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Can you suggest me English Manual or book to prepare for B.Sc (Agri) course of Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University or ANGRAU? Also tell me about the eligibility required for the course in ANGRAU? Give me the contact detail of eth University as well?

Can you list me the Practical Manuals in - AGRO 101 Principles of Agronomy and Agricultural Meteorology under B. Sc. (Ag) Course by Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University?

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By the end of the practical exercises under B. Sc. (Ag) Course by Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, the students will be able to - identify different manures, fertilizers, green manure plants etc, participate in all agricultural operations like ploughing, puddling, sowing, application of fertilizers, harvesting etc, measure the weather elements in crops and atmosphere and distinguish their role in crop production and read and analyse the weather data and synoptic phenomena for use in crop Management.

AGRO 101 Principles of Agronomy and Agricultural Meteorology

THEORY

Lesson
Meaning and scope of Agronomy History of Agriculture - Development Ancient India - Agriculture in Civilization Era
National and International Agricultural Research Institutes in India.
Agro-climatic zones of India and Andhra Pradesh Soils, land use pattern, major sources of irrigation, ground water potential.
Tillage and Tilth Objectives of tillage, characteristics of ideal seed bed, effect of tillage on soil properties (Pore space, texture, structure, bulk Density, colour of the soil)
Types of tillage Preparatory tillage, factors affecting preparatory cultivation, after cultivation and puddling
Sowing methods of sowing, time and depth of sowing for major agricultural crops
Crop stand establishment factors affecting optimum stand establishment.
Planting geometry Competition types of competition, Intra and Inter plant competition, Plant population Effect on plant population on growth and yield Optimum plant density and planting pattern
Soil fertility Soil fertility and Soil productivity, fertility losses, maintenance of soil fertility, soil organic matter
Weed control Definition of weed Losses and uses of weeds Weed influence on crop production Principles of crop weed competition, critical periods for weed control in different crops, methods of weed control and principles in weed management and IWM.
Irrigation management Importance of irrigation, objectives of irrigation Methods of irrigation Causes of ill drainage, effects of ill drained conditions on crops, advantages of drainage.
Cropping systems Monocropping and its disadvantages Definition and principles of crop rotation, mixed cropping, intercropping relay cropping, multistoried cropping, sole cropping and sequence cropping.
Harvesting and Post-harvest technology for major agricultural crops rice, maize, groundnut and sugarcane)
Introduction - Definitions of meteorology, climatology, agricultural meteorology - Scope and practical utility of agricultural meteorology
Composition and structure of atmosphere, Definitions of weather and climate, aspects involved in weather and climate
Solar radiation Definition, introduction of electromagnetic spectrum and functions of light, solar constant, net radiation, black body radiation, emissivity, absorptivity, reflectivity, transmissivity and albedo
Physiological response of different bands of incident radiation; factors affecting the distribution of solar radiation within the plant canopy
Atmospheric temperature Introduction, Temperature and heat definitions, isotherms, horizontal and vertical temperature variations in the atmosphere Cardinal temperatures, air temperature and crop production and its importance on plant life
Low air temperature and plant injury; high air temperature and plant injury Soil temperature Factors affecting soil temperature.
Definitions of Atmospheric pressure, cyclones and anticyclones - Wind definition, Effects of wind on crops Land and Sea breezes Mountain and Valley winds
Atmospheric humidity and its expression; saturation; Effects of humidity on crops
Evaporation and transpiration definitions - Factors affecting rate of evaporation and transpiration.
Monsoons Definition, origin of South West and North East Monsoons and their occurrence Their impact on agricultural operations during different cropping seasons
Rainfall Types of rainfall - Clouds, classification of clouds and the characteristics of different forms of clouds.
Drought definition Types of drought Effect of drought on crops management of drought
Precipitation and condensation definition, Different forms of precipitations and condensations Artificial rainmaking.
Weather disasters and management Rainfall, heat and cold waves, wind, storms, hail storms, thunderstorms and dust storms, Tornadoes, defective insolation.
Weather forecasting Applications and utility for agriculture Synoptic charts, reports and symbols.
Remote sensing definition, introduction, application in agriculture Microclimate


PRACTICALS

Practical
Study of tillage implements
Practice of ploughing
Practice of puddling
Study of seeding equipment Different methods of sowing
Study of manures, fertilizers and green manure crops/seeds
Study of inter cultivation implements and practice
Practice of methods of fertilizer application
Participation in ongoing field operations
Visit to IMD meteorological observatory Layout plan of standard meteorological observatory
Measurement of light intensity/radiation components
Recording of atmospheric and soil temperature
Recording of relative humidity
Measurement of wind speed, direction and measurement of atmospheric pressure
Recording of evaporation
Measurement of rainfall different types of rain gauges
Synoptic charts and weather reports, symbols, etc

Contact Detail:
Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University
Administrative Office, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh - 522 034
E-mail ngranga2012@gmail.com
Grams AGRIVARSITY