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Productivity and Resource Use Management of Soybean-based Systems in a Vertic Inceptisol Watershed

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Title Productivity and Resource Use Management of Soybean-based
Systems in a Vertic Inceptisol Watershed
 
Creator Singh, P
Wani, S P
Pathak, P
Sudi, R
Kumar, M S
 
Subject Watershed management
 
Description Erratic rainfall and land degradation are the major constraints affecting productivity of soybean-based
systems in central India. Operational scale watershed experiments were conducted for six seasons on a
Vertic Inceptisol at ICRISAT, Patancheru, India to study the effects of improved management on land
degradation, rainfall use efficiency, and the productivity of the soybean-chickpea sequential and soybean/
pigeonpea intercropping systems. Improved management comprised of integrated nutrient management
(additions of crop residues and Gliricidia loppings) and sowing on broadbed-and-furrow (BBF) system.
The traditional management consisted of sowing on flat landform and no addition of external sources of
nutrients, except P application. These treatments were imposed on medium-deep and shallow phases of the
soil type. The BBF system decreased surface runoff (16% of rainfall) compared to the flat system (21% of
rainfall) with concomitant increase in deep drainage. Mean rainfall use efficiency was 70 to 73% across
cropping systems and soil depths. Integrated nutrient management resulted in balanced soil N budget,
whereas the traditional system showed a deficit of about 50 kg ha-1. Denitrification and leaching losses
were negligible. Landform treatments did not increase the crop yields significantly. Total productivity of
the soybean-chickpea system ranged from 2.3 to 2.7 t ha-1 of seed yield and that of soybean/pigeonpea
intercropping system ranged from 2.1 to 2.3 t ha-1 over the years, still showing a yield gap of about 1 t ha-1 for
the Patancheru site. Simulated yield gap analysis for other nine sites in central India showed a mean yield
gap of 1.2 to 1.9 t ha-1 under rainfed conditions, which could be even more in good rainfall years. This
study has shown the potential of the improved technology for higher productivity and efficient use of
natural resources on a Vertic Inceptisol, which has potential applications in the target region of central
India
 
Date 2001
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5342/1/Proceedings-integrated-watershed-management_50-64.pdf
Singh, P and Wani, S P and Pathak, P and Sudi, R and Kumar, M S (2001) Productivity and Resource Use Management of Soybean-based Systems in a Vertic Inceptisol Watershed. In: Integrated Watershed Management for Land and Water Conservation and Sustainable Agricultural Production in Asia. Proceedings of the ADB-ICRISAT-IWMI Project Review and Planning Meeting, 10-14 December 2001, Hanoi, Vietnam.