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Management factors affecting legumes production in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

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Title Management factors affecting legumes production in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
 
Creator Ramakrishna, A
Gowda, C L L
Johansen, C
 
Subject Chickpea
Pigeonpea
 
Description Grain legumes are very important in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (1GP)
countries for their contribution to human and animal nutrition, as
components of indigenous cropping systems, and as restorers of soil
fertility. Yields of grain legumes have remained low due to several
production constraints. There is a undening gap between the growing
demand and production of grain legumes in the IGP. Rice and wheat
production has increased significantly over the previous decades but the
area and production of grain legumes has gradually declined. Various
abiotic, biotic, and socioeconomic constraints can explain the poor
performance of these legumes, relative to that of major cereals and cash
crops. Previous research on improving grain legumes production in the
IGP has been relatively limited and lacking in focus. Efforts to develop,
assemble, and evaluate improved production technologies have only been
recent. Previous research concentrated mainly on varietal improvement.
Factors such as inherently limited yield potential, susceptibility to
various pests and diseases, and sensitivity to edaphic and microclimatic
changes contribute to large variations in the output of grain legumes from
year to year. The problem is therefore highly complex, making it difficult
to halt the declining trend of grain legumes (in terms of area and
production) unless improved cultural practices ensuring sustainable high
yields are developed together with promising cropping patterns. It is
concluded that substantial increases in the production of grain legumes in
the IGP can be achieved by fine tuning management aspects and thereby
increasing total system productivity and sustainability.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Contributor Johansen, C
Duxbury, J M
Virmani, S M
Gowda, C L L
Pande, S
Joshi, P K
 
Date 2000
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3452/1/ManagementFactorsAffectingLegumes156-165.pdf
Ramakrishna, A and Gowda, C L L and Johansen, C (2000) Management factors affecting legumes production in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. In: Legumes in rice and wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain - constraints and opportunities. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 156-165. ISBN 92-9066-418-5