शुष्‍क क्षेत्र Tag

19 Jun

Posted at 04:54h in Soil & Fertilizers
Ritu Mawar 26 views

शुष्क क्षेत्रों में मिट्टी से पैदा होने वाले पौध रोग जनकों का पर्यावरण हितैषी प्रबंधन Crops of Indian arid region suffer heavily every year due to biotic stresses caused by soil born plant pathogens. These pathogens remain viable in soil as a dormant propagules and control of these pathogens by chemical means is not economical and also not advisable due to environment concerns. Management of these pathogens through eco-friendly approaches have been discussed here that provides long term benefit to the farmers for sustainable development of arid crops. Soil borne plant pathogens like Fusarium spp., Macrophomina phaseolina etc. causes severe yield losses in major arid land crops like Cumin, Pearl millet Clusterbean,...

19 Feb

Posted at 09:31h in Postharvest
Deepa Samant 3,371 views

स्टार करौदा परिरक्षण (मुरब्‍बा): बेरी का एक पोषक मूल्य संंर्वधक उत्पाद  Star gooseberry, an underutilized fruit crop of Indian origin, has not yet been exploited properly in spite of its nutritional and medicinal values. In comparison to aonla / amla, it has limited market potential. However, its potential may be realized by developing and promoting its value added products. Bearing plant of star gooseberry Preserve may be helpful in popularizing vitamin C rich star gooseberry among masses. Star gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus Skeels), a close relative of aonla (Emblica officinalis Geartn) is an underutilized fruit crop of India. It is a component of homestead gardens of tropical/ subtropical humid regions of the country. In Odisha it is...

25 Jun

Posted at 04:15h in Cropping systems
S.P.S Tanwar 1 view

शुष्‍क क्षेत्र में उच्च आय, सुरक्षा और उपयुक्‍त संसाधन उपयोग के लिए एकीकृत खेती प्रणाली The Indian hot arid zone occupies over 31.7 m ha area of which 81.0% lies in two states i.e.  Rajasthan and Gujarat. The characteristic features of this region are low and erratic rainfall (100 -420 mm/year), extreme temperatures (-5.7 to 50.0°C), long sunshine duration (6.6-10 hours), low relative humidity (30%-80%) high wind velocity (9-13 kmph) and high evapotranspiration (1500-2000 mm). The soils are poor in nutrients, wind erosion occurs on a mammoth scale and paucity of water is a perennial bottleneck. Dry land farming in farming system mode is the main occupation of the people . The crop...