Options for increasing the productivity of the rice-wheat system of north west India while reducing groundwater depletion. Part 2. Is conservation agriculture the answer?

Field Crops Research

Volumn 173, Issue , 2015, Pages 81-94

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

^a CIMMYT India Aggarwal Corporate Tower ^*  (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

APSIM; Crop modelling; Dry seeded rice; Tillage; Water balance; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; RECHARGE; RICE; TILLAGE; WATER BUDGET; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE; WHEAT;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84922377713     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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