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Assessing impact of dry spells on the principal rainfed crops in major dryland regions of India.

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Title Assessing impact of dry spells on the principal rainfed crops in major dryland regions of India.
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Creator Santanu Kumar Bal
V.M. Sandeep
P. Vijaya Kumar
A.V.M. Subba Rao
V.P. Pramod
N. Manikandan
Ch. Srinivasa Rao
Naveen P. Singh
S. Bhaskar
 
Subject Assessing impact, principal rainfed, dryland regions, Agricultural, Forest Meteorology
 
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The dry spells and rainfall deficit within crop season, play vital role in determining productivity of rainfed crops. Dry Spell Index (DSI) was formulated to quantify cumulative impact of dry spells during kharif season (Jun-Sep) on major rainfed crops of India. District-wise variability of DSI were analyzed across rainfed regions of India using rainfall data of 1636 stations. Comparison of DSI with Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), hitherto, a widely used drought index showed that, central and eastern Karnataka, northern Rajasthan and western Gujarat are becoming wetter in terms of total seasonal rainfall as indicated by SPI, and becoming drier in terms of total dry spell duration within the season as per DSI. The impact of DSI on yield of major rainfed crops viz., cotton, groundnut, maize, pearl millet, pigeon pea and sorghum were estimated. The analysis showed that, the impact of dry spells integrated in form of the DSI on yields of six major rainfed crops was higher in comparison to total rainfall indicated by SPI for six major rainfed crops in India. Groundnut and pearl millet crops experienced higher duration of dry spells in comparison to other crops. The productivity of all the crops was significantly influenced by DSI across more than 65% growing regions. The yield loss was about 75–99% in 24% of sorghum, 23% of groundnut and 13% of pearl millet and it was about 50–74% in 44% of cotton, 24% of groundnut, 17% of maize, 16% each of pearl millet & sorghum and 12% of pigeon pea growing regions. We also found that by minimizing the cumulative impact of dry spells, yield can be increased twice in more than 55%, 49% and 42% areas of pearl millet, pigeon pea and groundnut growing regions, respectively. This study will help developing adaptation strategies to sustain crop production in rainfed regions of India.
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Date 2024-02-15T17:05:21Z
2024-02-15T17:05:21Z
2021-12-11
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/81395
 
Language English
 
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