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important that the genetic variability present in the germplasm is explored/exploited
for designing cultivars for good crop stand establishment under CA environment and
use genotype × management interactions. Similarly, agronomy has to be worked for
the cropping system as a whole rather than for individual crops. The development
of new spring wheat varieties with weak vernalization requirement can be a poten-
tial strategy to facilitate early planting in residual soil moisture of rice fields and to
overcome adverse terminal heat effects. Timely relay planting of wheat in cotton
and of green gram (
Vigna radiata
L.) in wheat can lead to further crop intensifica-
tion in Indo-Gangetic plains. Disease and insect-pest resistance breeding programs
require reorientation, keeping in view prevailing disease scenarios under conserva-
tion agriculture.
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