Research

Agricultural Sciences

Title :

Development of agro-ecological, situation specific, cropping system oriented technologies for different oilseed crops

Area of research :

Agricultural Sciences

Focus area :

Agronomy

Principal Investigator :

Dr. S. N. Sudhakara Babu, Scientist, Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (IIOR), Hyderabad

Timeline Start Year :

2015

Timeline End Year :

2020

Contact info :

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Executive Summary :

To assess dynamics of productivity, profitability, nutrient use efficiency and sustainability of long term fertility management in sunflower – sorghum cropping system in Alfisols. To assess productivity, profitability and resource use pattern of new and emerging crop sequences involving sunflower in Vertisols. To assess productivity, profitability and resource use pattern of intercropping systems involving sunflower in Alfisols* and Vertisols under rainfed conditions. *To explore the changes in soil metagenome under varied backgrounds of long term nutrient management. To demonstrate integrated crop management for assessing productivity and profitability of sunflower in Alfisols* and Vertisols. Statistical assessment of long term fertilizer experiment

Co-PI:

Dr. Md. Aziz A Qureshi, Scientist, Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (IIOR), Hyderabad, Dr. V. Dinesh Kumar, Scientist, Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (IIOR), Hyderabad, Dr. K. Alivelu, Scientist, Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (IIOR), Hyderabad

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