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DOI	10.1017/S1742170517000527
	Man's artificial glacier-a way forward toward water harvesting for pre and post sowing irrigation to facilitate early sowing of wheat in cold arid Himalayan deserts of Ladakh
	Dar, S. R.1; Norphel, Chewang 2; Akhoon, Mohd Mehdi 1; Zargar, K. A.1; Ahmed, Nazeer 3; Yabgo, M. A.4; Dar, K. A.5; Hussain, Nazir 1; Thomas, T.6; Singh, Madhulika 7; Kumar, Ajay 7; Hussain, Sharafat 8; Kumar, Brijesh 9; Baba, Abrar Yasin 10
通讯作者	Dar, S. R.
来源期刊	RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS
ISSN	1742-1705
EISSN	1742-1713
出版年	2019
卷号	34 期号:4 页码:363-372
英文摘要	Unavailability of irrigation water for early sowing has remained a constant problem in cold arid deserts of Ladakh. In order to get a solution to this problem, a 2-yr farmers' participatory research trial with best bet agronomic management on artificial glacier water harvesting technology was conducted. The technology involves collecting water from natural glaciers that melt during late December. The water is diverted toward a shed constructed with stone embankments set up at regular intervals. The area is chosen where there is minimum interference of solar radiation, generally between two mountain slopes or ridge that is on the leeward side. The melted water is that melts from the natural glacier impeded by the embankments and get frozen here. This frozen water starts melting in late March and is used for both pre sowing and initial crop water requirement. It also ensures early sowing of wheat by creating additional 45-day window which leads to introduction of long- and medium-duration wheat varieties to replace decades old locally grown short-duration varieties. The work was initiated with a benchmark survey of 100 farmers to get an understanding of present irrigation scenario, crop management practices and date of sowing. Data from 99 farmer participating trial of wheat conducted after or from bench mark survey clearly indicated that the effect of water shortage can be seen on yield and yield attributing characters due to unavailability of pre sowing irrigation and water requirement at imperative growth stages and may also lead to terminal heat stress in wheat crop. Out of total number of irrigations applied, initial two irrigations can be compensated by artificial glacier water harvesting technique, leading to a revolution in the agriculture scenario of the tribal population by introduction of long- and medium-duration wheat varieties in cold arid desert of Ladakh for the very first time. It was observed that wheat seeding done in first fortnight of April gave better yields in comparison to late seeded wheat. Moreover, the long-duration varieties (LDVs) or medium-duration varieties (MDVs) sown under late condition gave better yield in comparison to locally grown short-duration varieties sown at same time. Yield potential of LDVs and MDVs of wheat under late sowing was found quite low in comparison to early-sown wheat, still when compared with the performance of locally grown wheat the yields were more even if the local varieties were sown early. The outcome of this study will help the farmers of tribal, cold arid community in harvesting better wheat yields by timely sowing of the wheat crop accompanied with better bet agronomic management practices. Government initiative is further required to ensure better outreach of complete crop management strategies to the tribal farming community of the region in order to ensure food security and improve their socioeconomic status.
英文关键词	Wheat artificial glacier water harvesting agronomic strategies and cold arid region
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	India ; Ethiopia
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000474267900009
WOS关键词	NITROGEN ; YIELD
WOS类目	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218439
作者单位	1.Krishi Vigyan Kendra Sher e Kashmir Univ Agr Sci, Kargil 194103, Ladakh, India; 2.Leh Nutr Project, Leh 194101, Jammu & Kashmir, India; 3.Sher e Kashmir Univ Agr Sci & Technol Kashmir, SKUAST K, VC, Srinagar 190025, Jammu & Kashmir, India; 4.DAO, Dept Agr, Kargil 194103, Ladakh, India; 5.Sher e Kashmir Univ Agr Sci & Technol Kashmir, Mt Livestock Res Inst, Manasbal 193504, Kashmir, India; 6.Sam Higginbottom Univ Agr Technol & Sci, Allahabad 211001, Uttar Pradesh, India; 7.India Off, EUP Hub Int Maize & Wheat Improvement Ctr, Cereal Syst Initiat South Asia, Gorakhpur 273001, Uttar Pradesh, India; 8.SKUAST K, Vegetable Sci, Srinagar 190025, Jammu & Kashmir, India; 9.Dr Rajendra Prasad Cent Agr Univ, Soil Sci Div, Tirhut Coll Agr, Muzaffarpur 843121, Bihar, India; 10.Ambo Univ, Dept Plant Sci, Post Box 019, Ambo City, Ethiopia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dar, S. R.,Norphel, Chewang,Akhoon, Mohd Mehdi,et al. Man's artificial glacier-a way forward toward water harvesting for pre and post sowing irrigation to facilitate early sowing of wheat in cold arid Himalayan deserts of Ladakh[J],2019,34(4):363-372.
APA	Dar, S. R..,Norphel, Chewang.,Akhoon, Mohd Mehdi.,Zargar, K. A..,Ahmed, Nazeer.,...&Baba, Abrar Yasin.(2019).Man's artificial glacier-a way forward toward water harvesting for pre and post sowing irrigation to facilitate early sowing of wheat in cold arid Himalayan deserts of Ladakh.RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS,34(4),363-372.
MLA	Dar, S. R.,et al."Man's artificial glacier-a way forward toward water harvesting for pre and post sowing irrigation to facilitate early sowing of wheat in cold arid Himalayan deserts of Ladakh".RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS 34.4(2019):363-372.