Fundamentals of Agronomy - Bsc Agriculture Notes

Fundamentals of Agronomy is a course in 1st semester of bsc agriculture. it is basic fundamental book that builds your concept about agronomy. If you are looking for Fundamental of Agronomy Notes, you are at the right place.

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Outline Fundamentals of Agronomy

Name of PDF	Fundamentals of agronomy
Syllabus	As per ICAR 5^th Dean committee
Course	BSc Agriculture
Semester	1^st semester
Language	English
Notes Source	ICAR, TNAU
Number of pages	126
PDF Size	5.6 MB

Syllabus of Fundamentals of Agronomy – Course Credit = 4(3+1)

Theory Syllabus – Fundamentals of Agronomy

Agronomy and its scope
seeds and sowing
tillage and tilth
crop density and geometry
Crop nutrition
manures and fertilizers
nutrient use efficiency
water resources
soil-plant-water relationship
crop water requirement
water use efficiency
irrigation-scheduling criteria and methods
quality of irrigation water, logging.
Weeds- importance, classification, crop weed competition, concepts of weed management principles and methods, herbicides- classification, selectivity and resistance, allelopathy.
Growth and development of crops, factors affecting growth and development, plant ideotypes, crop rotation and its principles, adaptation and distribution of crops, crop management technologies in problematic areas, harvesting and threshing of crops.

Practical Syllabus of Fundamentals of Agronomy

Identification of crops, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and tillage implements
study of agroclimatic zones of India
Identification of weeds in crops
Methods of herbicide and fertilizer application
Study of yield contributing characters and yield estimation
Seed germination and viability test
Numerical exercises on fertilizer requirement
plant population, herbicides and water requirement
Use of tillage implements-reversible plough, one way plough, harrow, leveler, seed drill
Study of soil moisture measuring devices
Measurement of field capacity, bulk density and infiltration rate
Measurement of irrigation water.