Crop Production Technology-II

Teacher

Dr. Tanmoy Shankar

Category

Core Courses

Course Name :

Crop Production Technology-II

 

Code : ASAG2204 (2+1+0)

Course Objectives

To teach the crop husbandry of cereals fibers, oil seed and pulse crops.

Learning Outcomes

This course offers a wide scope for students in employment, skill development and entrepreneurial sectors.

Course Syllabus

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

Session Plan

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Wheat 3

wheat 3

Sowing methods of wheat

Experiment 1

SOWING METHOD OF WHEAT

Identification of weeds in rabi season crops

Identification of weeds in rabi season crops

Experiment 3

Study of morphological characteristics of rabi crops

Experiment 4

morphological characteristics

Session 4

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Lentil

lentil 7

lentil

Session 8

Field peas

field pea 8

field pea

Session 10

Rapeseed & mustard

mustard and rapeseed 10

mustard

Session 11

Sunflower

sunflower 11

sunflower

Study of oil extraction

Experiment 9

OIL EXTRACTION

Session 12

Session 14

Sugarcane 3

Sagrcane 3

Product of sugarcane

Sowing methods of sugarcane

Experiment 2

Study of yield contributing characters of rabi season crops

YIELD ATTRIBUTE

Experiment 5

Yield and juice quality analysis of sugarcane

Experiment 6

Yield and juice quality analysis of sugarcane

Session 15

Session 16

Forage crops- Berseem & Lucerne

forage barseem

importance of forage and fodder

Barseem

Session 17

Session 18

Session 19

Session 20

Case Studies