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FACULTY OF

AGRICULTURE

SYLLABI

FOR UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMME

AS PER RECOMMENDATIONS OF

4TH

DEAN’S COMMITTEE

LEADING TO THE AWARD OF

B.Sc. (Ag) Degree

(EFFECTIVE FROM 2008-2009)

INDIRA GANDHI KRISHI VISHWAVIDYALAYA

RAIPUR - 492 006 (CHHATTISGARH)

ADOPTION OF 4th DEANS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IN IGKV, RAIPUR w. e .f. ACADEMIC SESSION 2008-09 (EMR- 30th July 2008 , 69th

BOM 4th August 2008 and 62nd ACM- 12th September 2008)

DISTRIBUTION OF COURSES FOR B.Sc. (Ag.)

SEMESTER WISE AS PER 4th

Dean

FIRST YEAR

1st Semester

Sl.

No.

Course

Number

Course Name Credits

TC T P

1. AGRO 111 Introductory Agriculture 1 1 0

2. AGRO 112 Principles of Agronomy 2 1 1

3. AMET 111 Agricultural Meteorology 2 1 1

4. AHORT 111 Production Technology of

Vegetables and Flowers

3 2 1

5. ASOIL 111 Fundamentals to Soil Science 3 2 1

6. AENT 111 Insect Morphology and Systematics 3 2 1

7. AEC 111 Principles of Agricultural

Economics

2 2 0

8. AEXT 111 Fundamental of Rural Sociology

and Edu. Psychology

2 1 1

9. APHE 111 Physical Education / NSS / NCC 1 0 1 NC

18 12 6

2nd

Semester 1. APB 121 Principles of Genetics 3 2 1

2. AGRO 121 Field Crops - II 3 2 1

3. APP 121 Plant Pathogens and Principles of

Plant Pathology

3 2 1

4. ASOIL 121 Biochemistry 3 2 1

5. AENGG 121 Fundamentals of Soil and Water

Conservation Engineering

3 2 1

6. AHORT 121 Production Technology of Fruit

Crops

3 2 1

7. AEXT 121 Dimensions of Agricultural

Extension

2 1 1

8. AENG 121 Comprehension and

Communication Skill in

English (* Tutorial)

2 1 1*

22 14 8

SECOND YEAR

1st Semester

1. APB 211 Principles of Plant Breeding 3 2 1

2. AGRO 211 Field Crops - I 3 2 1

3. AEC 211 Agricultural Finance and Cooperation 2 1 1

4. AST 211 Statistics Methods 3 2 1

5. APP 211 Field Crop Diseases and Management 3 2 1

6. AENT 211 Insect Ecology, Integrated Pest

Management & Beneficial Insects

3 2 1

7. PPH 211 Crop Physiology 3 2 1

8. AEXT 211 Entrepreneurship development and

Communication Skills

2 1 1

22 14 8

2nd

Semester 1. AGRO 221 Water Management 2 1 1

2. APB 221 Breeding of Field & Horticultural

Crops

3 2 1

3. AEC 221 Agricultural Marketing, Trade and

Prices

2 1 1

4. APP 221 Diseases of Horticultural Crops and

Management

3 2 1

5. AVET 221 Live-stock Production and

Management

3 2 1

6. ASOIL 221 Soil Chemistry, Fertility and Nutrient

Management

3 2 1

7. AST 221 Introduction to Computer Applications 2 1 1

8. AHORT 221 Spices, Aromatic, Medicinal and

Plantation Crops

3 2 1

9. AGRO 222 Practical Crop Production - II 1 0 1

22 13 9

ADOPTION OF 4th DEANS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IN IGKV, RAIPUR

w. e .f. ACADEMIC SESSION 2008-09 (EMR- 30th July 2008 , 69th BOM 4th August 2008

and 62nd ACM- 12th September 2008)

