Modern Concepts in Crop Production
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Sagar Maitra
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Course Objective
- To teach the students the basic concepts of soil management and crop production
CO-PO Mapping
| COs | Course Outcomes | Mapping COs with POs |
| CO1 | The students will get basic knowledge for managing soil, water and crop plants for achieving higher production. | PSO1 and PSO2 |
| CO2 | The students will be ready to know the crop specific management practices, weed management practices etc. | PSO1 and PSO2 |
| PSO1 : Impart knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts and techniques of maintaining and enhancing soil fertility, crop production, crop management, crop improvement, biodiversity and sustainability of agriculture worldwide.
PSO2 : Develop the ability to know farming practices and their scope to improve in the rural areas and the environments. |
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Course Syllabus
Theory
UNIT I
Crop growth analysis in relation to environment; geo-ecological zones of India.
UNIT II
Quantitative agro-biological principles and inverse yield nitrogen law; Mitscherlich yield equation, its interpretation and applicability; Baule unit.
UNIT III
Effect of lodging in cereals; physiology of grain yield in cereals; optimization of plant population and planting geometry in relation to different resources, concept of ideal plant type and crop modeling for desired crop yield.
UNIT IV
Scientific principles of crop production; crop response production functions; concept of soil-plant relations; yield and environmental stress, use of growth hormones and regulators for better adaptation in stressed condition.
UNIT V
Integrated farming systems, organic farming, and resource conservation technology including modern concept of tillage; dry farming; determining the nutrient needs for yield potentiality of crop plants, concept of balance nutrition and integrated nutrient management; precision agriculture. Modern crop production concepts: soil less cultivation, Aeroponic, Hydroponic, Robotic and terrace farming. Use of GIS, GPS and remote sensing in modern agriculture, precision farming and protected agriculture.
References
- Balasubramaniyan P & Palaniappan SP. 2001. Principles and Practices of Agronomy. Agrobios.
- Fageria NK. 1992. Maximizing Crop Yields. Marcel Dekker.
- Havlin JL, Beaton JD, Tisdale SL & Nelson WL. 2006. Soil Fertility and Fertilizers. 7th Ed. Prentice Hall.
- Paroda R.S. 2003. Sustaining our Food Security. Konark Publ. Reddy SR. 2000. Principles of Crop Production. Kalyani Publ.
- Sankaran S &Mudaliar TVS. 1997. Principles of Agronomy. The Bangalore Printing & Publ.
- Singh SS. 2006. Principles and Practices of Agronomy. Kalyani.
- Alvin, P.T. and kozlowski, T.T. (ed.) 1976. Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops. Academia Pul., New York.
- Gardner, P.P., Pearce, G.R. and Mitchell, R. L. 1985. Physiology of Crop Plants. Scientific Pub. Jodhpur.
- Lal, R. 1989. Conservation tillage for sustainable agriculture: Tropics versus Temperate Environments. Advances in Agronomy 42: 85-197.
- Wilsie, C.P. 1961. Crop Adaptation and Distribution. Euresia Pub., New Delhi.
Session plan:
Session 1-2: Crop growth analysis in relation to environment
Session 3-6: Geo-ecological zones of India
Session 7-8: Quantitative agro-biological principles and inverse yield nitrogen law
Session 9-10: Mitscherlich yield equation, its interpretation and applicability
Session 11: Baule unit
Session 12-13: Effect of lodging in cereals
Session 14: Physiology of grain yield in cereals
Session 15-16: Optimization of plant population and planting geometry in relation to different resources
Session 17-19: Concept of ideal plant type and crop modeling for desired crop yield
Session 20-22: Scientific principles of crop production; crop response production functions
Session 23-25: Concept of soil plant relations
Session 26-28: Yield and environmental stress, use of growth hormones and regulators for better adaptation in stressed condition
Session 29-30: Integrated farming systems
Session 31-32: Organic farming
Session 33-34: Resource conservation technology including modern concept of tillage
Session 35: Dry farming
Session 36-37: Determining the nutrient needs for yield potentiality of crop plants
Session 38-39: Concept of balance nutrition and integrated nutrient management
Session 40-41: Precision agriculture
Session 42-44: Modern crop production concepts: soil less cultivation, Aeroponic, Hydroponic, Robotic and terrace farming
Session 45-46: Use of GIS, GPS and remote sensing in modern agriculture, precision farming and protected agriculture
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Present Position Associate Professor (Agronomy),MSSSoA, CUTM Mobile: 91-8910889401 , E-mail: sagar.maitra@cutm.ac.in Education PhD (Agronomy) Work Experience Dr. Sagar Maitra (b 1969), a Doctorate in Agronomy, specialization in crop husbandry engaged in research activities on cropping system, nutrient management of field crops, crop physiology, precision agriculture (IoT based crop monitoring and management in forced ventilated polyhouse) […]