Resource Conserving Technologiesfor Sustainable Food Production System Some Experiences from,ICAR

Resource Conserving Technologies for Sustainable Food Production System: Some Experiences from Eastern Region of India

ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region

Published by the Director, ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna-800 014, Bihar.

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Bihar West Bengal N. Dinajpur

S. Dinajpur

7.0

Murshidabad

Birbhum

Nadia

Burdwan

Lakhisarai

Nawada

Jamui

Vaishali

Samastipur

Patna

Begusarai

Grain yield (t/ha)

ZT direct seeded rice

Puddled transpalnted rice

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

1.0

0.0

Apo

CR-2603

CR-2340-5

CR-780-1937-3

PR 115

Swarna

NDR-359

MTU-1001

PAU 201

Pusa- 44

Raj. Mahsuri

PHB-71

Proagro-6444

Grain yield (t/ha) 8.0 Direct Seeded Rice Puddled Transpalnted Rice

7.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

1.0

0.0

6

Yield (t/ha)

5

4.9

4 3

3.8

4.2

4.1

2

2.9

3.2

Surface seeding

Conv.

1 0 ZT equal

ZT paired

Traffic control with residue

Double disc ZT

RCTs Practices

Average

25 cm

15 cm

4500

Timely sown

Late sown

4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 PBW-343

HD-2733

HD-2824

PBW-373

UP-262

Cultivars

Source: Singh et al. (2010)

UP-502

UP-2338

Lok-1

K-307

Water applied (cubic m/ha) 2.5

5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0

1.5 1 0.5 0

Zero Tillage

Bed Planting

Conventional

Water productivity

2

Water productivity (kg/ha - cm) Grain yield (q/ha)

30

25.6 25

20.8

21 18

20 15 10 5

2.3

2.4

2.22

1.07

ZT (clay loam)

Conventional (clay loam)

0 FIRB (loam)

FIRB (clay loam)

20

18.2

8

15

6

5.33

5.84

6.26

6.95

4

10 6.8

2

5

0

0 Potato

Maize

S1

S2

S3

S4

20

18.2

8

15

6

5.33

5.84

6.26

6.95

4

10 6.8

2

5

0

0 Potato

Maize

S1

S2

S3

S4