THIRD YEAR

1st Semester

1. AGRO 311 Weed Management 2 1 1

2. AGRO 312 Practical Crop Production – I 1 0 1

3. AGRO 313 Rainfed Agriculture 2 2 0

4. AHORT 311 Post Harvest Technology 2 1 1

5. AEC 311 Farm-Business Management and

Project Appraisal

2 1 1

6. AENT 311 Crop Pests and Management – I 2 1 1

7. APB 311 Principles of Seed Technology 3 2 1

8. APP 311 Introductory Nematology 2 1 1

9. AENGG 311 Farm Power, Machinery & Renewable

Energy

3 2 1

10. AFS 311 Pisciculture 2 1 1

11. ALWM 311 Disaster Management 2 1 1

23 13 10

2nd

Semester 1. AGRO 321 Farming System and Sustainable

Agriculture

2 1 1

2. AGRO 322 Organic Farming 2 1 1

3. AMB 321 Agricultural Microbiology 2 1 1

4. AEC 321 Production Economics and Farm

Management

2 1 1

5. AENGG 321 Protected Cultivation and Post Harvest

Technology

2 1 1

6. AFOR 321 Environmental and Forestry Science 3 2 1

7. AENT 321 Crop Pests and Management – II 2 1 1

8. AEXT 321 Extension Methodologies for Transfer

of Technology

2 1 1

9. ASOIL 321 Manures, Fertilizer and Agrochemicals 3 2 1

10. ABT 321 Principle of Biotechnology 2 1 1

22 12 10

FOURTH YEAR

1st Semester (Experiential Learning)

A student has to register 20 credits with major load in one area of

electives and rest from among one / two areas of electives in the

eighth semester. Module – I Crop Production

1. ACP 411 Commercial Crop Production 3 1 2

2. ACP 412 Seed Production Technology 3 1 2

3. ACP 413 Remote sensing, GIS and Land

use planning

3 1 2

4. ACP 414 Integrated Farming System 3 1 2

5. ACP 415 Water Management 4 1 3

6. ACP 416 Soil Management 4 1 3

20 6 14

Module – II Crop Protection

1. ACPT 411 IPM and IDM 4 2 2

2. ACPT 412 Post Harvest Insect and Disease

Management

3 1 2

3. ACPT 413 Non-insect Pests Management 3 1 2

4. ACPT 414 Economic Entomology 2 0 2

5. ACPT 415 Commercial Mushroom

Cultivation

2 0 2

6. ACPT 416 Bio-agents and bio-pesticides 3 1 2

7. ACPT 417 Pesticides and Plant Protection

equipment

3 1 2

20 6 14

Module – III Horticulture

1. AHORT 411 Commercial Olericulture 3 1 2

2. AHORT 412 Commercial Floriculture 3 1 2

3. AHORT 413 Commercial Pomology 3 1 2

4. AHORT 414 Nursery Management 4 1 3

5. AHORT 415 Protected Cultivation and Seed

Production

4 1 3

6. AHORT 416 Processing and Value Addition 3 1 2

20 6 14

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Module - IV Post Harvest Technology and

