Rainfed agriculture is practised on 80% of the world’s agricultural area and generates 60–70% of the world’s staple food1 (FAOSTAT, 2005). In semi-arid and dry subhumid zones, rainfed agriculture dominates food production systems, and water is a key limiting factor to crop growth (SEI, 2005). Since approximately 70% of the world’s poor are women, the importance of rainfed sources of food weighs...

There is an urgent need for identification of eco-friendly and cleaner production systems that are more productive, profitable, efficiently use energy/water/carbon input environmentally safer. Under context, a long-term experiment was conducted during 2019–21 at the farmers’ fields Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Gaya, Bihar. The main objective study to evaluate productivity diverse cropping irriga...

The process of informal seed production and distribution was started recently only two years ago in the study area. As wheat is the most important crop grown in rain fed pothwar area of Punjab Province, so adoption of improved technology has significant affect on the livelihood of the farmers. In the present study, paired t-test methodology has been used for varietals analysis, as two years are...

The occurrence dates of crop phenological events are closely related to the timing agronomic management and therefore key information for agricultural monitoring forecasting as well climate change impact assessment adaptation planning. However, sowing harvesting only variables available in current global datasets. Here, we present 0.5° grid dataset phenology 2000 (the average 1996-2005), called...

The regional models of yield response to temperature (minimum, maximum and its diurnal range) and precipitation developed for meteorological (met) sub-divisions of India were used to study the impact of future climate change on major food crops viz. wheat, rice, potato and rapeseed-mustard. The area weighted averages of district-wise crop yield data were computed at met sub-division level for 1...

sunn pest (eurygaster integriceps put.) cause serious economic damage to wheat and barley in borujerd, north of lorestan province, iran. sweep net sampling, is the most convenient sampling procedure for many arthropods, but it is difficult to interpret in terms of accuracy and precision. much of the variation of sweep net catches, stems from human factors and its calibration. in this research, ...

durum wheat due to its quality is an important crop in feeding and economics. saji is a newly released durum wheat cultivar with a mean yield of 2824 kgha-1 which was higher than the two durum wheat (zardak) and bread wheat (sardari) check cultivars in different yield traits conducted during 2000-2008 cropping seasons in iran. its grain yield was 23% and 11% higher than those of zardak and sard...

Lasana-INIA is a spring bread wheat variety (Triticum aestivum L.) originated from cross carried out in the Wheat Breeding Project of Agricultural Research Institute (INIA), Quilamapu Regional Center, Chillan, 1996. It has semi-prostrate growth habit seedling stage. The adult plant medium height and varies between 85 100 cm. spike white with long awns along its full length. grain red, vitreous ...

Intercropping is an old and commonly used agricultural practice involves the cultivation of two or more crops in same area land at time may improve yield, use environmental resources, product quality, soil health. The objective present study was to effect water availability wheat-pea intercrops using agronomic physiological characteristics. experiment conducted farm Aristotle University Thessal...

The results of two field trials to determine the effect of ratoon stunting disease on the growth and yield of some widely grown and newly released sugarcane varieties are described. In the plant crop of a trial grown under full irrigation, the greatest reductions in yields of cane and sugar among six varieties, approximately 15%, occurred in N 14 and NC0376. In the first ratoon, the greatest re...