TY  - CHAP
N2  - Nepal is divided into four major agroclimatic zones, the Terai (part of the
Indo-Gangetic Plain to the south), the inner Terai, mid-hills and valleys,
and high mountains (in the north). Soil texture varies from rich alluvial
deposits in the Terai to course-textured gravel in the high mountains.
Annual rainfall varies from 5500 mm to 3500 mm and temperatures
from - 10°C to 35°C. Legumes are important components of Nepalese
farming systems and diets. Most of the legumes are grown in different
cropping patterns in the Terai. Their yields have remained low, at usually
<0.7 t ha-1, because of a range of hiotic and abiotic constraints. Bot ryt is
cinerea and pod borers are the most damaging pests of chickpea and lentil
while fusarium wilt and sterility mosaic largely affect the pigeonpea crop.
Baseline agronomic research on soil fertility management for cropping
systems with grain legumes as component crops is required for different
agroclimatic zones, especially in the Terai and inner Terai.
ED  - Johansen, C
ED  - Duxbury, J M
ED  - Virmani, S M
ED  - Gowda, C L L
ED  - Pande, S
ED  - Joshi, P K
AV  - public
A1  - Pandey, S P
A1  - Yadav, C R
A1  - Sah, K
A1  - Pande, S
A1  - Joshi, P K
TI  - Legumes in Nepal
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/3460/
T2  - Legumes in rice and wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain - constraints and opportunities
SP  - 71
Y1  - 2000///
ID  - icrisat3460
EP  - 97
PB  - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 
CY  - Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
ER  -