Value Addition

1. APHT 411 Post Harvest Technology of

Horticultural crops

3 1 2

2. APHT 412 Unit Operation and Development

of New Products

4 1 3

3. APHT 413 Processing of Spices, Plantation,

Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

4 1 3

4. APHT 414 Storage Management of

Horticultural Crops

3 1 2

5. APHT 415 Post Harvest Handling of cut and

Dry Flowers

3 1 2

6. APHT 416 Processing of Field Crops

Including Bio-diesel

3 1 2

20 6 14

Module - V Agri-business Management &

Entrepreneurship

1. ABM 411 Information & Communication

Management

3 1 2

2. ABM 412 Management of Agro-based

Industry

4 1 3

3. ABM 413 Marketing Management 3 1 2

4. ABM 414 Financial Management of Agri-

Business

4 1 3

5. ABM 415 Natural Resources Management 3 1 2

6. ABM 416 Project Formulation, Evaluation

and Monitoring

3 1 2

20 6 14

Module- VI Social Science

1. ASOS 411 Agricultural Journalism 3 1 2

2. ASOS 412 Visuals and Graphic

Communications

3 1 2

3. ASOS 413 Cyber Extension 2 1 1

4. ASOS 414 Behavioral Skills 3 1 2

5. ASOS 415 Livestock and Poultry Marketing 2 1 1

6. ASOS 416 Fish Marketing 1 0 1

7. ASOS 417 Farm Planning and Budgeting 3 1 2

8. ASOS 418 Government Policies Related to

Agriculture

3 1 2

20 7 13

Module- VII Basic Science

1. ABS 411 Molecular Breeding 3 1 2

2. ABS 412 Plant Tissue Culture 4 1 3

3. ABS 413 Recombinant DNA Technology 3 1 2

4. ABS 414 Bio-Informatics 3 1 2

5. ABS 415 Microbial & Environmental

Technology

4 1 3

6. ABS 416 Molecular Diagnostics 3 1 2

20 6 14



Module- VIII Commercial Agriculture

1. ACA 411 Commercial Floriculture 3 0 3

2. ACA 412 Commercial Fruit Production 3 0 3

3. ACA 413 Nursery management of

Horticultural Crops

3 1 2

4. ACA 414 Commercial Cultivation of

Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

2 1 1

5. ACA 415 Commercial Spices Production 3 1 2

6. ACA 416 Production Technology of

Economic Forest Plants

3 1 2

7. ACA 417 Commercial Seed Production 3 1 2

20 5 15

FOURTH YEAR

2nd Semester

RAWE 421 Rural Agricultural Work

Experience

20 0 20

1. AGRO 421 Field Crop Production 4 0 4

2. AHORT 421 Horticultural Crop Production 3 0 3

3. ACPT 421 Crop Protection (Entomology

and Plant Pathology)

4 0 4

4. AEC 421 Rural Economics 3 0 3

5. AEXT 421 Extension Program 3 0 3

6. ARAS 421 Research Station / KVK/

DAATT Centre Activities and

Attachment to the Agro-based

Industries

3 0 3

TC = Total Credit, T = Theory, P = Practical

NC = Non Credit

Total Theory Practical

1. Credit Hours 129 78 51

2. Experiential Learning 20 06 14

3. RAWE Programme 20 0 20

Total 169 84 85



COURSE TITLE : INTRODUCTORY AGRICULTURE

COURSE No : AGRO-111

CREDIT HOURS : 1 (1+0)

YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Art, Science and business of crop production, Basic elements of crop

production. History of Agricultural development; Ancient Indian

Agriculture in Civilization Era, Chronological Agricultural Technology

development in India. Different agricultural related revolutions in India

(green, yellow, blue, white, silver etc). Present and past basic statistical data

of area, production, productivity, fertilizer consumption, livestock,

irrigation in India and Chhattisgarh. Cropping system and soil groups

formed in different parts of the country as defined by ICAR.

Innovation in agriculture: definition and concept; hitech agriculture,

precision farming, sustainable agriculture, contract farming, crop modeling,

GIS and Remote sensing technology.

Women in Agriculture: multifaceted roles and tasks, work stress factors,

nutritional and rural life standards, role in house hold design making,

drudgery reduction for farm women, women friendly agricultural

technology, empowerment of women, group dynamics for farm women and

rural women.

References:

1. Reddy, S.R. 1999. Priciples of Agronomy. Kalyani Publication

Ludhiana.

2. Randhawa, M.S. 1983, History of Agriculature in India, ICAR,

New Delhi, Vol.: I, II & III.

3. Chandra, S. 1996. Women in Agriculture. ICAR, PAU, Ludhiana.

4. Jayanthi, C., Devasenapathy, P. and Vennila, C. 2008. Farming

System : Principles & Practices. Satish Serial Publishing House.



COURSE TITLE : PRINCIPLES OF AGRONOMY



YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st YEAR / 1

st SEMESTER

Theory:

Agronomy – Definition, scope and importance, its relationship with other

sciences, historical sketch of agronomy. Agro-climatic zones of India and

Chhattisgarh State. National and International Agricultural Research

Organizations in India. Classification of Crops. Factors affecting crop

production. Essential plant nutrients their role in crop growth. Manures and

fertilizers- classification and nutrient content. Tillage- objectives,

classification and function of tillage implements. Crop stand establishment-

seed bed preparation and seeding methods. Planting geometry and its effect

on growth and yield. Cropping system- different types of cropping system:

intercropping, mixed cropping, intensive cropping, relay cropping, Alley

cropping etc., definition and advantages with examples. Crop Rotation -

objectives types and advantage. Harvesting and post harvest operation.

Practical : 1. Identification of Field Crops and preparation of crop herbarium,

2. Study of tillage implements and operations,

3. Practice of field preparation,

4. Study of seeding equipments,

5. Different methods of sowing,

6. Identification of manures, fertilizers and green manure crops,

7. Calculation of seed rate and fertilizers,

8. Study of inter-culture implements and practice,

9. Practice of methods of fertilizer application and

10. Participation in ongoing field operations.

References:

1. Hand book of Agriculture: ICAR.

2. Priniples & Practices of Agronomy – S.S. Singh.

3. Introduction to Agronomy and Soil & Water management – V.G.

Vaidya & H.R. Sahasrabudhe.

