ICRISAT Archival Report 2006 - The seedlings of success in the ...

120. In all the trials ESDP cultivar matured 15-20 days earlier than UPAS 120. Mean grain yield of 1.82 t ha -1 was
recorded in ESDP cultivar, ICPL 88039 in comparison to 1.35 t ha -1 in local cultivar UPAS 120. All the
participating and neighboring farmers liked this cultivar for its earliness in maturity in addition to its high yield,
tolerance to pod borer, and drought. Since it is maturing two to three weeks earlier than traditional local cultivar
UPAS 120, it is well suited for rotation with wheat and thus diversifying rice-wheat cropping system to pigeonpeawheat
cropping system. Our recent surveys indicated that ESDP cultivar, ICPL 88039 has completely replaced local
cultivars in district Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and Sonipat in Haryana states.
IRRI-IFAD-IGAU-ICRISAT Collaborative research on introduction of chickpea in the rain fed rice ecosystems in
the states of Chattisgarh and Jharkhand, India
Under the activity “Increasing cropping intensity under lowland rice based cropping systems” of an IFAD project,
we initiated the identification of suitable cultivars in chickpea for rainfed rice ecosystems in the states of Chattisgarh
and Jharkhand, India. On-station and on-farm trials were conducted during the current season in collaboration with
Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IGAU), Raipur, Chattisgarh, Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station
(CRURRS), and Holy Cross Krishi Vigyan Kendra (HCKVK), Hazaribag, Jharkhand. In the rainfed rice
ecosystems of Jharkhand and Chattisgarh, chickpea can be successfully grown utilizing residual soil moisture after
rice harvest.
Chhattisgarh: Chickpea varietal trials consisting of seven varieties (ICCV 2, JG 11, JGK1, ICCC37, KAK 2, ICCV
10 and Vaibhav) were conducted in six farmers’ fields in the village Kapsada, Mandal Dharsiwa, District Raipur
during 2005-06 rabi season. Incidence of wilt was found to be moderate (5 rating on 1-9 scale) in the cultivars JG
11, ICCC 37 and ICCV 10 whereas other cultivars had susceptible (> 7 rating on 1-9 rating scale) reaction. All the
cultivars matured between 124 and 130 days after sowing. Highest grain yield was recorded in the cultivar Vaibhav
(1246 kg ha -1 ), followed by ICCV 10 and ICCC 37 (1123 kg ha -1 ). Farmers accepted all three cultivars as they had
low disease incidence and produced higher grain yields under rice-chickpea cropping systems.
Jharkhand: Unlike in Chhattisgarh, the Chickpea varietal trial was conducted in the research farm of Holy Cross
Krishi Vignan Kendra, Hazaribag during the current season. Six varieties (ICCV 2, ICCV 10, KAK 2, JG 11, KAK
203R and ICCV 92337) were included in this trial and each cultivar was sown in 200 m 2 . Wilt and pod borer were
found to be the major biotic constraints for chickpea production in this state. Highest grain yield of 1600 kg ha -1 was
recorded in the cultivar ICCV 10 followed by 1470 kg ha -1 in the cultivar ICCV 2.
Since wilt complex (wilt and root rots) is the major problem in both these states another trial, chickpea wilt and root
rots nursery with 30 wilt resistant entries identified at ICRISAT-Patancheru was evaluated in collaboration with
Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IGAU), Raipur, Chattisgarh and Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research
Station (CRURRS), Hazaribagh, Jharkhand for identification of wilt resistant high yielding varieties suitable for
both these states. Entries of this trial were planted at the research stations in both these locations. In Hazaribagh,
Jharkhand, four entries ICCs 12233, 12467, 14404 and 14434 were found resistant by showing < 10% wilt
incidence. All these four lines will be evaluated for grain yield during 2006-07 crop season.
v: Rainfed post rainy season cropping in rice fallows of eastern India, Nepal and Bangladesh [REF124]
D Harris, JVDK Kumar Rao, K Mahesh, KD Joshi, NN Khanal, C Johansen, and AM Musa
About 15 million hectares of land in South Asia is left fallow after rainy season rice is harvested. Of this total area,
2.11 million hectares (33% of the kharif rice growing area) are to be found in Bangladesh, 0.39 million hectares
(26%) in Nepal, with the remaining 11.65 million hectares (29%) of fallow found in India.[REF125] These rice
fallows can be used to grow an additional crop to utilize the moisture still left in the soil. As part of DFID/PSRP
funded program, technologies to facilitate establishment of chickpea were developed in farmers’ fields in the Barind
area of NW Bangladesh using participatory research approaches. This technology, comprising short-duration
chickpea (as a model post rainy season crop), early sowing, minimum tillage, on-farm seed priming (including
supplementation with Rhizobium and molybdenum), IPM and protection from grazing has been adopted widely in
the Barind and is highly cost-effective. After preliminary constraints and demand analyses were completed in
eastern India and the Terai region of Nepal, this package of practices was tested and modified in repeated cycles of
participatory action researc[REF126]h. In Nepal, where post rainy season cropping is more common, participatory
action research also identified other crops to follow rice, e.g. field peas, lentils, buckwheat and mungbean and some
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