2011
DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2011.574498
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Agronomic and Economic Evaluation of Mulching in Rainfed Maize—Wheat Cropping System in the Western Himalayan Region of India

Abstract: Mulching is highly beneficial for resource conservation under rainfed conditions, but non-availability of organic biomass and easy availability of fertilizers and herbicides has led to a gradual discontinuation of this practice. Various vegetative materials, including some troublesome weedy perennials, are available locally, which can be recycled for enhanced soil moisture and nutrient conservation. A field experiment was conducted at Dehradun, India, from 2001India, from -2004 to study the effect of mulching… Show more

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“…Sharma et al . () also recorded higher net returns and B:C ratio in MWS with vegetative mulches from some perennials in Doon valley, Uttarakhand, India, and Mittal et al . () on loamy sands in India.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…Sharma et al . () also recorded higher net returns and B:C ratio in MWS with vegetative mulches from some perennials in Doon valley, Uttarakhand, India, and Mittal et al . () on loamy sands in India.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Residue retention was essential to maintain productivity and realize the benefits of direct drilling in PRBs in MWS (Govaerts et al, 2005), particularly in scanty rainfall years (Sur et al, 1992), and mulching with Sesbania, Jatropha and Brassica produced superior yields compared with no-mulch (Table 5). Crop residue mulch (Malik et al, 2004;Gathala et al, 2011aGathala et al, , 2011bJat et al, 2013) and organic/vegetative mulches (Mittal et al, 1992;Mafongoya et al, 1997;Sharma et al, 2005;Maggard et al, 2012) have been found to maintain higher soil moisture, suppress weed growth, moderate soil temperature (Maggard et al, 2012) and improve crop (Mittal et al, 1992;Mafongoya et al, 1997;Sharma et al, 2011). Our results are also in close agreement with the work reported by Mafongoya et al (1997) and Mittal et al (1992) with Leuceana prunings.…”
Section: Crop Yieldsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The highest purslane (38.31 g.m −2 ) and dragon's head (179.65 g.m −2 ) seed yields were obtained from wheat straw mulched plants (Table 3). Mulch improves the yield and yield components of plants by maintaining soil moisture, reducing soil temperature and evaporation from the soil surface (Limon-Ortega et al, 2002;Sharma et al, 2011). Most reports confirm that the yield of plants has increased due to use of mulch in comparison with nonmulch soils (Bruce et al, 2006;Zhang and Sun, 2007;Chakraborty et al, 2008).…”
Section: Seed Yieldmentioning
confidence: 99%