4. Nature and Properties of Soils – N.C. Brady.

5. Prarambhik Sasya Vigyan: Nandeha, K. L.

COURSE TITLE : AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY

COURSE NO : AMET-111


YEAR/SEMESTER : 1ST

YEAR/1ST

SEMESTER

Theory:

Agricultural Meteorology: Definition, Scope and practical utility. Study of

atmosphere, its composition and properties. Weather and climate, micro

climate, weather elements and their impact on agriculture, earth's

atmosphere, composition and structure, solar radiation, nature and

properties, solar constant and energy balance, Atmospheric temperature,

factors affecting horizontal and vertical distribution of temperature

variations and global warming. Air pressure variations; Wind: factors

affecting it. Cyclone and anti cyclones, general circulation, atmospheric

humidity, vapour pressure and saturation vapour pressure. Process of

condensation, formation of dew, fog, mist, snow, rain and hail. Formation

and classification of clouds, Introduction to monsoon, Basics, types and

importance of weather forecasting. Weather hazards. Agro-climatic

classification and requirement of crops- Rice, Soybean, Maize, Sorghum,

Sugarcane, Groundnut, Cotton, Wheat and Vegetables. Climatic water

balance-Water balance equation its application in agriculture, Agroclimatic

indices-Aridity, humidity and moisture index and index of moisture

adequacy.

Practical :

Site selection for Agromet observatory; Description, exposure, installation,

operation and measurement from various meteorological equipments.

Measurement of temperature; rainfall; evaporation (atmospheric/soil);

atmospheric pressure; sunshine duration and solar radiation; wind direction

and speed and relative humidity; Study of weather forecasting and synoptic

charts.

Reference:

1. Environment & Plant Ecology - J.B. Etherington

2. Plant & Environment - R.F. Deubenmire

3. Agricultural Meteorology - H.S. Mavi

4. Agricultural Meteorology - G.S.L.H.V. Prasad Rao

5. Agricultural Meteorology - S.R. Reddy and D.S. Reddy

6 Climatology - D.S. Lal



COURSE TITLE : PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF

VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS

COURSE No : AHORT-111



st SEMESTER

Theory:

Importance of Olericulture, vegetable gardens, vegetable classification.

Origin, area, production, varieties, package of practices for fruit vegetables

–, tomato, brinjal, chillies, and okra; Cucurbitaceous vegetables

cucumber, ridge gourd, ash gourd, snake gourd, bottle gourd, bitter gourd

and melons, Cole crops – cabbage, cauliflower and knol-khol. Bulb crops –

onion and garlic. Beans and peas – French beans, cluster beans, dolichos

beans, peas and cowpea. Tuber crops – potato, sweet potato, tapioca,

colocasia, yams; Root crops – carrot, radish, turnip and beet root; Leafy

vegetables – amaranthus, palak, gogu; Perennial vegetables – drumstick,

coccinia and curry leaf. Importance of ornamental gardens. Planning of

ornamental gardens. Types and styles of ornamental gardens. Use of trees,

shrubs, climbers, palms, houseplants and seasonal flowers in the gardens.

Package of practices for rose, jasmine, chrysanthemum, crossandra,

marigold and tuberose.

Practical: 1 Planning and layout of kitchen garden; 2 Identification of

important vegetable seeds and plants; Raising of vegetable nurseries;

Identification of ornamental plants (trees ,shrubs, climbers, house plants,

palms etc.,) and development of garden features; Transplanting of vegetable

seedlings in main field; Layout of lawns and maintenance; Seed extraction

in tomato and brinjal; Depotting, repotting and maintenance of house plants;

Visit to commercial vegetable farms; Training and pruning of rose

(standards, hybrid „T‟ roses scented roses) and chrysanthemum (pinching

and disbudding); Planning and layout of gardens and garden designs for

public and private areas; Intercultural operations in vegetable plots; Seed

production in vegetable crops; Harvesting indices of different vegetable

crops; Grading and packing of vegetables; Prolonging the shelf life of cut

flowers.

Reference:

1. “Vegetable Crops” – Bose, T.K., M.G.Som and J.Kabir, Naya Prokash,

Calcutta,

2. “Introductory Ornamental Horticulture” – Arora, J.S. 1998, Kalyani

Publishers, Ludhiana.

3. “Commercial Flowers” – Bose,T.K. and L.P.Yadav (Eds) 1988. Naya

Prokash Calcutta.

