Conservation agriculture based integrated crop management sustains productivity and economic profitability along with soil properties of the maize-wheat rotation.

ABSTRACT: Field experiments were conducted to evaluate eight different integrated crop management (ICM) modules for 5 years in a maize-wheat rotation (M_WR); wherein, ICM_1&2-'business-as-usual' (conventional flatbed maize and wheat, ICM_3&4-conventional raised bed (CT_RB) maize and wheat without residues, ICM_5&6-conservation agriculture (CA)-based zero-till (ZT) flatbed maize and wheat with the residues, and ICM_7&8- CA-based ZT raised bed maize and wheat with the residues. Results indicated that the ICM_7&8 produced significantly (p < 0.05) the highest maize grain yield (5 years av.) which was 7.8-21.3% greater than the ICM_1-6. However, across years, the ICM_5-8 gave a statistically similar wheat grain yiel

SUBMITTER: Pooniya V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature