PART - I PULSES SCENARIO AND STATUS OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INDIA
1. An overview of pulses production in India - N. Nadarajan and Aditya Pratap
2. Constraints, issues and opportunities of RCT in pulse based cropping systems - P.K. Ghosh and K.K. Hazra
3. Success story of resource conservation technology in Indo-Gangetic plains - N.S. Pasricha
4. Resource conservation technologies in pulse based cropping systems in NEH region - Anup Das, G.I. Ramkrushna, S.V. Ngachan and G.C. Munda
5. Resource conservation technologies: A novel paradigm to magnify resource use efficiency in rainfed and drylands of India - A.K. Tripathi
PART - II PULSES IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE AND CROP DIVERSIFICATION
6. Role of pulses in conservation agriculture - Masood Ali and M.S. Venkatesh
7. Resource conservation technologies in rice fallow - Masood Ali, P.K. Ghosh and K.K. Hazra
8. Advances in resource conservation technology in pulse production system - Narendra Kumar, M.K. Singh and Saumya Singh
9. Pulses under organic farming: Opportunities and constraints - Mohan Singh
PART - III GENETIC APPROACHES FOR HARNESSING CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
10. Plant type and varietal features of pulses for resource conservation technologies in agriculture - S.K. Chaturvedi, Muraleedhar Aski and U.C. Jha
11. Plant type and varietal features of mungbean and urdbean in rice based cropping systems - G.P. Dixit
12. Importance of plant genetic resources in conservation agriculture- Asit B. Mandal and D. Datta
13. Protection of intellectual property rights with reference to resource conservation technologies - D. Datta and Asit B. Mandal
14. Nutritional quality traits and their improvement in pulses - Jagdish Singh
15. Quality seed maintenance of pulses in view of resource conservation agriculture - S.K. Chaturvedi, Murleedhar Aski and Neelu Mishra
PART - IV INTEGRATED INPUT MANAGEMENT
16. Integrated nutrient management in pulse based cropping systems in different agro-ecological regions of India - A.N. Ganeshamurthy
17. Nutrient acquisition and recycling through pulses - M.S. Venkatesh, K.K. Hazra and Rohit Katiyar
18. Water management strategies under Resource Conservation Technologies - Chandra Sekhar Praharaj
19. Zinc in crops and human health – An overview - Soumitra Das and Andrew Green
20. Resource conservation and productivity enhancement of legume dominant farming systems - A.K. Srivastva
21. Natural resource conservation through watershed management in rainfed areas: Role of pulses - Pramod Kumar Panda
22. Potential and prospect of bio-fertilizers in pulse production under resource conservation technologies - K. Swarnalakshmi, M. Senthilkumar and Mohan Singh
23. Exploring pulse microbes and rhizosphere engineering - Asit Mandal, Asha Sahu, M.C. Manna and P.K. Ghosh
PART - V CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION OPPORTUNITIES
24. Carbon sequestration potential in conservation agriculture - M.C. Manna, Asha Sahu, Asit Mandal and P.K.Ghosh
25. Role of resource conservation technologies in mitigating climate change - P.K. Ghosh, Narendra Kumar and Arti Yadav
26. Role of soil nitrogen supply in crop production under climate change perspective - N.S. Pasricha
27. Carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change - K.K. Bandyopadhyay
28. Potential for carbon sequestration through reclamation of degraded lands - Debshish Mandal
29. Carbon sequestration under soybean-wheat cropping system in the Indian Himalayas - Ranjan Bhattacharya
30. Carbon sequestration in pulse based cropping systems: Past experience and future prediction - K.K. Hazra, M.S. Venkatesh,P.K. Ghosh, Narendra Kumar and Ummed Singh
PART - VI RESIDUE MANAGEMENT AND FARM MECHANISATION
31. Conservation agriculture and pulses: Impact on soil health - K.M. Hati, R.S. Chaudhary, J. Somasundaram, R. Saha, M. Mohanty and R.K. Singh
32. Residue management in pulse based cropping system under resource conservation technologies - Narendra Kumar, M.K. Singh and Saumya Singh
33. Energy budgeting in mechanised pulse production - M. K. Singh, Narendra Kumar and P.K. Ghosh
34. Role of farm mechanisation in conservation agriculture - M.K. Singh and Narendra Kumar
PART - VII RESOURCE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT
35. Resource conservation technologies in rainfed agriculture and mitigation of abiotic stress in pulse crops - Ch. Srinivasa Rao and B.Venkateswarlu
36. Improving water use efficiency and drought under RCT - P.S. Basu
37. Resource conservation technologies for soil moisture conservation in drylands - R. Saha, J. Somasundaram and P.K. Ghosh
38. Moisture stress and its management in pulses through resource conservation technologies in rainfed areas - G. Ravindra Chary, K.A. Gopinath, G.R. Maruthi Sankar, G. Pratibha, G.Venkatesh, Ganesh Kute and B. Venkateswarlu
39. Mitigating abiotic stresses in rabi pulses - V.K. Singh and Ashutosh Barthwal
40. Root distribution pattern of pulses in response to water availability - P.K. Bandyopadhyay
PART - VIII RESOURCE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR BIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT
41. Climate change and insect pest dynamics in pulses - P. Duraimurugan
42. Resource conservation technologies and integrated disease management strategies in pulses - R.G. Chaudhary and Naimuddin
43. Post harvest losses in pulses and its management - Prasoon Verma
44. Issues related to weed management in RCT - Narendra Kumar, K.K. Hazra and S.K. Yadav
45. Soil sickness due to nematodes and its management through RCTs - Bansa Singh and R. Jagdeeswaran
PART - IX INDIGENOUS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE, SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATION AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT
46. Farmer participatory seed production through model village concept for enhancing pulse production - S.K. Singh and Ambreesh Singh Yadav
47. Enhancing farm income through RCT mediated village cluster approach - Chandra Sekhar Praharaj and K. Sankaranarayanan
48. Gender issues in conservation agriculture - Rajesh Kumar
49. Indigenous technical knowledge for resource conservation technologies in pulses production system - Uma Sah
50. Promoting resource conservation technologies in pulses through Krishi Vigyan Kendra - S.R.K. Singh, U.S. Gautam, Anupam Mishra and Narendra Kumar
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