4. “Ornamental Horticulture” – Swarup,V. 1997. Mac Millan, Indian Ltd.

Delhi.

5. “Progressive Floriculture” – Yadav,I.S. and M.L.Choudhary, 1997. The

House of Sarpan, Bangalore.

6. “Udyan Vigyan” – Dr.Shyam Sundar Shrivastava, Central Book House,

Raipur. (in Hindi)

7. “Floriculture in India” – G.S.Randhawa and A.Mukhopadhyam, Allied

Publishers Limited, New Delhi.

8. “Vegetable Production in India” – Dr.V.S.Chauhan, Ram Prasad and

Sons, Agra.

9. “Text Book of Vegetables, Tuber Crops and Spices” – S.Thamburaj, N.

Singh, ICAR, New Delhi.

10. “Vegetable Production in India” – S.P.Singh, Agrotech Publishing

Academy, Udaipur.

11. “Principles of Vegetable Production” – S.P.Singh, Agrotech Publishing

Academy Udaipur.

12. “A Guide Book on Vegetable Science” – D.Sharma and N.Rai, Researcho

Publishing, New Delhi.

13. “Technology for Vegetable Production and Improvement” – P.Hazra &

M.G.Som, Naya Prokash, Calcutta.

14. “Aadhunik Shak Evam Pushp Utpadan” – G.S.Saini, Rama Publishing

House Meerut. (in Hindi)

15. “Unnat Sabji Utpadan Evam Paudh Sanrakshan” – Dr. Prabhakar Singh

and Dr. S.M.Kumar. (in Hindi)

16. “Seed production technology of vegetables” – Prabhakar Singh and

B.S.Asati, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi.

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COURSE TITLE : FUNDAMENTALS TO SOIL SCIENCE

COURSE No : ASOIL-111


YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Soil: Pedological and edaphological concepts, Origin of the earth, Earth‟s

crust; Composition: Rocks and minerals Weathering, Soil formation factors

and processes Components of soils; Soil profile, Soil physical properties,

Soil texture, Particle size distribution system, Soil structure classification

and its significance, Soil aggregates, Soil consistency and its types, Bulk

density and particle density of soils & porosity, their significance in

agriculture, Soil Colour,– definition, its significance, value, hue and

chroma, use of Munsell colour chart. Elementary knowledge of soil

classification soil orders and characteristics of soils of Chhattisgarh, land

capability classification, ; Soil water, forms, hygroscopic, capillary and

gravitational, soil moisture constants- hygroscopic coefficient, wilting

point, field capacity, moisture equivalent, maximum water holding capacity,

PF scale, energy concepts, Soil moisture measurement methods, saturated

and unsaturated water movement Elementary idea of Infiltration,

percolation, permeability, Drainage, runoff and its role in crop production,

Soil temperature, Soil air, and its role on plant growth; Soil colloids,

Properties, nature, types and significance; Layer silicate clays, and sources

of charges, Ion exchange, CEC & AEC Factors influencing ion exchange

and its Significance. Soil organic matter, sources of soil organic matter,

Decomposition of organic matter, formation of Humus, Fractionation of

organic matter, Carbon cycle, C: N ratio. Soil biology, Biomass, Soil

organisms and their beneficial and harmful roles.



Practical:

1. Collection and processing of soil for analysis

2. Study of a soil profile

3. Identification of rocks and minerals.

4. Determination of soil bulk density and particle density,

5. Soil Aggregate analysis by wet sieving method,

6. Determination of Soil strength by cone penitrometer

7. Determination of Soil moisture by Gravimetric & Volumetric

method

8. Determination of Soil moisture constants – Field capacity, water

holding capacity & wilting point

9. Determination of Infiltration rate by double ring in filtrometer,

10. Determination of soil texture by International pipette method

11. Preparation of primary and secondary standard solutions.

12. Determination of soil Organic carbon,

13. Determination of soil pH, EC,

14. Determination of soil CEC, soluble cations and anions

Reference: 1. Nature and Properties of Soils by Brady

2. Mrida Vigyan ke Moolbhut Siddhant by Dr Vinay Singh Published

by Bharati Bhandar Meerut.

3. Soil Physics by Ghildyal & Tripathi, Published by Wiley and

Eatern LTD, New Delhi.

4. Mrida Vigyan By NL Sharma and TB Singh Rama Publishin

House Baduot Merrut

5. Soil Physics by LD Baver et al, Published by Wiley and Eatern

LTD, New Delhi..

COURSE TITLE : INSECT MORPHOLOGY

AND SYSTEMATICS

COURSE NO. : AENT-111


YEAR/ SEMESTER : 1st YEAR/ 1

st SEMESTER

Theory:

History of Entomology in India. Factors for insect abundance. Classification

of phylum Arhropoda upto classes. Relationship of class Insecta with other

classes of Arthropoda. Morphology: Structure and functions of insect

cuticle and moulting. Body segmentation. Structure of Head, thorax and

abdomen. Structure and modifications of insect antennae, mouth parts and

legs. Wing venation, modifications and wing coupling apparatus. Structure-

male and female genitalia. Sensory organs. Metamorphosis and diapause in

insects. Types of larvae and pupae. Structure and functions of digestive,

circulatory, excretory, respiratory, nervous, secretory (Endocrine) and

reproductive system in insect. Types of reproduction in insects.

Systematics: Taxonomy-importance, history and development and binomial

nomenclature. Definitions of Biotype, Sub-species, Species, Genus, Family

and Order. Classification of class Insecta upto Orders. Orthoptera-

Acrididae, Dictyoptera- Mantidae, Odonata, Isoptera- Termitidae,

Thysanoptera- Thripidae, Hemiptera- Pentatomidae, Coreidae, Reduviidae,

Pyrrhocoridae, Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Aphididae, Coccidae,

Aleurodidae, Neuroptera- Chrysopidae Lepidoptera- Noctuidae,

Sphingidae, Pyralidae, Gelechiidae, Arctiidae,Coleoptera-Coccinellidae,

Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae, Bruchidae, Scarabaeidae,

Hymenoptera- Tenthridinidae, Apidae, Trichogrammatidae, Ichneumonidae,

Braconidae, Diptera- Cecidomyiidae, Trypetidae, Tachinidae,

Agromyzidae.

Practical : Methods of collection and preservation of insects including

immature stages; External features of Grasshopper/Blister beetle; Types of

insect antennae, mouthparts and legs; Wing venations, types of wings and

wing coupling apparatus Types of insect larvae and pupae; Dissection of

digestive system in insects (Grasshopper); Study of characters of Orders-

Orthoptera, Dictyoptera, Odonata, Isoptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera,

Lepidoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and their

families of agricultural importance.

Reference:

1. Krishi keet Shastra- J.P. Sharma.

2. Imm‟s General Text Book of Entomology by Richards, D.W. and

Davis, E.C.

3. Agricultural Entomology for Indian Students by Khanna, S.S.

4. Agricultural Entomology by Mathur and Upadhayay.

5. General and Applied Entomology by B.V. David and T.N.

Ananthakrishnan.

6. Introduction to General and Applied Entomology By B.V.

Awasthi.

7. Principles of Insect Morphology by R. E. Snodgrass.

8. Insect structure and Function by R.F. Chapman.

9. Essentials of Agricultural Entomology by G.S. Dhariwal.

10. Destructive and useful insects-their habit and control by C.L. Metcaff

& W.P. Flint.

11. A Text Book of Agricultural Entomology by H.S. Pruthi.



COURSE TITLE : PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

COURSE No : AEC-111



st SEMESTER

Theory :

Economics: Meaning, Definition, Subject matter, Divisions of Economics,

Importance of Economics; Agricultural Economics: Meaning, Definition;

Basic Concepts: Goods, Service, Utility, Value, Price, Wealth, Welfare.

Wants: Meaning, Characteristics, Classifications of Wants, Importance.

Theory of consumption: Law of Diminishing Marginal utility, Meaning,

Definition, Assumption, Limitations, Importance. Consumer‟s surplus:

Meaning, Definition, Importance. Demand: Meaning, Definition, Kinds of

Demand, Demand schedule, Demand Curve, Law of Demand, Extension

and Contraction Vs Increase and Decrease in Demand. Elasticity of

Demand: Types of Elasticity of Demand, Degrees of price elasticity of

Demand, Methods of Measuring Elasticity, Factors influencing elasticity of

Demand, Importance of Elasticity of Demand. Welfare Economics:

Meaning, Pareto‟s optimality. National Income: Concepts, Measurement.

Public Finance: Meaning, Principles. Public Resource: Meaning, Services

Tax, Meaning, Classification of Taxes: Cannons of Taxation, Public

expenditure: Meaning, Principles. Inflation: Meaning, Definition, Kinds of

inflation.

