Crop Production Technology-I (Kharif Crops) 2(1+1)
Content
Theory
- Origin, geographical distribution, economic importance, soil and climatic requirements, varieties, cultural practices and yield of Kharif crops.
- Cereals -
- rice,
- maize,
- sorghum,
- pearl millet and
- finger millet,
- Pulses - pigeonpea, mungbean and urdbean; oilseeds- groundnut, and soybean;
- Fibre crops- cotton & jute;
- Forage crops -sorghum, cowpea, cluster bean and napier.
Practical
- Rice nursery preparation,
- Transplanting of rice,
- Sowing of soybean,pigeonpea and mungbean, maize, groundnut and cotton,
- Effect of seed size on germination and seedling vigour of kharif season crops,
- Effect of sowing depth on germination of kharif crops,
- Identification of weeds in kharif season crops,
- Top dressing and foliar feeding of nutrients,
- Study of yield contributing characters and yield calculation of kharif season crops,
- Study of crop varieties and important agronomic experiments at experimental farm.
- Study of forage experiments,
- Morphological description of kharif season crops,
- Visit to research centres of related crops.