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Achievements
 
INNOVATION
IMPACT ON
Percent
Zero tilled/surface seeding of wheat in rice – wheat cropping system
  • Wheat yield increase
  • Wheat tillage cost reduction
  • Cropping system (rice-wheat) profit increase
17
95
27
Relay cropping of wheat in cotton
  • Wheat yield increase
  • Wheat tillage cost reduction
  • Seed cotton yield increase
  • Cropping system (cotton-wheat) profit increase
54
98
15
32
Bed planting of cotton
  • Water – use saving over flat planting
  • Seed rate reduction
  • Early maturity
35-40
50
7-10 days
Alternate row earthing up
  • Water – use saving
35-40
Ridge planting of maize
  • Water – use saving
  • Seed rate reduction
25-30
50
Skip irrigation of sugarcane
  • Water saving
35-40
Bed planting of wheat
  • Water saving
25-30
Cropping pattern improvement through inclusion of legumes in the pattern
  • Rice – wheat -- mung bean
17 % higher profit over
rice- wheat
INTERCROPPING:
Sugarcane (autumn) – wheat
Sugarcane (spring) - mungbean
Sugarcane (autumn) - lentil
Sugarcane (spring) - okra
Sugarcane (autumn) - carrot
Sugarcane (autumn) – garlic
 
  • Profit increase over Sugarcane alone
  • Profit increase over Sugarcane alone
  • Profit increase over Sugarcane alone
  • Profit increase over Sugarcane alone
  • Profit increase over Sugarcane alone
  • Profit increase over Sugarcane alone
 
7
8
32
78
207
194
Integrated weed management
Yield increase in field and vegetable crops
20-40
  • WEEDS AND THEIR CONTROL
    Weed flora spectra were established for individual crops after a great deal of weed survey in Punjab. The work on finalizing lists of weeds having their names in Latin, Common English, Urdu and Punjabi (names used in different parts of the Province) marking weed identification at lot easier was well advanced.
  • More than 100 herbicides were tested and approved for weed control in the field crops. Weed control studies through use of available herbicides remained in progress and the relevant data were recorded.  
  • Integrated weed management studies were carried out. Work on calculating cost/benefit ratio of different weed control methods was carried out in different crops and it was concluded that integrated approach proved to be more economical as compared to the cultural methods in major crops.
  • The work on competing ability of Dumbi ghas, Jangli Javi, Bathu, Jangli Palak, Jangli mater, and Itsit as indicated by their seed production capacity was done.  
  • Individual weed behaviour and their life cycle was studied and bio essay research was carried out to test the potency of approved herbicides. 
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