Field Crops-I (Kharif) (Paper code 17010303)

Origin, geographical distribution, importance, soil and climatic requirement Varieties, cultural practices  viz. seed and sowing , intercultural operations, fertilizer, water and weed management, plant protection ;

harvesting and yield of cereals crops– rice, maize, sorghum (grain and forage), pearl millet, planting geometry Varieties,

cultural practices viz. seed and sowing, intercultural operations, fertilizer, water and weed management, plant protection, harvesting and yield of Pulse crops–pigeon pea, green gram, blackgram and urdbean, soybean

Varieties, cultural practices viz. seed and sowing, intercultural operations, fertilizer, water and weed management, plant protection,

harvesting and yield of fiber, fodder and oilseed crops– cotton, sorghum cowpea,

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Identification of weeds, kharif crops and their seeds

Morphological characteristics of major crops, fertilizer requirement calculation and  herbarium

Study of yield contributing characters,

yield calculations, harvesting and yield estimation,

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1.       Chatterjee, B.N. 1989. Forage Crop Production- Principles and Practices. Oxford and IBH . New Delhi.

2.       Chidda Singh, Prem Singh and Rajbir Singh. 2003. Modern Techniques of Raising Field Crops (2nd ed.). Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.

3.       ICAR [Indian Council of Agricultural Research].2006. Hand Book of Agriculture. ICAR, New Delhi

4.       Pal, M., Deka, J., and Rai, R.K. 1996. Fundamentals of Cereal Crop Production. Tata McGraw Hill Pub., New Delhi

5.       Prasad, R. (ed.). 1999. A Text Book of Rice Agronomy, Jain Brothers, New Delhi,

6.       Prasad, R. (ed.). 2001. Field Crop Production. ICAR, New Delhi

7.       Thomas, C. G. 2003. Forage Crop Production in the Tropics. Kalyani Publishers Ludhiana