Impact of Cultivation Practices and Varieties on Productivity, Profitability, and Nutrient Uptake of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) and Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cropping System in India

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 10; p. 1678
• Main Authors: Saini, Ankit, Manuja, Sandeep, Kumar, Suresh, Hafeez, Aqsa, Ali, Baber, Poczai, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Cereal crops; Conservation tillage; Costs; Crop residues; Crop yield; Cropping systems; Crops; Cultivation; Economics; Environmental impact; Experiments; Farmers; Farming; Farms; Food; Grain; Herbicides; Nutrient uptake; Oryza sativa; Potassium; Productivity; Profit margins; Profitability; reduced tillage; Rice; Sea level; Seasons; Tillage; Triticum aestivum; Water crises; Water shortages; Water use; Wheat; yield and zero tillage; India

Interest in conservation measures, including reduced tillage, zero tillage, and crop residue retention, is growing in major rice growing areas of the world; particularly in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Of late, research interest is increasing in India for a specialised method of cultivation known as na...