AGRO 5111 – Fundamentals of Agronomy

 

AGRO 5111 – Fundamentals of Agronomy

Theory

1 Agronomy and its scope,

2 seeds and sowing,

3 tillage and tilth,

4 crop density and geometry

5 Crop nutrition

6 manures and fertilizers

7 nutrient use efficiency

8 water resources

9 soil-plant-water relationship

10 crop water requirement

11 water use efficiency

12 irrigation- scheduling criteria and methods

13 quality of irrigation water, waterlogging

14 Weeds- importance, classification

15 crop weed competition

16 concepts of weed management-principles and methods

17 herbicides-classification, selectivity and resistance, allelopathy

18 Growth and development of crops

19 factors affecting growth and development

20 plant ideotypes

21 crop rotation and its principles

22 adaptation and distribution of crops

23 crop management technologies in problematic areas

24 harvesting and threshing of crops.

 

Practical

1 identification of crops, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and tillage implements,

2 study of Agro-climatic zones of India,

3 Identification of weeds in crops,

4 Methods of herbicide and fertilizer application,

5 Study of yield contributing characters and yield estimation,

6 Seed germination and viability test,

7 Numerical exercises on fertilizer requirement,

8 plant population, herbicides and water requirement,

9 Use of tillage implements-reversible plough, one-way plough, harrow, leveler, seed drill,

10 Study of soil moisture measuring devices,

11 Measurement of field capacity, bulk density and infiltration rate,

12 Measurement of irrigation water.