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Agronomic Approaches to Stress Management

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Droughts affect the agriculture sector greatly by reducing the productivity of crops and thereby influencing food security, livestock and the national economy. Droughts may be managed to some extent, to lower their adverse effects on agriculture. Agronomic approaches may play an important role in this management. In drought-prone areas, only those crops and/or varieties should be grown which can tolerate drought due to their specific characteristics based on growth pattern, crop duration, rooting pattern, etc. Tillage operations before the rains help in capturing rain water efficiently. In the Mediterranean region, the productivity of cool-season grain legumes can be enhanced by shifting sowing time from spring to winter season, through better utilization of moisture by the crop. Deep sowing, straw mulch application and seed priming help in improving the plant stand and productivity of crops under moisture stress conditions. Adequate nutrient application and weed removal have been found beneficial in raising crop yields. Intercropping of grain legumes with other crops may also be followed to lower the risk of the total crop failure under adverse conditions. Water harvesting and supplemental irrigation need to be encouraged to improve water use efficiency and grain yields under moisture stress conditions.

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Singh, G., Ram, H., Aggarwal, N. (2010). Agronomic Approaches to Stress Management. In: Yadav, S., Redden, R. (eds) Climate Change and Management of Cool Season Grain Legume Crops. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3709-1_8

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