Field experiments were conducted during the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 at Conservation Agriculture Project plot, MARS, Dharwad, Karnataka to study the influence of conservation tillage, land configuration and residue management practices on soil health in a pigeonpea + soybean intercropping system. The experiment consisted of 6 tillage systems [CT1: Conservation tillage with BBF and crop residue retained on the surface, CT2: Conservation tillage with BBF and incorporation of crop residue, CT3: Conservation tillage with flatbed with crop residue retained on the surface, CT4: Conservation tillage with flatbed with incorporation of crop residue, CT5: Conventional tillage with incorporation of crop residue and CT6: Conventional tillage without crop residue]. The experiment laid out in strip block design and replicated thrice. The conservation treatments were found to significantly improve soil health. | Soil organic carbon, carbon sequestration, soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen and soil enzymatic activity as influenced by conservation agriculture in pigeonpea and soybean intercropping system
