Syed Ismail. 4. Micronutrient deficiency problems in Maharashtra and its corrective measures under dryland farming/B.N. Sagare and V.P. Babhulkar. 5. Management of slowly permeable soils under dryland conditions/R.L. Kalane. 6. Organics in rehabilitation of degraded lands/V.N. Deshmukh, B.N. Akhare and M.B. Nagdeve. 7. Improvement of crop stand under dryland conditions/N.G. Zode. 8. Agrometeorological approaches for sustainable development in dryland agriculture/Surender S. Dhankar. 9. Climate as a tool to diagnose soil moisture stress and drought in rainfed condition/S.R. Ghadekar. 10. Water requirement and irrigation management of semi-arid and arid crops/R.P. Samui. 11. Dry farming technology in relation to effective rain water management/S.B. Atale and G.M. Bharad. 12. Role of plant growth regulators and nutrition in dryland farming/A.M. Dhopte. 13. Agro-techniques for sustained production in dry land areas/M.N. Sheelavantar and B.M. Chittapur. 14. Crop life saving measures in dryland agriculture/J.D. Patil. 15. Agro-hydrological modelling for dryland water management/B. Bapuji Rao and M. Raghu Babu. 16. Targetted yield approach for fertilizer recommendations to rainfed crops/K.R. Sonar. 17. Precautions to avoid abiotic stresses/A.M. Dhopte. 18. Weed Management in dryland farming/A. Muthusankarnarayanan. 19. Role of antitranspirants in dryland agriculture/A.M. Dhopte. 20. Pre-signs of physiological maturity for early harvest/N.G. Zode. 21. Safflower—a successful dryland crop/D.M. Hegde. 22. Soybean—a remunerative crop for rainfed farming/O.P. Joshi, S.D. Billore, A. Ramesh and Ch. Bhardwaj. 23. Sesame—an ideal crop for diverse agro-ecological situations/B.N. Reddy and A.R.G. Ranganatha. 24. Suitable medicinal and aromatic crop plants for dryland farming/V.S. Hudge, M.R. Shobhane, M.V. Dhoble and A.M. Dhopte. 25. Drought tolerant crop genotypes and strategic approaches for rainfed farming/V. Rajagopal and A.M. Dhopte.

From the preface: "This book deals with seed, soil, watersheds, crop, weed and nutrient management, use of weather forecast, various measures to save the crop under abiotic stresses like drought and flooding, reclamation of degraded land through organic recycling, evapotranspiration, water requirement, water use efficiency, climate and moisture relation, selection of variety and crops, agrometeorological approaches, use of antitranspirants, problematic soils and corrective measures, organic recycling and in situ water management, regulation of crop growth and suitable medicinal and aromatic crops for remunerative farming under dryland conditions. Over 90% of land is under rainfed farming. The chapters in this book are written by eminent scientists who devoted their services for rainfed farming in the country. Adoption of these techniques not only results in protection of dryland crops but favour environment as well in larger interest of life and world to prevail in days to come."