Y. S. Ramakrishna

TL;DR: A detailed district and agro-ecoregional level study comprising the 604 districts of India was undertaken to identify dominant rainfed districts for major rainfed crops, make a crop-specific assessment of the surplus runoff water available for water harvesting and the irrigable area, and estimate the efficiency of regional rain water use and incremental production due to supplementary irrigation for different crops, and conduct a preliminary economic analysis of water harvesting/supplemental irrigation to realize the potential of rainfed agriculture as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, on-farm experiments were conducted near Bhadrachalam, Khammam district (Andhra Pradesh) for over 4 years from August 2001 to November 2005 to examine whether wide-row planting and grouping of certain tree rows will facilitate extended intercropping without sacrificing wood yield.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of weather on the yields of different spike orders of castor beans was studied and the results from this study revealed that higher bean yield can be achieved by planting the crop on an early date, i.e., in June.

TL;DR: The consumption and weight gain of the larvae were negatively and significantly influenced by leaf nitrogen, which was found to be the most important factor affecting consumption and growth of larvae.

TL;DR: In this article, field experiments on rainfed castor beans ( Ricinus communis L.) were conducted for four years (1990-1993) to explain the variability in radiation use efficiency and water use efficiency (WUE) in relation to meteorological parameters.