eprintid: 11561
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2020-08-21 14:59:36
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status_changed: 2020-08-21 14:59:36
type: article
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creators_name: Saxena, K B
creators_name: Kumar, R V
icrisatcreators_name: Saxena, K B
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: India
title: Arresting Soil Erosion in Hilly Terrains with Pigeonpea - The Chinese Experience
ispublished: pub
subjects: S2020
subjects: cr1
subjects: s1.2
subjects: s2.11
divisions: CRPS2
full_text_status: public
keywords: Pigeonpea, Soil Nutrients
note: Authors would like to acknowledge the Chinese Academy of Forestry and Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences for their active participation and for arranging financial support for implementing this project.
abstract: Conservation of the nutrient-rich top soil is extremely important for sustaining agricultural productivity. It is now becoming a serious crop production constraint, particularly in the slopping hilly terrains. The ecology of such areas is rapidly deteriorating and their recovery seems extremely difficult. In southern China, where soil erosion is a serious issue, various plant species were unsuccessfully tried in the past to arrest the soil erosion. The Chinese scientists, in collaboration with ICRISAT, used late maturing pigeonpea cultivars to protect the fragile lands in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. The planted area under pigeonpea in this system rapidly increased to 700 ha by 2001. This paper summarizes the methodologies used in soil conservation practices involving pigeonpea.
date: 2020-06
date_type: published
publication: International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
volume: 9
number: 6
pagerange: 896-898
id_number: 10.21275/SR20610094709
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2319-7064
citation:   Saxena, K B and Kumar, R V  (2020) Arresting Soil Erosion in Hilly Terrains with Pigeonpea - The Chinese Experience.  International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 9 (6).  pp. 896-898.  ISSN 2319-7064     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11561/1/Arresting%20Soil%20erosion%20using%20pigeonpea.pdf