EFFECTS OF LAND CONFIGURATION AND RESIDUE MANAGEMENT ON SOYBEAN.

Land configurations have a major influence on soil aeration, moisture availability and temperature of soil which in turn affect the yield and quality of crop and new potential tool for soil and moisture conservation. Appropriate land configuration like broad bed and furrow, ridges and furrow system increase crop yield due to increase in infiltration of water into soil profile and it becomes available to crop during prolonged monsoon break and control water crises in agriculture by the way more crop per drop. The recycling of crop residues has the benefit of converting the surplus farm waste into valuable products for gathering nutrient supplies of crops. With the utilization of the micro-organism viz., Trichoderma sp., the crop residues like cane trash, paddy trash, wheat trash and press mud cake can be recycled into good quality compost not only in pit level but in situ also, which will improve organic matter along with macro, micronutrients, physio-chemical and biological conditions of soil apart from saving the environment would maintain the sustainability of crop production.