Fundamentals of Crop Physiology 

Fundamentals of Crop Physiology notes

Fundamentals of Crop Physiology is a basic book for understanding the physiological processes in crop that influence growth, development, and yield. It covers basic concepts like photosynthesis, transpiration, respiration, and water relations in crops. These are fundamental subject for first year BSc Agriculture students.  If you’re looking for Fundamentals of Crop Physiology notes you’re at the perfect place. Here, you can find all BSc Agriculture notes at one platform. We have updated the Fundamental of Crop Physiology notes as per latest ICAR 5th Dean Committee syllabus. Here you will also find Fundamentals of Crop Physiology syllabus and notes.

Course NameFundamentals of Crop Physiology 
Number of pages97
PDF Size3.75 MB
SyllabusAs per ICAR 5th Dean committee
CourseBSc Agriculture
Semester2nd Semester
LanguageEnglish
Notes SourceJNKVV

Fundamentals of Crop Physiology Syllabus: Theory

Introduction to crop physiology and its importance in Agriculture; Plant cell: an Overview; Diffusion and osmosis; Absorption of water, transpiration and Stomatal Physiology; Mineral nutrition of Plants: Functions and deficiency symptoms of nutrients, nutrient uptake mechanisms; Photosynthesis: Light and Dark reactions, C3, C4 and CAM plants; Respiration: Glycolysis, TCA cycle and electron transport chain; Fat Metabolism: Fatty acid synthesis and Breakdown; Plant growth regulators: Physiological roles and agricultural uses, Physiological aspects of growth and development of major crops: Growth analysis, Role of Physiological growth parameters in crop productivity.

Fundamentals of Crop Physiology  Syllabus: Practical

Study of plant cells, structure and distribution of stomata, imbibitions, osmosis, plasmolysis, measurement of root pressure, rate of transpiration, Separation of photosynthetic pigments through paper chromatography, Rate of transpiration, photosynthesis, respiration, tissue test for mineral nutrients, estimation of relative water content, Measurement of photosynthetic CO2 assimilation by Infra Red Gas Analyser (IRGA).

Fundamentals of Crop Physiology