Principles & Fundamentals of Agronomy and Agricultural Meteorology One Liner

S.No.	Topics
1.	Agriculture – Definition – Importance and scope – Branches of agriculture – Evolution of man and agriculture – Development of scientific agriculture – National and International Agricultural Research Institutes	View
2.	Indian agriculture – Indian economy – National income – per capita income – Agricultural income in GDP – Women in agriculture and empowerment	View
3.	History of agricultural development in the world and India. Agriculture heritage – Agriculture in ancient India	View
4.	Stages of agriculture development – Era of civilization- Importance of Neolithic civilization	View
5.	Chronology of Agricultural technology development in India	View
6.	Kautilya’s Arthasasthra – Sangam literature – rainfall prediction – ITK -Tamil Almanac.	View
7.	Agronomy – definition – meaning and scope. Agro-climatic zones of India and Tamil Nadu – Agro ecological zones of India	View
8.	Crops and major soils – Classification – Economic and agricultural importance in India and Tamil Nadu	View
9.	Factors affecting crop production – climatic – edaphic – biotic- physiographic and socio economic factors	View
10.	Tillage – Definition – objectives – types of tillage – modern concepts of tillage – main field preparation	View
11.	Seeds – Seed rate – Sowing methods – Germination – Crop stand establishment – Planting geometry	View
12.	Role of manures and fertilizers in crop production – agronomic interventions for enhancing FUE – Inter cultivation – Thinning – Gap filling and other intercultural operations	View
13.	Irrigation – Time and methods – Modern techniques of irrigation – Drainage and its importance	View
14.	Planting Geometry and its Effect on Growth and Yield	View
15.	Cropping pattern and cropping system – Intensive cropping- Sustainable agriculture – IFS	View
16.	Organic / eco-friendly agriculture – Dry farming – Concepts and principles	View
17.	Agro-climatic zones of India	View
18.	Agro meteorology	View
19.	Weather and climate, micro-climate	View
20.	Weather elements and their influence on different crops	View
21.	Monsoon	View
22.	Clouds	View
23.	Weather aberrations	View
24.	Weather forecasting	View
25.	Weather modification -Artificial rain making and cloud seeding	View
26.	Remote sensing	View

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