Kumar, R., Choudhary, J.S., Mishra, J.S., Mondal, S., Poonia, S., Monobrullah, M., Hans, J., Verma, M., Kumar, U., Bhatt, B.P., Malik, R.K., Kumar, V., & McDonald, A. 2022 Outburst of pest populations in rice‑based cropping systems under conservation agricultural practices in the middle Indo‑Gangetic Plains of South Asia. Scientific Reports doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07760-w

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Notes: Different sets of experimentations including farmers practice, partial CA and full CA (CA) as treatments in rice-based cropping systems, were established from 2009, 2015 and 2016 to understand the long-term impacts of CA on pest dynamics. In this study, direct and indirect effects of tillage (zero, reduced and conventional tillage), residue retention and cropping sequences on abundance and damage by pests were investigated.