Título

Maize in India: production systems, constraints, and research priorities

Autor

Pramod Kumar Joshi

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Materias

Diversification - (AGROVOC) Water resources - (AGROVOC) Hybrids - (AGROVOC) Maize - (AGROVOC) Agricultural Economics - (AGROVOC) CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA - (CTI)

Resumen o descripción

Maize is a promising substitute crop allowing diversification from the rice-wheat system in the upland areas of India. The crop has high production potential, pr ovided the available improved hybrids and composites reach the farming community. This study found that major biotic production constraints were Echinocloa, Cynodon dactylon, rats, and termites, which reduced maize pr oduction levels by more than 50%. Other important abiotic and biotic stresses listed in descending or der of importance were: caterpillars, water stress,stem borers, weevils, zinc deficiency, rust, seed/seedling blight, cutwor m, and leaf blight. Non-availability of improved seeds, inadequate input markets, inef fective technology dissemination, and lack of collective action were the principal socio-economic constraints.

Fecha de publicación

2005

Tipo de publicación

Libro

Recurso de información

http://hdl.handle.net/10883/779

Formato

application/pdf

Idioma

Inglés

Audiencia

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Repositorio Orígen

Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT

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