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024	8		_ahttp://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.sja/2018/34.3.696.704
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041			_aeng
100	0		_98090 _aAnsaar Ahmed
245	1		_aEffect of bed planting and zero tillage on productivity and water use of Irrigated maize - wheat cropping system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan _h[Electronic Resource]
260			_aPakistan : _bResearchers Links, _c2018.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aCrop establishment methods like broadcasting of wheat and manual planting of maize on flat surface coupled with flood irrigation are used in irrigated maize–wheat system of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province that requires skilled labor, intensive tillage and more water for irrigation. In this study, zero tillage and bed planting effect in comparison with farmer practice on maize-wheat system productivity was evaluated at five sites in district of Nowshera, KP province during 2014-2016. Maize grain yield with bed planting and manual planting on flat surface were non-significantly different. Because of weed infestation, there was 30 percent lower maize grain yield with zero till planted maize in comparison with bed planting and farmer practice. Zero till drill planted wheat after maize crop had higher grain yield in comparison with mechanized bed planting and farmer practice of broadcasting in 2014-15 and 2015-16 wheat season. Because of higher maize grain yield, maize–wheat system productivity was significantly higher with bed planting and farmer practice in comparison with Zero tillage. Bed planting of maize had 20 – 30 percent higher water use efficiency (WUE) in comparison with flat planting of farmer practice in both the years. Overall comparison of maize – wheat cropping system showed that there were 16 and 22 percent water saving with bed planting in comparison with other practice in 2014-15 and 2015-16 cropping cycle, respectively. The study showed that farmer practice of manual planting of maize and broadcasting of wheat can be replaced with bed planting of maize and zero till drill planting of wheat, respectively to save water, labor and improve maize-wheat system productivity and water use efficiency.
526			_aWC _cFP4
546			_aText in English
591			_aAnsaar Ahmed : Not in IRS Staff list but CIMMYT Affiliation
650		7	_aMaize _gAGROVOC _2 _91173
650		7	_aWheat _gAGROVOC _2 _91310
650		7	_91753 _aZero tillage _2AGROVOC
650		7	_91307 _aWater use efficiency _2AGROVOC
650		7	_91313 _aYields _2AGROVOC
651		7	_94252 _aPakistan _gAGROVOC
700	1		_9811 _aHUSSAIN, I. _gSustainable Intensification Program _8I1706153
700	0		_98294 _aIbni Amin Khalil
700	0		_98295 _aSubhanulla
700	0		_98096 _aGulzar Ahmed
700	0		_98296 _aImtiaz Ahmad
700	1		_9917 _aImtiaz, M. _gGlobal Wheat Program _8INT3326
773	0		_gv. 34, no. 3, p. 696-704 _tSarhad Journal of Agriculture _x2224-5383
856	4		_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/19901
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