Long-Term Evaluation of Crop Production Systems Based on Locally Available Biological Inputs in India

    Gopalakrishnan, S and Gowda, C L L and Rao, G V R (2023) Long-Term Evaluation of Crop Production Systems Based on Locally Available Biological Inputs in India. In: Biological Approaches to Regenerative Soil Systems. Environment & Agriculture, II . Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp. 381-392. ISBN 9781003093718

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    Abstract

    This chapter reports the results from a full decade of research conducted at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics at Patancheru near Hyderabad in Telangana, India, between 1999 and 2009 on a rainfed vertisol. Appropriate use of such biological approaches has been previously reported to enhance the populations of soil microorganisms and macrofauna, thereby enhancing microbial transformations of different nutrients from their bound forms to available forms. Larger farms, because of their size, use their resources more extensively than intensively, and their higher total returns from agriculture usually derive more from their size of operation than from greater factor productivity or efficiency. Earthworms are widely accepted as having a beneficial influence on soil structure and chemistry that promotes plant, especially root, growth. A number of leguminous species offer opportunities to enhance biomass availability as cover crops or green manures.

    Item Type: Book Section
    Divisions: Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement
    Research Program : Asia
    CRP: UNSPECIFIED
    Series Name: Environment & Agriculture
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Biological Inputs, Crop Production Systems, India
    Subjects: Others > Cropping and Farming Systems
    Others > India
    Depositing User: Mr Nagaraju T
    Date Deposited: 27 Feb 2024 03:08
    Last Modified: 27 Feb 2024 03:08
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12513
    Acknowledgement: UNSPECIFIED
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