Agronomic improvements can make future cereal systems in South Asia far more productive and result in a lower environmental footprint

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1054-1074

  Ladha, Jagdish Kumar ^a   Rao, Adusumilli Narayana ^a   Raman, Anitha K ^a   Padre, Agnes Tirol ^b   Dobermann, Achim ^c   Gathala, Mahesh ^d   Kumar, Virender ^b   Saharawat, Yashpal ^e   Sharma, Sheetal ^a   Piepho, Hans Peter ^f   Alam, Md Mursedul ^g   Liak, Ranjan ^h   Rajendran, Ramasamy ⁱ   Reddy, Chinnagangannagari Kesava ^a   Parsad, Rajender ^j   Sharma, Parbodh C ^k   Singh, Sati Shankar ^l   Saha, Abhijit ^m   Noor, Shamsoon ⁿ  

^a International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center   (Bangladesh)

^e INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^g IRRI   (Bangladesh)

^h RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁱ Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute   (India)

^j ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^k CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^l ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR EASTERN REGION   (India)

^m BANGLADESH RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

ⁿ BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

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Author keywords

Best management practices; Cereal productivity; Cereals systems; Conservation agriculture; Crop diversification; Global warming potential; Rice based cropping system; South Asia

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CEREAL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GLOBAL WARMING;

SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD GRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; BANGLADESH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EDIBLE GRAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; INDIA;

EID: 84959562158     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13143     Document Type: Article

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