<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India"^^ . "Cropping in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India covering 44 million ha is\r\npredominantly cereal based. Rice-wheat and rice-based cropping systems\r\nare the most important systems, with rice-wheat rotations covering about\r\n10 million ha. Legumes account for about 5 million ha, which amounts to\r\nabout 14% of the total area in the country. This region has large spatial\r\nvariation in rainfall pattern (268 mm in the extreme north to 1600 mm\r\nin the extreme east), and is largely dominated by Inceptisol soils. There is\r\nlarge variation in other agroclimatic characteristics such as temperature\r\nregime, length of growing season, and evapotranspiration. Despite this\r\nlarge variation chickpea, lentil, and pigeonpea are cultivated as major\r\nlegumes across the region. Their production in this diverse part of the\r\ncountry is severely constrained by a number of diseases, insect pests, and\r\nabiotic stresses. Socioeconomic constraints are also important in\r\ndiscouraging their production. The Government of India increased\r\nresearch outlay to develop improved technologies for increasing legumes\r\nproduction in the country. The results of Government investment were\r\npromising, and a number of improved cultivars and technology options\r\nwere developed to alleviate biotic and abiotic constraints. The Government\r\nalso initiated several policy measures to alleviate socioeconomic\r\nconstraints for increasing legumes production. The available trends show\r\nthat in some parts, legumes area is gradually increasing. The region shows\r\nhuge potential for legumes production (either as a catch crop, summer crop,\r\nor sole crop in different cropping systems), provided appropriate cultivars/\r\ntechnologies reach farmers' fields."^^ . "2000" . . . "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics"^^ . . "International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "C"^^ . "Johansen"^^ . "C Johansen"^^ . . "P K"^^ . "Joshi"^^ . "P K Joshi"^^ . . "Ravi"^^ . "Kumar"^^ . "Ravi Kumar"^^ . . "S M"^^ . "Virmani"^^ . "S M Virmani"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Pande"^^ . "S Pande"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Asokan"^^ . "M Asokan"^^ . . "C L L"^^ . "Gowda"^^ . "C L L Gowda"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Ali"^^ . "M Ali"^^ . . "J M"^^ . "Duxbury"^^ . "J M Duxbury"^^ . . "B K"^^ . "Kandpal"^^ . "B K Kandpal"^^ . . . . . . "Legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "LegumesInTheIndo-GangeticPlain35-70.pdf"^^ . . . "Legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India (Image (JPEG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Legumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #3464 \n\nLegumes in the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Chickpea"@en . . . "Pigeonpea"@en . . . "Groundnut"@en . .