Manual on Fundamentals of Agronomy

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