13th February 2020 10:16 PM | |
sumit | Re: Bhagwant University College The syllabus for M.Sc. (Ag) Agronomy Program offered by Bhagwant University in Ajmer, Rajasthan is as follows: M.Sc. (Ag) AGRONOMY 01MSC18101 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF WEED MANAGEMENT 3(2+1) Objective To familiarize the students about the weeds, herbicides and methods of weed control. Theory UNIT I Weed biology and ecology, crop-weed competition including allelopathy; principles and methods of weed control and classification; weed indices. UNIT II Herbicides introduction and history of their development; classification based on chemical, physiological application and selectivity; mode and mechanism of action of herbicides UNIT III Herbicide structure - activity relationship; factors affecting the efficiency of herbicides; herbicide formulations, herbicide mixtures; herbicide resistance and management; weed control through bio-herbicides, mycoherbicides and allelochemicals; Degradation of herbicides in soil and plants; herbicide resistance in weeds and crops; herbicide rotation. UNIT IV Weed management in major crops and cropping systems; parasitic weeds; weed shifts in cropping systems; aquatic and perennial weed control. UNIT V Integrated weed management; cost: benefit analysis of weed management. Practical • Identification of important weeds of different crops • Preparation of a weed herbarium • Weed survey in crops and cropping systems • Crop-weed competition studies • Preparation of spray solutions of herbicides for high and low-volume sprayers • Use of various types of spray pumps and nozzles and calculation of swath width • Economics of weed control • Herbicide resistance analysis in plant and soil • Bioassay of herbicide resistance • Calculation of herbicide requirement Suggested Readings 1. Aldrich RJ & Kramer RJ. 1997. Principles in Weed Management. Panima Publ. 2. Ashton FM & Crafts AS. 1981. Mode of Action of Herbicides. 2nd Ed. Wiley Inter-Science. 3. Gupta OP. 2010. Modern Weed Management. Agrobios. 4. Naylor REL. 2002. Weed Management Hand Book. Blackwell Publishing. 5. Rao VS. 2000. Principles of Weed Science. Oxford & IBH. 6. Sarswat VN, Bhan VM & Yaduraju NT. 2003. Weed Management. ICAR 7. Singh HP, Batish DR & Kohli RK. 2006. Sustainable Weed Management. Food Products Press – An imprint of The Haworth Press Inc. 8. Streibig JC & Kudsk P. 1993. Herbicide Bioassay. CRC Press Inc. 9. Zimdahl RL. 2007. Fundamentals of Weed Science. III Ed. Academic Press. Syllabus for M.Sc. (Ag) Agronomy Bhagwant University |
13th February 2020 10:14 PM | |
Unregistered | Re: Bhagwant University College Can you provide me the syllabus for M.Sc. (Ag) Agronomy Program offered by Bhagwant University in Ajmer, Rajasthan? |
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Unregistered | Bhagwant University College Hi I want to be a software Engineer and for that I want to pursue B.TECH Computer Science and Engineering from Bhagwant University College ? Provide the eligibility and the admission criteria to take admission into B.TECH CSE at Bhagwant University . |