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- Title
Impact of climate change on weeds in the rice-wheat cropping system.
- Authors
Mahajan, Gulshan; Singh, Samunder; Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh
- Abstract
The authors discuss the effect of climatic changes on cropping systems of wheat and rice in northwest India. They comment that the growth in weeds will lead to losses of about 28-74 percent in rice yields and 15-80 percent in wheat yields. An overview of the need of weed management strategies and conservation agriculture is also presented.
- Subjects
NORTHWESTERN India; CLIMATE change; WEEDS; CROPPING systems; WHEAT farming; RICE farming
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2012, Vol 102, Issue 10, p1254
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Opinion