Yield evaluation of Potatoes under conservation agriculture based zero tillage Rice straw mulching in Assam
Bijoy Sankar Goswami1# and Pradip Kumar Baruah1
1Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya, Killing Road, Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya - 793101 1#Corresponding author Bijoy Sankar Goswami Ph.D. Scholar Phone : +91 9508801033 1Corresponding email: bsankar.goswami@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The majority of Agriculture in the State of Assam is primarily based on a rice-based cropping system. Any other crops that are grown in Assam is always followed by paddy harvesting. Due to recurring flood in Assam, paddy crop was delayed leaving a very short window for most of the Rabi crops. Among all crops, potato is affected due to this delay in paddy harvesting