Textbook on Fundamentals of Agronomy

1 Agronomy
2 Seeds
3 Tillage
4 Modern concepts of tillage – Main field preparation
5 Germination - Crop stand establishment - Planting geometry
6 Crop nutrition - Macro and micronutrients
7 Role of manures in crop production
8 Role of Fertilizers in crop production
9 Nutrient use efficiency and agronomic interventions for enhancing NUE
10 Role of water in Plants - Importance of irrigation
11 Water resources of World and India – Irrigation systems of India
12 Soil- Plant- Water Relationship – Soil – Plant – Atmospheric Continuum
13 Hydrological Cycle – Absorption of water and evapotranspiration
14 Crop Water Requirement – Factors Affecting Crop Water Requirement –Critical Stages for Irrigation
15 Water Use Efficiency
16 Methods to improve WUE – Increasing WUE under increased and reduced yield conditions
17 Scheduling of irrigation
18 Methods of irrigation
19 Quality of irrigation water
20 Agronomic practices for use of poor quality water
21 Impact of water logging on crop production
22 Weeds Definition – Crop growth and yield losses by weeds
23 Characteristics of Weeds
24 Crop weed competition - Competition for light, space, moisture and nutrients
25 Factors affecting the competitive ability of crops against weeds
26 Critical period of crop - Weed competitions
27 Principles and methods of weed management
28 Herbicides - Classification based on various aspects
29 Herbicide formulations
30 Selectivity of herbicides
31 Herbicides tolerance and resistance in crops and weeds
32 Allelopathy
33 Growth and development of crops
34 Factors affecting growth and development
35 Plant Ideotypes
36 Crop rotation and its principles
37 Adaptation and distribution of crops
38 Crop management technologies in problematic areas
39 Harvesting and Threshing of Crops