Association of Agrometeorologists

Assessing the climate based productivity potential of soybean in Madhya Pradesh

K. K. AGRAWAL, A.P. UPADHYAY, SANJAY JAIN and U.P.S. BHADAURIA

Present study was undertaken to study the effect of rainfall on soybean productivity i n three districts of Madhya Pradesh. The secondary data were collected related to area, pr oduction and productivity of soybean. The present study revealed that Jabalpur and Ind ore showed increasing trend in productivity until mid nineties and there after it started decl ining whereas at Chhindwara declining trend in productivity of soybean. But norm alized yield at Chhindwara showed no change. However, a plot of normalized yield with n ormalized rainfall of these districts shows that there was an increased in yield with increas ed rainfall at Indore and Chhindwara, but yield declined with increased rainfall at Jabalpur

Soybean, rainfall, productivity, normal, yield trend