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Changes in soil organic carbon pools after 15 years of Conservation Agriculture in rice (Oryza sativa)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping system of eastern Indo-Gangetic plains

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Title Changes in soil organic carbon pools after 15 years of Conservation Agriculture in rice (Oryza sativa)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping system of eastern Indo-Gangetic plains
 
Creator Mahala, D.M.
Meena, Mahesh Chand
Dwivedi, Brahma S.
Datta, Siba Prasad
Dey, Abir
Das, Debarup
Parihar, Chiter M.
Yadav, R.K.
Chaudhary, Amresh
Jat, Raj Kumar
Choudhary, K.M.
Gathala, Mahesh Kumar
Jat, Mangi L.
 
Subject conservation agriculture
soil organic carbon
zero tillage
rice
wheat
 
Description The present study was carried out at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Samastipur, Bihar during 2021-2023 to focus on examining alterations in SOC pools resulting from conservation agriculture (CA) practices in R-W system in the eastern IGP, following the collection of soil samples from a long-term trial that was initiated in rainy (kharif) season 2006. The trial included eight combinations, namely: conventional tilled rice (Oryza sativa L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (CTR-CTW); CT rice and zero till wheat (CTR-ZTW); direct seeded rice (DSR) and wheat on permanent raised beds (PBDSR-PBW); ZTDSR and CT Wheat (ZTDSR-CTW); ZTDSR and ZT wheat without residue (ZTDSR-ZTW-R); ZTDSR-ZT wheat with residue (ZTDSR-ZTW +R); unpuddled transplanted riceZTW (UpTR-ZTW) and ZTDSR-sesbania brown manure-ZTW (ZTDSR-S-ZTW). Results revealed that implementing zero tillage (ZT) combined with residue retention in rice and wheat cultivation led to enhanced levels of soil organic carbon (SOC) across all four fractions, namely very labile (CVL), labile (CL), less labile (CLL), and non-labile (CNL), in comparison to the continuous and rotational tillage practices. The tillage and residue management options significantly affected the lability index (LI) and C pool index (CPI), with zero-tillage and residue retention leading to lower LI and higher CPI values. The management practices significantly affected the C management index (CMI), with zero-tillage and residue retention showing the highest CMI values. Findings showed the potential of CA practices for enhancing soil C quality as well as C sequestration in soil of the Eastern IGP of India.
 
Date 2023-06
2023-12-01T22:12:03Z
2023-12-01T22:12:03Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mahala, D. M., Meena, M. C., Dwivedi, B. S., Datta, S. P., Dey, A., Das, D., Parihar, C., Yadav, R. K., Chaudhary, A., Jat, R., Choudhary, K. M., Gathala, M. K., & Jat, M. (2023). Changes in soil organic carbon pools after 15 years of Conservation Agriculture in rice (Oryza sativa)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping system of eastern Indo-Gangetic plains. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 93(6), 653–658. https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v93i6.136045
0019-5022||2394-3319 (Online)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134924
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22714
https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v93i6.136045
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 653-658
application/pdf
 
Source Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences