Exploring the best tillage option in rice based diversified cropping systems in alluvial soil of eastern India

• Published in: Soil & tillage research Vol. 205; p. 104761
• Main Authors: Kar, Sudeshna, Pramanick, Biswajit, Brahmachari, Koushik, Saha, Goutam, Mahapatra, BS, Saha, Amit, Kumar, Ajay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2021
• Subjects: alluvial soils; Conventional tillage; Cropping systems; India; legumes; N2O emission; nitrous oxide; no-tillage; nutrient uptake; oilseeds; Reduced tillage; rice; Soil microbes; System productivity; Zero tillage; India; Cropping systems; System productivity; N2O emission; Conventional tillage; Zero tillage; Soil microbes; Reduced tillage

•Reduced tillage (RT) was found to be the most suitable tillage practice•RT increased the system productivity, nutrient recovery and soil microbes•A bit of higher N2O emission was observed in RT than conventional tillage•RT × rice–wheat–greengram system showed higher productivity and total NPK uptak...