Cropping System Management

Contents Preface 1 Site specific crop managementB Gangwar 2 Crop diversification strategies for profitable agricultureP Devasenapathy PM Shanmugam G Senthilkumar and S Thiyageshwari 3 Implementation of reduced tillage concept in rice-wheat cropping systemSD Dhiman 4 System based tillage and crop establishment for improving land water and energy productivityKK Singh and B Gangwar 5 Laser land leveler for improving resource use efficiency in agricultureKK Singh and B Gangwar 6 Inclusion of legume under rice - wheat cropping systems for improving nutrient use efficiencyVK Singh 7 Efficient crop residue management using second generation machineryVP Choudhary 8 Microbial diversity a component of sustainable agricultureSS Pal 9 Sugarcane-based cropping systems and their managementSK Saini 10 Strategies for improving productivity in cropping system involving vegetable cropsIP Singh 11 On-farm response of different cropping systems to major nutrients in IndiaApurba Sarkar 12 Soil water and crop management on watershed basisKP Tripathi 13 Water conservation and utilization in sugarcane based cropping systemsSK Saini 14 Irrigation management on watershed basisKP Tripathi 15 Cropping systems and their management in salt affected soilsBP Dhyani UP Shahi and Ashok Kumar 16 Efficient approaches for insect pest management in important crops and cropping systemsSK Sachan HR Singh and Naveen Chandra 17 System-based integrated pest managementCS Prasad and M Abid Hussain 18 Agronomic strategies for pests management in rice-what cropping systemSD Dhiman 19 Energy management in crop productionP Devasenapathy PM Shanmugam G Senthilkumar and S Thiyageshwari 20 Crop-weather relationshipsP Vijaya Kumar 21 Organic agriculture--concepts status and strategies in Indian perspectiveKamta Prasad 22 Tools for assessinginput use efficiencies in cropping systemsB Gangwar 23 Physiologicalstools for the assessment of growth in different cropping systemsD Singh R Pandey B Gangwar and V Kumar 24 Assessment of physiological efficiency in cropping systemsDevendra Singh B Gangwar Rakesh Pandey and Vipin Kumar 25 Statistical tools in analysis of cropping systemsVijay Katyal Subject indexThe book consists of 25 chapters duly contributed by eminent scientists and specialists of the subject with the special reference to cropping systems research at national level Chapter 1 to 8 deals with various issues related to crop diversification involving series of matching crops their varieties and management options alongwith the various techniques of crop establishment and improving resource use efficiencies as discussed in detail with respect to selected zones states in IndiaThe chapter 9 and 10 highlights various management options with special reference to sugarcane and vegetable based systems while chapter 11 deals with system based on-farm nutrient response scenario at national level In chapter 12 to 14 the soil and water conservation related management strategies described in detail in system perspective while chapter 15 is focused on cropping systems management options in relation to salt affected soilsThe chapter 16 to 18 deals with integrated insect-pest management in system perspective while chapter 19 is focused on energy management The chapter 20 deals with crop weather relationships while chapter 21 is focused on various aspect of organic farming The last part of the book from chapter 22 to 25 is related to various practical and refined tools for assessment of efficiencies of cropping systems through agronomic physiological and statistical approaches as discussed in details for drawing meaningful  conclusionsinferences by researchers and planners As such the book stands as a comprehensive compilation on various aspects of cropping system management jacket 352 pp.…