Publications by authors named "Rajkumar Jat"
Pomegranate ( L.) is a fruit tree that is globally distributed, especially in warm areas with low annual rainfall and limited water availability. This species exemplifies the critical role of water in agriculture and the need for efficient irrigation practices due to its characteristics, cultivation requirements, and geographic diffusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrash mulches are remarkably effective in preventing soil erosion, reducing runoff-sediment transport-erosion, and increasing infiltration. The study was carried out to observe the sediment outflow from sugar cane leaf (trash) mulch treatments at selected land slopes under simulated rainfall conditions using a rainfall simulator of size 10 m × 1.2 m × 0.
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- Field experiments evaluated eight integrated crop management (ICM) modules over five years in a maize-wheat rotation, showing significant boosts in maize grain yield with CA-based ICM methods compared to conventional techniques.
- Results indicated that while wheat yields remained statistically similar across methods, overall system yields for maize equivalents were higher in the CA-based approaches that retained residues.
- The study concluded that adopting CA-based ICM can enhance crop sustainability, improve farm profits, conserve water, and positively affect soil properties in north-western plains.
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- Conservation agriculture (CA) practices like zero-till flatbed (ZTFB) and permanent beds (PNB) can increase maize yields by 13.9-17.6% compared to conventional tillage (CT) and improve soil properties, offering a more sustainable farming method.
- Nutrient management strategies such as nutrient expert-based application (NE) and recommended fertilization (RDF) result in 10.7-20% higher maize grain-equivalent yields than farmers' fertilizer practices (FFP) and significantly boost farm profits.
- Overall, CA practices, when combined with effective nutrient management, enhance not only crop yields and economic returns but also soil health, promising sustainability in agricultural production over the long term.