“Practical Crop Production” manual provides hands-on field guidelines for student plots, covering practical agricultural operations: field layout, nursery raising, seed treatment, main field preparation, fertilizer application, irrigation scheduling, intercultural operations, plant protection, harvesting, threshing, and cost-benefit ratio calculations.
Topics Covered
- Field Layout, Plot Demarcation and Cropping Plan Preparation
- Seed Identification, Purity Testing and Germination Percentage Test
- Seed Treatment Techniques (Fungicides, Insecticides, Biofertilizers)
- Nursery Bed Preparation and Seedling Raising (Dry and Wet Nursery)
- Main Field Land Preparation – Ploughing, Harrowing, Leveling and Ridge-Furrow Layout
- Transplanting and Direct Sowing Methods (Broadcasting, Line Sowing, Dibbling)
- Calculation of Seed Rate, Plant Population and Fertilizer Requirements
- Method of Fertilizer Application (Basal Placement, Top Dressing, Foliar Spray)
- Weed Identification and Intercultural Operations (Hand Weeding, Hoeing)
- Irrigation Methods and Water Discharge Measurement in Student Plots
- Pest and Disease Scouting and Preparation of Spray Solutions
- Maturity Symptoms, Harvesting and Threshing of Field Crops
- Yield Estimation and Calculation of Harvest Index
- Cost of Cultivation, Gross Returns, Net Returns and Benefit-Cost (B:C) Ratio
File Details
| Title | Practical Crop Production Manual |
| File Name | AGRO202 – Practical crop production I & II.pdf |
| File Type | PDF Document (.pdf) |
| File Size | 1.73 MB |
| Total Pages | 52 Pages |