Options for Intensification of Cropping System in Coastal Saline Ecosystem: Inclusion of Grain Legumes in Rice-Based Cropping System

• Published in: Soil systems Vol. 8; no. 3; p. 90
• Main Authors: Sarkar, Sukamal, Brahmachari, Koushik, Gaydon, Donald S., Dhar, Anannya, Dey, Saikat, Mainuddin, Mohammed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Beans; Cereal crops; coastal saline; Crop yield; cropping system; Cropping systems; Crops; Design factors; Drought; Dry matter; Economics; ecosystems; experimental design; farmers; Field tests; Grain; grain yield; highlands; Humidity; India; lathyrus; Legumes; lentil; lentils; Mimosaceae; Monsoons; Nutrient dynamics; Nutrient uptake; Planting; Productivity; profitability; pulses; Radiation; Rain; Rice; Saline soils; Salinity; Salinity effects; Seasons; soil; Sustainability; water stress; Wind; Winter; India; West Bengal India

The coastal saline zone of West Bengal in India is the home to millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Due to a gradual increase in salt accumulation on soils of the coastal saline zone of West Bengal in India from winter to summer days, cultivation of the second crop in the wint...