abstract- efficient use of irrigation water for summer crops should be considered seriously due to rare occurrence of precipitation in summer. this research was focused on the assessment of water use efficiency for dominant crops of summer cropping pattern in the study area (i.e., maize and rice) via considering water productivity (wp) with different water management scenarios at farm level at ...

the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of addition of pulses in crop sequences, crop residue management, and application of fertilizer n on soil nitrogen content, soil organic carbon, nutrient uptake, and its consequences for wheat yields. the field experiments were carried out from 2009 to 2012 in the sub-humid and sub-tropical zone of northern india. the treatments were (i...

new sources of maize resistance to the maize weevil, sitophilus zeamais infestation are indispensable in successful breeding programs against post harvest grain damage. the study investigated the characters and mechanisms that confer resistance to weevil infestation using twenty elite maize genotypes. detailed morphological and physical studies were conducted on whole-maize grain. the grain hul...

The current study evaluated the impact of intercropping Cowpea and Moong bean on Maize yield its constituent parts. Nine different treatments were used in experiment viz., (T1) sole Maize, (T2) Cowpea, (T3) bean, (T4) + (1:1), (T5) (1:2), (T6) (1:3), (T7) (T8) (1:2) and, (T9) (2:1) a randomized block design with three replications Kharif season. findings showed that intercropped plants had grea...

an isolate of fusarium moniliforme, a pathogen of winter wild oat (avena ludoviciana), was obtained from tehran province, iran, in 1994. a host range test performed on wheat, barley, maize, rye, millet, crested wheatgrass, faba bean, red bean, green bean, sunflower, soybean, oilseed rape, cotton, safflower, cucumber, water melon, berseem clover, and sainfoin, resulted in no symptom induction by...

in order to evaluate the intercropping of corn (zea mays l.) and bean cultivars (phaseolus spp.) an experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design with three replicaties at sari agricultural sciences and natural resources university during growing season of 2010. the experimental treatments consisted of sole cropping of corn, white bean, bush bean, red bean, pinto bean and swo...

Power, J.F., Wilhelm, W.W. and Doran, J.W., 1986. Crop residue effects on soil environment and dryland maize and soya bean production. Soil Tillage Res., 8 : 101-111. The research reported here provides data on the effects of crop residues o n the surface of no-till soil upon the soil environment and resulting biological activity, including crop growth. For maize (Zea mays L.) and soya bean [Gl...

Changes in agricultural land use as a consequence of an increased demand of energy crops have resulted in an increase of maize cropped area in many regions of Germany. The focus on maize as main biogas substrate, has led in some cases to negative ecological and environmental impacts, such as a loss of agro biodiversity reflected in a loss of field flora and fauna biodiversity. The present paper...