Cropping System Management
Contents: Preface. 1. Site specific crop management/B. Gangwar. 2. Crop diversification strategies for profitable agriculture/P. Devasenapathy, P.M. Shanmugam, G. Senthilkumar and S. Thiyageshwari. 3. Implementation of reduced tillage concept in rice-wheat cropping system/S.D. Dhiman. 4. System based tillage and crop establishment for improving land, water and energy productivity/K.K. Singh and B. Gangwar. 5. Laser land leveler for improving resource use efficiency in agriculture/K.K. Singh and B. Gangwar. 6. Inclusion of legume under rice - wheat cropping systems for improving nutrient use efficiency/V.K. Singh. 7. Efficient crop residue management using second generation machinery/V.P. Choudhary. 8. Microbial diversity: a component of sustainable agriculture/S.S. Pal. 9. Sugarcane-based cropping systems and their management/S.K. Saini. 10. Strategies for improving productivity in cropping system involving vegetable crops/I.P. Singh. 11. On-farm response of different cropping systems to major nutrients in India/Apurba Sarkar. 12. Soil water and crop management on watershed basis/K.P. Tripathi. 13. Water conservation and utilization in sugarcane based cropping systems/S.K. Saini. 14. Irrigation management on watershed basis/K.P. Tripathi. 15. Cropping systems and their management in salt affected soils/B.P. Dhyani, U.P. Shahi and Ashok Kumar. 16. Efficient approaches for insect pest management in important crops and cropping systems/S.K. Sachan, H.R. Singh and Naveen Chandra. 17. System-based integrated pest management/C.S. Prasad and M. Abid Hussain. 18. Agronomic strategies for pests management in rice-what cropping system/S.D. Dhiman. 19. Energy management in crop production/P. Devasenapathy, P.M. Shanmugam, G. Senthilkumar and S. Thiyageshwari. 20. Crop-weather relationships/P. Vijaya Kumar. 21. Organic agriculture--concepts, status and strategies in Indian perspective/Kamta Prasad. 22. Tools for assessing/input use efficiencies in cropping systems/B. Gangwar. 23. Physiologicals/tools for the assessment of growth in different cropping systems/D. Singh, R. Pandey, B. Gangwar and V. Kumar. 24. Assessment of physiological efficiency in cropping systems/Devendra Singh, B. Gangwar, Rakesh Pandey and Vipin Kumar. 25. Statistical tools in analysis of cropping systems/Vijay Katyal. Subject index.
The book consists of 25 chapters duly contributed by eminent scientists and specialists of the subject with the special reference to cropping systems research at national level. Chapter 1 to 8 deals with various issues related to crop diversification involving series of matching crops, their varieties and management options alongwith the various techniques of crop establishment and improving resource use efficiencies as discussed in detail with respect to selected zones/ states in India.
The chapter 9 and 10 highlights various management options with special reference to sugarcane and vegetable based systems while chapter 11 deals with system based on-farm nutrient response scenario at national level. In chapter 12 to 14, the soil and water conservation related management strategies described in detail in system perspective, while chapter 15 is focused on cropping systems management options in relation to salt affected soils.
The chapter 16 to 18 deals with integrated insect-pest management in system perspective while chapter 19 is focused on energy management. The chapter 20 deals with crop weather relationships, while chapter 21 is focused on various aspect of organic farming. The last part of the book from chapter 22 to 25 is related to various practical and refined tools for assessment of efficiencies of cropping systems through agronomic, physiological and statistical approaches as discussed in details for drawing meaningful conclusions/inferences by researchers and planners. As such, the book stands as a comprehensive compilation on various aspects of cropping system management. (jacket)
The book consists of 25 chapters duly contributed by eminent scientists and specialists of the subject with the special reference to cropping systems research at national level. Chapter 1 to 8 deals with various issues related to crop diversification involving series of matching crops, their varieties and management options alongwith the various techniques of crop establishment and improving resource use efficiencies as discussed in detail with respect to selected zones/ states in India.
The chapter 9 and 10 highlights various management options with special reference to sugarcane and vegetable based systems while chapter 11 deals with system based on-farm nutrient response scenario at national level. In chapter 12 to 14, the soil and water conservation related management strategies described in detail in system perspective, while chapter 15 is focused on cropping systems management options in relation to salt affected soils.
The chapter 16 to 18 deals with integrated insect-pest management in system perspective while chapter 19 is focused on energy management. The chapter 20 deals with crop weather relationships, while chapter 21 is focused on various aspect of organic farming. The last part of the book from chapter 22 to 25 is related to various practical and refined tools for assessment of efficiencies of cropping systems through agronomic, physiological and statistical approaches as discussed in details for drawing meaningful conclusions/inferences by researchers and planners. As such, the book stands as a comprehensive compilation on various aspects of cropping system management. (jacket)
