National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is the most important fourth largest cereal crop of world after maize, wheat and rice in the world with a share of 7% of the global cereal production. The crop is considered as poor man’s crop and better adaptable to problematic soils and marginal lands. Among the various production inputs, water is the most crucial in agriculture especially under limited water availability. Further, the growing demand of water for industries, house hold consumption and other uses is likely to create water crisis in agriculture. Therefore, water conservation is the most important for sustaining food and livelihood security of ever increasing food demand in India. In this context mulching is one of the important agronomic practices in conserving the soil moisture and modifying the soil physical environment. Mulching not only conserve the soil moisture by preventing evaporation but also control weed, moderate soil temperature, reduce runoff and increase infiltration. Soil evaporation is an important component of the water balance in agriculture.
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