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Tillage and Crop Establishment Affects Sustainability of South Asian Rice–Wheat System by Gathala, Mahesh K, Ladha, J.K, Kumar, Vivak, Saharawat, Yashpal S, Kumar, Virender, Sharma, Paradeep Kumar, Sharma, Sheetal, Pathak, Himanshu

“…Rice (Oryza sativa L.)–wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the major cropping system occupying 13.5 million ha in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia…”
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Precise irrigation water and nitrogen management improve water and nitrogen use efficiencies under conservation agriculture in the maize-wheat systems by Gupta, Naveen, Singh, Yadvinder, Jat, Hanuman S., Singh, Love K., Choudhary, Kajod M., Sidhu, Harminder S., Gathala, Mahesh K., Jat, Mangi L.

“…A 3-year field experiment was setup to address the threat of underground water depletion and sustainability of agrifood systems. Subsurface drip irrigation…”
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Climate-smart agriculture practices influence weed density and diversity in cereal-based agri-food systems of western Indo-Gangetic plains by Jat, Hanuman S., Kumar, Virender, Kakraliya, Suresh K., Abdallah, Ahmed M., Datta, Ashim, Choudhary, Madhu, Gathala, Mahesh K., McDonald, Andrew J., Jat, Mangi L., Sharma, Parbodh C.

“…Climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-based management practices are getting popular across South-Asia as an alternative to the conventional system for particular…”
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Application of innovation platforms to catalyse adoption of conservation agriculture practices in South Asia by Brown, Peter R., Anwar, Mazhar, Hossain, Md. Shakhawat, Islam, Rashadul, Siddquie, Md. Nur-E.-Alam, Rashid, Md. Mamunur, Datt, Ram, Kumar, Ranvir, Kumar, Sanjay, Pradhan, Kausik, Das, K. K., Dhar, Tapamay, Bhattacharya, Prateek M., Sapkota, Bibek, Thapa Magar, Dinesh B., Adhikari, Surya P., Rola-Rubzen, Maria Fay, Murray-Prior, Roy, Cummins, Jay, Maharjan, Sofina, Gathala, Mahesh K., Brown, Brendan, Tiwari, T. P.

“…Conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification (CASI) is a package of practices that could improve the sustainability of smallholder farm…”
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Potassium Supplying Capacity of Diverse Soils and K-Use Efficiency of Maize in South Asia by Islam, Saiful, Timsina, Jagadish, Salim, Muhammad, Majumdar, Kaushik, Gathala, Mahesh

“…Increased nutrient withdrawal by rapidly expanding intensive cropping systems, in combination with imbalanced fertilization, is leading to potassium (K)…”
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Efficacy of pre- and post-emergence herbicide combinations on weed control in no-till mechanically transplanted rice by Mitra, Biplab, Patra, Koushik, Bhattacharya, Prateek Madhab, Ghosh, Arunava, Chowdhury, Apurba Kumar, Dhar, Tapamay, Islam, Saiful, Laing, Alison M, Gathala, Mahesh K

“…No-till mechanized-transplanted rice was evaluated for different combinations of pre- and post-emergence herbicides to determine feasible, economically viable…”
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Furrow design for improving crop establishment of two-wheel tractor operated strip tillage planters in loam and clay loam soils by Arshadul Hoque, M., M. Hossain, M., T. M. Ziauddin, A., J. Krupnik, Timothy, K. Gathala, Mahesh

“…Conservation agriculture (CA) based production systems may help in achieving more sustainable intensification of cropping systems that use less labour and…”
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Can productivity and profitability be enhanced in intensively managed cereal systems while reducing the environmental footprint of production? Assessing sustainable intensification options in the breadbasket of India by Kumar, Virender, Jat, Hanuman S., Sharma, Parbodh C., Balwinder-Singh, Gathala, Mahesh K., Malik, Ram K., Kamboj, Baldev R., Yadav, Arvind K., Ladha, Jagdish K., Raman, Anitha, Sharma, D.K., McDonald, Andrew

“…•Higher cereal productivity can be achieved with lower environmental footprint through conservation agriculture.•Wheat productivity and profitability can be…”
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Effect of Tillage and Crop Establishment Methods on Physical Properties of a Medium-Textured Soil under a Seven-Year Rice−Wheat Rotation by Gathala, Mahesh K, Ladha, J.K, Saharawat, Yashpal S, Kumar, Virender, Kumar, Vivak, Sharma, Pradeep K

“…Rice−wheat (Oryza sativa L.−Triticum aestivum L.) rotation is the major production system in Asia, covering about 18 million ha. Conventional practice of…”
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Reduced tillage and crop diversification can improve productivity and profitability of rice-based rotations of the Eastern Gangetic Plains by Hoque, Muhammad Arshadul, Gathala, Mahesh K., Timsina, Jagadish, Ziauddin, Md.A.T.M., Hossain, Mosharraf, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Intensive rice (Oryza sativa)-based cropping systems in south Asia provide much of the calorie and protein requirements of low to middle-income rural and urban…”
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Potassium Supplying Capacity and Contribution of Non-Exchangeable Potassium in Wetland Rice Soils in Bangladesh by Islam, Saiful, Gathala, Mahesh K, Timsina, Jagadish, Dutta, Sudarshan, Salim, Muhammad, Majumdar, Kaushik

