Ali, S. and Prasad, S.N. and Kumar, A. and Singh, K.D. (2009) On-farm evaluation of grain yield and water use of rainfed chickpea as influenced by tillage practices in hot semi-arid western India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 79 (4). pp. 305-308.
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The study revealed that summer ploughing, ploughing with blade harrow (kulying), tillage operation with modified blade harrow (kulphaing), criss-cross ploughing and small earthen bund (bandhi) were indigenous in-situ moisture conservation practices, while pond (talab), submerge earthen bund (sagar), masonry spillway (bandha) and anicuts were run-off management practices in the region. Results of the on-farm evaluation of chichpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under different practices showed that indigenous tillage practice conserved 18.1% higher moisture and increased 22.0% yield of chickpea than the mechanical tillage practice. The water-use of chickpea under indigenous tillage practice was 21.4% higher than the mechanical tillage practice. However the water-use efficiency under indigenous (13.0 kg/ha-mm) and mechanical tillage practice (12.9 kg/ha-mm) were comparable. The total cost incurred for the cultivation of chickpea was 16.2% lower and net return was 64.3% higher under the indigenous than the mechanized tillage practice
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Research Centre, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002, India |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Chickpea |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2011 09:16 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2011 09:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2706 |
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