Options for increasing the productivity of the rice-wheat system of north-west India while reducing groundwater depletion. Part 1. Rice variety duration, sowing date and inclusion of mungbean

Field Crops Research

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-80

  Balwinder Singh, ^a   Humphreys, E ^b   Sudhir Yadav, ^b   Gaydon, D S ^c  

^a CIMMYT India ^*  (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

APSIM; Crop modelling; Indo Gangetic plains; Transplanting date; Water balance; Water productivity; Water saving

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; HARVESTING; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; IRRIGATION; LEGUME; MIXED FARMING; RICE; TILLAGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WHEAT;

INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84922370792     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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