“…Information on soil potassium (K) supplying capacity, K-depletion, and contribution of exchangeable and non-exchangeable K in wetland rice ecology is limited…”
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Multi-year weed community dynamics and rice yields as influenced by tillage, crop establishment, and weed control: Implications for rice-maize rotations in the eastern Gangetic plains by Hossain, Khaled, Timsina, Jagadish, Johnson, David E., Gathala, Mahesh K., Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…In South Asia's rice-based cropping systems, most farmers flood and repetitively till their fields before transplanting. This establishment method, commonly…”
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Optimal design and setting of rotary strip-tiller blades to intensify dry season cropping in Asian wet clay soil conditions by Matin, Md. A., Hossain, Md. I., Gathala, Mahesh K., Timsina, Jagadish, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…•Strip-tillage of Asian wet clay soil to intensify cropping resulted in poor seedbed.•Conventional blades and setting (four per row) created optimum clods, but…”
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Optimizing intensive cereal-based cropping systems addressing current and future drivers of agricultural change in the northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India by Gathala, Mahesh K., Kumar, Virender, Sharma, P.C., Saharawat, Yashpal S., Jat, H.S., Singh, Mainpal, Kumar, Amit, Jat, M.L., Humphreys, E., Sharma, D.K., Sharma, Sheetal, Ladha, J.K.

“…•Higher system productivity and efficiency possible through conservation agriculture.•Zero-till cereal system had superior performance than the…”
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Energy-efficient, sustainable crop production practices benefit smallholder farmers and the environment across three countries in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, South Asia by Gathala, Mahesh K., Laing, Alison M., Tiwari, Thakur P., Timsina, Jagadish, Islam, Saiful, Bhattacharya, Prateek M., Dhar, Tapamay, Ghosh, Arunava, Sinha, Abhas K., Chowdhury, Apurba K., Hossain, Shakhawat, Hossain, Ilias, Molla, Samim, Rashid, Mamunur, Kumar, Sanjay, Kumar, Ranvir, Dutta, Swaraj K., Srivastwa, Pawan K., Chaudhary, Bedanand, Jha, Sanjeet K., Ghimire, Prakash, Bastola, Biswash, Chaubey, Ravi K., Kumar, Ujjwal, Gérard, Bruno

“…In the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia current agronomic practices are energy-intensive, and this contributes to higher cropping system production costs…”
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Improving smallholder farmers’ gross margins and labor-use efficiency across a range of cropping systems in the Eastern Gangetic Plains by Gathala, Mahesh K., Laing, Alison M., Tiwari, Thakur P., Timsina, Jagadish, Rola-Rubzen, Fay, Islam, Saiful, Maharjan, Sofina, Brown, Peter R., Das, Kalyan K., Pradhan, Kausik, Chowdhury, Apurba K., Kumar, Ranvir, Datt, Ram, Anwar, Mazharul, Hossain, Shakhawat, Kumar, Ujjwal, Adhikari, Surya, Magar, Dinesh B.T., Sapkota, Bibek K., Shrestha, Hari K., Islam, Rashadul, Rashid, Mamunur, Hossain, Israil, Hossain, Akbar, Brown, Brendan, Gerard, Bruno

“…•Conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification participatory research.•Reduced both labor use and production costs by 40%.•Increased gross margins…”
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Conservation agriculture based tillage and crop establishment options can maintain farmers’ yields and increase profits in South Asia's rice–maize systems: Evidence from Bangladesh by Gathala, Mahesh K., Timsina, Jagadish, Islam, Md. Saiful, Rahman, Md. Mahbubur, Hossain, Md. Israil, Harun-Ar-Rashid, Md, Ghosh, Anup K., Krupnik, Timothy J., Tiwari, Thakur P., McDonald, Andrew

“…•Rice–maize (R–M) production system in Bangladesh optimized.•Alternate CA-based tillage options provide similar yields in rice.•CA-based tillage options…”
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Achieving the win–win: targeted agronomy can increase both productivity and sustainability of the rice–wheat system by Chaki, Apurbo K., Gaydon, Donald S., Dalal, Ram C., Bellotti, William D., Gathala, Mahesh K., Hossain, Akbar, Menzies, Neal W.

“…Maximizing productivity of the rice–wheat (RW) system is a major challenge for achieving food security in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) of South Asia…”
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Performance of a hermetic device and neem (Azadirachta indica) in storing wheat seed: Evidence from participatory household trials in central Bangladesh by Krupnik, Timothy J., Hossain, Khaled, Timsina, Jagadish, Uddin, Md. Mohi, Baksh, Md. Elahi, Hasan, Md. Zakaria, Gathala, Mahesh K.

“…Smallholder farmers in Bangladesh often use low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bags contained within woven polypropylene bags to store wheat seed during the…”
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Forgoing the fallow in Bangladesh's stress-prone coastal deltaic environments: Effect of sowing date, nitrogen, and genotype on wheat yield in farmers’ fields by Krupnik, Timothy J., Ahmed, Zia Uddin, Timsina, Jagadish, Shahjahan, Md, Kurishi, A.S.M. Alanuzzaman, Miah, Azahar A., Rahman, B.M. Saidur, Gathala, Mahesh K., McDonald, Andrew J.

“…•Farmer-managed trials show wheat is a viable alternative to fallows in Bangladesh.•Yield is reduced by 57kgha−1 for each day sowing is delayed beyond November…”
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