Manual on Fundamentals of Agronomy
- Jodhpur Scientific Publisher 2018
- 240
Description: This book is intended as a text for undergraduate students of Agriculture. It is useful to research scholars and other professionals in the field of agriculture development and management especially under teaching stream. Introductory Agronomy involves several basic subjects like agronomy, soil and water, farm machinery, entomology, engineering, soil science and plant breeding and genetics etc. For an integrated development and management of agriculture knowledge of all these subjects are necessary for undergraduate students. A sincere attempt is made to provide such prospective to the students. A fundamental knowledge of identification of crops, seeds, weeds, fertilizers and plant protection chemicals, water quality analysis and measurement will be needed in crop planning under different situations. Therefore, an attempt has been to present the topics relevant to the needs of the agronomy. Thus, book is therefore, designed to fulfill the need for students of agriculture and serves as reference tool for the teachers in the field of Agronomy from all points of view.
Contents: 1. Identification of Crops and their Seeds 2. Numerical Exercises on Plant Population 3. Seed Rate of Different Crops 4. Calculation of Purity Percentage 5. Calculation of Germination Percentage 6. Tests for Assessing Seed Viability 7. Identification of Manures and Fertilizers 8. Methods of Fertilizer Application 9. Numerical Exercises on Fertilizer/Manure Requirement 10. Identification of Pesticides 11. Identification and Working of Different Tillage Implements 12. Uses of Tillage Implements 13. Study of Agro-Climatic Zones of India 14. Identification of Common Weeds 15. Methods of Herbicide Application 16. Numerical Exercises on Herbicides 17. Study Crop Weed Competition 18. Study of Herbicide Sprayers 19. Spray Distribution System of Sprayers 20. Numerical Exercises on Water Requirement 21. Critical Stages Approach for Irrigation Scheduling 22. Irrigation Scheduling based on IW/CPE Approach 23. Scheduling of Irrigation based on Soil Moisture Depletion Approach 24. Irrigation Efficiencies 25. Measurement of Irrigation Water at Farm 26. Measurement of Soil Moisture with Gravitational Method 27. Measurement of Soil Moisture with Tensiometer 28. Measurement of Soil Moisture with Electrical Resistance Method 29. Measurement of Soil Moisture with Neutron Moisture Meter 30. Measurement of Soil Moisture with Pressure Plate Apparatu 31. Soil Moisture Measurement by Time Domain Reflectometer 32. Measurement of Field Capacity by Field Method 33. Measurement of Bulk Density 34. Measurement of Infiltration Rate
35. Determination of EC in Irrigation Water
36. Determination of pH in Irrigation Water 37. Determination of and in Irrigation Water 38. Determination of Ca and Mg in Irrigation Water 39. Determination of Chloride in Irrigation Water 40. Determination of Sulphur in Irrigation Water