Soil water dynamics, water productivity and radiation use efficiency of maize under multi-year conservation agriculture during contrasting rainfall events

Increasing resource degradation (soil) and resource scarcity (water) in Indo Gangetic Planes (IGP) had popularized the concept of conservation agriculture (CA). CA practices can alter the soil hydraulic properties by improving soil physical environment and hence water productivity (WP). Since CA practices are highly site-specific in nature, its worthiness under different cropping systems, soil types and agro-climatic zones must be studied. In...