Salt
affected soils of Uttar Pradesh (1.29 m
ha) and Bihar (0.4 m ha) have distinct characteristics
like: surface drainage congestion coupled
with high watertable conditions, relatively
heavy textured soils, and indurated pan
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Field
trials on crop improvement |
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which require special treatment to put the
lands on the road of high productivity.
It was considered necessary to pay special
attention to this region of high population
density, largely agrarian economy and poor
economic resource base. In order to provide
overall scientific backing to large-scale
reclamation programme and post reclamation
technologies, ICAR Regional Research Station
at Lucknow was established in 1999 with
the following research mandate:
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To
develop appropriate hydraulic/ agrochemical/biological
technologies for relatively heavier
soils of Central Indo-Gangetic plains
with surface drainage congestion and
high water table. |
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To
collaborate with regional agencies
for achieving the above goals. |
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To
act as a center of training in salinity
research in the region and provide
consultancy. |
The
central and eastern parts of Indo Gangetic
plain are well endowed with natural resources,
yet the challenge to produce more food for
ever increasing poulation remain an important
concern. In order to take up site specific
research to tackle these problems, the station
has been persuing interdisciplinary research,
which involve development strategies for
crop production on salt-affected soils of
the region through efficient balanced and
integrated use of inputs and minimizing
the cost of reclamation. The use of salt
tolerant varieties and factors responsible
for resodification are some of the other
aspects. A study is also initiated in Sharda
Sahayak Canal command to evaluate the fficacy
of interceptor drain using pipe drainage
and bio-drainage.
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