Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Sanjeev Verma, Anil Shinde, Vijay Agrawal, SS Dhakad, Jitendra K Marskole and VK Verma

Abstract:
Rice-wheat is the major cropping system in the Indo-Gangetic plains and is also practiced on considerable area in district Betul Madhya Pradesh. Rice-wheat production system under conventional practices includes monotonous and tedious techniques for field planning and weeds the board; expands cost of creation, decay soil richness, and don't offer wanted benefits for increasing the grain yields. In conventional agriculture, burning of crop leftover residue and consuming of harvest extra buildup has become a significant test that prompts loss of valuable plant supplements and decayed natural quality. To alleviate these issues, in fact attainable, monetarily feasible and environmentally reasonable innovations should be basically embraced. An innovation is needed to work with ideal planting in standing stubbles, limit weed invasion, lower cost of creation, further develop compost/water-use proficiency and further develop soil wellbeing. To reap the benefits of conservation agriculture (CA), studies were conducted at farmers’ fields in rice-wheat-greengram cropping system in black-cotton soils in district Betul Madhya Pradesh for consecutive four years. Sowing was done with Happy Seeder. Rise of weeds from upper soil surface was viably constrained by herbicides. Results showed that the advantages of CA can well be tackled in dark cotton soils with rice-wheat-green gram editing framework. Maintenance of yield buildups on soil surface gave a successful mulch cover to supplement and dampness preservation, temperature balance and weed control.