06 Feb Rice varieties for drought prone ecosystem in rainfed areas of eastern India
पूर्वी भारत के असिंचित क्षेत्रों में सूखा प्रवृत्त ईकोसिस्टम के लिए चावल की किस्में। Rice (Oryza sativa L.) , the staple food of more than three billion people in the world, is cultivated under diverse ecosystems ranging from irrigated to rainfed upland to rainfed lowland to deep water. In India, the total area under rainfed lowland and upland rice is 14.4 and 6.3 million ha, respectively. The frequent occurrence of abiotic stresses such as drought has been identified as the key to the low productivity of rice in rainfed ecosystems, particularly in eastern region of India. The eastern region comprises of Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and plains of...