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To teach the crop husbandry of cereals fibers, oil seed and pulse crops.
This course offers a wide scope for students in employment, skill development and entrepreneurial sectors.
Theory
Origin, geographical distribution, economic importance, soil and climatic requirements, varieties, cultural practices and yield of Rabi crops; cereals wheat and barley, pulses-chickpea, lentil, peas, oilseeds-rapeseed, mustard and sunflower; sugar crops-sugarcane; other crops- potato,Forage crops-berseem, lucerne and oat.
Practical
Sowing methods of wheat and sugarcane, identification of weeds in rabi season crops, study of morphological characteristics of rabi crops, study of yield contributing characters of rabi season crops, yield and juice quality analysis of sugarcane, study of important agronomic experiments of rabi crops at experimental farms. Study of rabi forage experiments, oil extraction of medicinal crops, visit to research stations of related crops.
References
1. Reddy, S.R. and ReddiRamu. 5th edition. Agronomy of Field Crops, Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
2. Chidda Singh, Singh, P. and Singh, R. 2003. Modern Techniques of Raising Field Crops. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
3. Rajendra Prasad (ed.), 2004. Text Book of Field Crop Production, Commercial Crops, Volume -II. ICAR, New Delhi.</p>ure : concept and numerical Amit Bhatnagar
Wheat 3
Sowing methods of wheat
Identification of weeds in rabi season crops
Identification of weeds in rabi season crops
Study of morphological characteristics of rabi crops
Pulses –importance of pulses in Indian agriculture
Oil-seeds –importance of oilseed in Indian agriculture
Sugarcane 3
Sowing methods of sugarcane
Study of yield contributing characters of rabi season crops
Yield and juice quality analysis of sugarcane