Conservation Agriculture An Approach to Combat Climate Change in Indian Himalaya

Dr. Jaideep Kumar Bisht is currently working as Principal Scientist & Head of Crop Production Division in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, IndiaDr. Vijay Singh Meena is currently working as Scientist in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, IndiaDr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra is currently working as Principal Scientist in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, IndiaDr. Arunava Pattanayak is currently working as Director in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, India Meena VS, Meena SK, Verma JP, Meena RS, Ghosh BN, 2015. The needs of nutrient use efficiency for sustainable agriculture. Journal of Cleaner Production. 102, 562–563.Meena VS, Maurya BR, Verma JP, Aeron A, Kumar A, Kim K, Bajpai VK, 2015. Potassium solubilizing rhizobacteria (KSR): Isolation, identification, and K-release dynamics from waste mica. Ecological Engineering. 81, 340–347.Bisht, J.K., Saha, S. and Srivastava, A.K. (2009). Agronomic performance and fodder of dualpurpose barley cultivars under rainfed condition of N-W. Forage Res., 35 (1): pp. 12-16.Tuti, M.D., Pal, R.S., Kumar, R., Bisht, J.K. and Bhatt, J.C. (2015). Colocasia-based cropping systems affects the antioxidants properties and productivity of colocasia (Colocasia esculanta (L.) Schott) tuber. The Bioscan . 10(1):117-123.Yadav, R.P. and Bisht, J.K. (2014). Litter fall and potential returns from Pecan nut (Carya illinoinensis) in agroforestry system in Indian Himalaya. International Journal of Herbal Medicine. (2)1.51-52.Mishra, P.K., Bisht, S.C., Mishra, Jeevanandan, K., Kumar, S., Bisht, J.K. and Bhatt, J.C (2014). Synergistic effect of inoculating plant growth- promoting Pseudomonas spp. AndRhizobium leguminosarum-FB1 and nutrient uptake of rajmash (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).Archives of Agronomy and Soil science, 60(6):799-815Selvakumar, Govindan, Joshi, Piyush, Suyal, Preeti, Gopal. Joshi, K., Mishra Pankaj K.,Venugopalan, R. Bisht, Jaideep K., Bhatt, Jagdish. C. and Gupta, Hari S. (2013) Rock phosphate solubilization by psychrotolerant Pseudomonads and their effect on lentil (Lens culinaris) growth and nutrient uptake under poly house condition. Annals Microbiology, 63(4): 1353-1362.