The important contribution of rice to global food security requires an understanding of yield
gaps in rice-based farming systems. However, estimates of yield gaps are often …

Effective disease management of crops is crucial to sustain food security and safeguard
potential losses in crop production that worth billions of dollars. The key to success in plant …

SUMMARY Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek) is cultivated on more than 6 million
hectares in the warmer regions of the world and is one of the most important pulse crops in …

The importance of agricultural extension in transferring relevant knowledge and information
to farmers as well as in translating policy directions into action is well known. India has a …

Increasing crop production is necessary to maintain food security for the growing global
population. Reducing the gap between actual and potential yield is one of the important …

South Asia is home to nearly 22% of the world's population, including 40% of the world's
poor. Agriculture plays a critical role in terms of employment and livelihood security for a …

This chapter quantifies the potential yields and yield gaps between the potential and the
actual yields obtained by the farmers for the major rainfed crops grown in the selected …

Dungarpur is one of the most backward districts of Rajasthan (India) having 70.8% of
populations are tribal. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), Onion (Allium cepa L.) and Brinjal …

Determining the factors affecting the yield of corn varieties due to genotype by environment
(G× E) interaction can be helpful in the identification of sites with contrasting environments …

作物产量差是现实产量与潜在产量的差距. 产量差研究意在揭示作物产量差的幅度与地域差异,
形成原因以及缩小产量差的措施. 产量差意味着农业发展的机会, 因此, 分析和研究产量差对提高 …