Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
T3-12P-1433
Yellow Revolution Success in Sodic Soil Through Salt Resistant Variety of
Mustard (CS-58)
A.K. Srivastava, Naveen K. Singh and Ashutosh Srivastava
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Pratapgarh- 229408, Uttar Pradesh, India
Salinity and sodicity stresses affect an area of 932.2 million hectares in the world and an area
of nearly 6.73 million hectares is affected by these stresses in India. This crop is often subject
to saline stress, as it is grown extensively in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Soil and
water salinity stresses contribute to greater yield losses (both seed and oil yield), and this low
economic yield is related to susceptibility of the crop. Hence, it is necessary to develop salttolerant
genotypes in Indian mustard. CS-58 is a newly developed, salt-tolerant, high-yielding
Indian mustard variety from ICAR- CSSRI, Karnal, to harness the yield potential of saltaffected
soils of India. It produced 24-25% higher seed yield than the national check varieties
Varuna and Kranti and was adopted by farmers in salt-affected areas. It grows up to a height
of 180-185 cm. It matures in about 125-130 days and 1000 seed weight was 5.6-6.0 g. It is
recommended for saline soils up to soil salinity level (ECe) up to 12.0 dS m -1 and in alkali soils
upto pH 8.5-9.3. It is highly suitable for saline and sodic soil conditions. It yields around 39%
oil content even under salt stress conditions. The yield potential in normal soils is 26-28 q ha -1
and in salt affected soils (having pH up to 9.3 and soil salinity upto 9.0 dS m -1 ) is 22-24 q ha -1 .
In NICRA village on the basis of five-year (2015-16 to 2020-21) demonstration conducted for
saline conditions in NICRA village Chhachhamau, CS-58 provided a mean seed average yield
of 2040 kg ha -1 under sodic condition (pH 8.5-9.0), which was 22-26% higher than the yields
of check variety Varua. It gives higher yield at less cost, with less water requirements, and with
more resilience to climatic stresses – are desirable and should be evaluated. Introduction of
mustard salt tolerant variety CS-58 plays a significant role in high pH condition.
T3-13P-1253
Weed Management Strategies under Different Tillage Systems in Wet
Direct Seeded Rice
P. Gayathri, Nimmy Jose, Jyothi Sara Jacob, A.K. Ambily and M. Surendran
Rice Research Station, Moncompu, Kerala Agricultural University, 688502, Kerala, India
The shift in the crop establishment method from transplanting to direct sowing is not gaining
momentum among farming community due to the difficulties associated with the weed
management in wet direct seeded rice (DSR). In wet DSR, weeds and seeds emerge at the same
time and cause severe yield loss. As no weedicides can give broad spectrum management,
Managing genetic resources for enhanced stress tolerance
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