B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 1
Crop Production and Protection Technologies
Syllabus lecture plan
- 01Introduction and scope of agronomy
- 03Effect of different weather parameters on crop growth and development
- 04Principles of tillage, tilth and its characteristics; Crop seasons
- 05Time and method of sowing of major field crops, seed rate for important 2 crops
- 06Methods and time of application of manures and fertilizers, fertigation
- 07Basic principles of natural farming, organic farming and sustainable 2 agriculture
- 08Soil-water-plant relationship, crop coefficients, water requirement of crops 2 and critical stages for irrigation
- 09Weeds and their management in crops
- 10Crop rotation, cropping systems, cropping scheme, relay cropping, mixed 2 cropping and intercropping
- 11Soil forming processes
- 12Classification and composition of soil, soil taxonomy orders
- 13Important soil physical properties and their importance; soil particle 2 distribution
- 16Soil reaction � acidic, saline and sodic soils, quality of irrigation water
- 17Essential plants nutrients- their functions and deficiency symptoms in 2 plants
- 18Important inorganic fertilizers and their reactions in soils
- 19Gypsum requirement for reclamation of sodic soils and neutralizing RSC
- 20Liquid fertilizers and their solubility and compatibility
- 21Types of horticultural crops
- 22Sowing and planting times and methods
- 23Seed rate and seed treatment for vegetable crops
- 24Macro and micro propagation methods
- 25Types of plant growing structures; Pruning and training
- 26Water requirements and critical stages
- 27Management of orchard; Major pests and diseases of horticultural and 3 agriculture crops and their management
Part of the B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each lecture on theciae.