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Production of crops is directly connected with tillage systems and this tillage system is also helpful for reduction of cost of crop production. Therefore, cropping system may be regulated with the changes of tillage operations. Now-a-days, zero tillage, minimum tillage, no-tillage paira/utera system, stubble-mulch tillage etc. are in vogue, and as a result, higher crop-production is possible, with low cost, though tillage practices differ from place-to-place and crop-to-crop. With the new ideas and concepts the new book entitled Tillage and Crop Production , has been written for the development of agriculture in the country, with thirteen chapters, having part - I. (i) Introduction, (ii) Tillage and tilth, (iii) Types and methods of tillage, (iv) Factors affecting tillage, (v) Tillage implements, (vi) Tillage effects on, (vii) Tillage in relation to crop production, (viii) Tillage vs. irrigation and fertilization, (ix) Tillage for crops, croppings and situations, (x) Tillage, crop production and production economics, (xi) Financial aspect of tillage-crop management, and Part - II. Important information on crop production. The book will be very useful for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of all agricultural universities of the country. This book will also be helpful to all ICAR research institutes and all agricultural departmental farms of all States of the country

PART - I

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 History and development of tillage

1.2 Seeds and germination

1.3 Tillage variations in continents/countries

1.4 Root and shoot development versus tillage

1.5 Modern concept of tillage for agriculture

CHAPTER 2. TILLAGE AND TILTH

2.1 Tillage

2.2 Tilth

CHAPTER 3. TYPES AND METHODS OF TILLAGE

3.1 Arable and dry lands

3.2 Wetlands

3.3 Special type of tillage

CHAPTER 4. FACTORS AFFECTING TILLAGE

4.1 Weather parameters

4.2 Seasons

4.3 Soils

4.4 Topography

4.5 Land situations (plains/flat areas)

4.6 Crops and cropping systems

CHAPTER 5. TILLAGE IMPLEMENTS

5.1 Primary tillage implements

5.2 Secondary tillage implements

5.3 Intercultural operations implements

5.4 Special highly-needed inter-tillage implements

CHAPTER 6. EFFECTS OF TILLAGE

6.1 Soils

6.2 Crops and cropping system (in respect of production)

6.3 Weeds in the seasons

6.4 Environment

CHAPTER 7. TILLAGE IN RELATION TO CROP PRODUCTION

7.1 Single crops (including inter crops/tier-crops)

7.2 Multiple cropping systems

CHAPTER 8. TILLAGE VERSUS IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZATION

8.1 Tillage versus irrigation

8.2 Tillage versus fertilization

CHAPTER 9. SPECIAL TILLAGE FOR CROPS, CROPPINGS AND SITUATIONS WITH MULTIPLE CROPPING SYSTEMS

9.1 Tillage for special crops

9.2 Tillage for croppings and situations

9.3 Tillage for multiple cropping systems

CHAPTER 10. TILLAGE, CROP–PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION-ECONOMICS

10.1 Crop production under tillage

10.2 Tillage and production-economics

CHAPTER 11. FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF TILLAGE AND CROP MANAGEMNT

11.1 Tillage information

11.2 Crop management information

11.3 Terms used in crop management (in respect of financial aspects)

PART - II

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND TERMINOLOGY

1. Requirement of NPK-fertilizers for unit area of crop production

2. Yield estimation of some crops

3. Classified arable crops in seasons and water-crops with scientific, English and local names under different families

4. Paira/Utera (no-tillage relay) crops in seasons

5. Climatological data

6. Soil analytical data (Mechanical, Chemical and Physical properties)

7. Soil moisture status in rice-fallows in different dry months (rabi)

8. Rainfed crops in different seasons (Rabi, Pre-kharif and Kharif reasons) alongwith rainfall

9. Terms commonly used in agriculture

10. Terms used in tillage operation

11. Tillage implements

12. Types of crops

13. Measuring instruments in crop research

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

A. Soil fertility in rainfed rice-based paira cropping system (3-crop system)

B. Production economies of rainfed rice-based 3-crop system

C. Production of irrigated crops in wheat-based 3-crop system