Effect of cropping system on production and chemical and biological properties of soil

Sharma, S.N. and Prasad, R. and Dwivedi, M.K. and et al, . (2009) Effect of cropping system on production and chemical and biological properties of soil. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 55 (4). pp. 429-438.

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Abstract

A field study was carried out at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, for three crop years (2000–2001 to 2003–2004) to find out the effect of cropping systems on the production and chemical and biological properties of soil. Rice-potato-mungbean cropping system gave 59–89% higher productivity, 30–46% higher protein yield, 18–38% higher energy output and resulted in 7–16% higher available P, 60% higher fungi population, 15% higher actinomycetes population, 14% higher microbial biomass and 3% higher CO2 evolution in soil than rice-wheat cropping system. Rice-rapeseed-mungbean cropping system also gave 12–15% higher productivity, 19–26% higher protein yield and resulted in 11–18% higher available P, 65% higher fungi population, 22% higher actinomycetes population, 12% higher microbial biomass and 2% higher CO2 evolution in soil than rice-wheat cropping system. However, the rice-potato-mungbean cropping system was significantly superior to the rice-rapeseed-mungbean cropping system in productivity, protein yield and energy output and thus recommended as in alternative to rice-wheat cropping system

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Available K; Available P; CO2 evolution; Economic yield; Energy output; Microbial biological; Microbial population; Productivity; Protein yield, Rice-wheat; Ricepotato- mungbean; Rice-rapeseed-mungbean
Author Affiliation: Department of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Subjects: Plant Production
Soil Science and Microbiology
Soil Science and Microbiology > Soil Sciences
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Biochemistry
Divisions: Other Crops
Depositing User: Ms Ishrath Durafsha
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2014 10:04
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2014 10:04
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03650340802585197
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/13241

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