References:

1. Dewett, K.K. 2007. Modern Economic Theory, B.Chand & Co.,

New Delhi.

2. Subba Reddy S., Raghu Ram P., Neelkanta Sastry,T.V., Bhavani

Devi I. 2007

3. Agricultural Economics. Agricultural Economics, Oxford & IBH

Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

4. Singh, Rajpal, 2007. Krishi Artha Shastra (Hindi) V.K. Prakashan,

Badaut .

5. Randall, Allan. 1981. Resource Economics - An Economic

Approach to Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Grid

Publishing, Inc. Columbus, Ohio.

6. Howe, Charles W. 1979. Natural Resource Economics- Issues,

Analysis and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, New York.

7. John, M. Kerr, D.K. Marothia, K. Singh, C. Ramasamy and W.E.

Bentley (editors) (1997). Natural Resource Economics: Theory and

Application in India, Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.

8. Lipsey Richard G. 1963. A Introduction to Positive Economics,

William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London.



COURSE TITLE : FUNDAMENTAL OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND

EDU. PSYCHOLOGY

COURSE No : AEXT-111


YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 1st

SEMESTER

Theory:

Extension Education and Agricultural Extension – Meaning, Definition,

Scope and Importance. Sociology and Rural Sociology, Meaning,

Definition, Scope, Importance of Rural Sociology in Agricultural Extension

and Interrelationship between Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension.

Indian Rural Society, Important characteristics, Differences and

Relationship between Rural and Urban societies. Social Groups – Meaning,

Definition, Classification, Factors considered in formation and organization

of groups, Motivation in group formation and Role of Social groups in

Agricultural Extension. Social Stratification – Meaning, Definition,

Functions, Basis for stratification, Forms of Social stratification –

Characteristics and – Differences between Class & Caste System. Cultural

concepts – Culture, Customs, Folkways, Mores, Taboos, Rituals and

Traditions – Meaning, Definition and their Role in Agricultural Extension.

Social Values and Attitudes – Meaning, Definition, Types and Role of

Social Values and Attitudes in Agricultural Extension. Social Institutions –

Meaning, Definition, Major institutions in Rural society, Functions and

their Role in Agricultural Extension. Social Organizations – Meaning,

Definition, Types of organizations and Role of Social organizations in

Agricultural Extension. Social Control – Meaning, Definition, Need of

social control and Means of Social control. Social change – Meaning,

Definition, Nature of Social change, Dimensions of social change and

factors of social change. Leadership – Meaning, Definition, Classification,

Roles of a leader, Different methods of Selection of Professional and Lay

leaders. Training of Leaders – Meaning, Definition, Methods of training,

Advantages and Limitations in use of local leaders in Agricultural

Extension. Psychology and Educational Psychology – Meaning, Definition,

Scope and Importance of Educational Psychology in Agricultural

Extension. Intelligence – Meaning, Definition, Types, Factors affecting

intelligence and Importance of intelligence in Agricultural Extension.

Personality – Meaning, Definition, Types, Factors influencing the

Personality and Role of personality in Agricultural Extension. Teaching –

Learning process – Meaning and Definition of Teaching, Learning,

Learning experience and Learning situation, Elements of learning situation

and its characteristics. Principles of learning and their implication for

teaching.

Reference :

1. Chitambar, J.B. “Introductory Rural Sociology”, Wiley Eastern

Limited, 4835/24, Ansari Road, Dariyaganj, New Delhi-110002.

2. “Gramin Samaj Shastra” (Hindi) Dharmvir Mahajan and Kamlesh,

Mahajan, Shiksha, Sahitva, Prakashan, 312/313, Chahshir, Meruth-2.

3. Educational Psychology, Mathur S.S., Vinod Pustak Madir, Agra.

4. “Exstension and Rural Welfare” Daham, O.P. and Bhatnagar Ram

Prasad & sons, Agra.

5. “Indian Social System” Singh K. Prakashan Kendra, Railway

Crossing, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226620.

6. Rural Sociology and Psychology” Tyagi, B.D. Rama Publishing

House, Badoth (Maroth).

7. Desai, A.R., “RuralSociology in India” 5‟th edition, Popular

Prakashan, 35-C, Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya Road, Tardeo,

Bombay 400034.

8. Mathur, S.S., Educational Psychology, vinod Pustak Mandir, Agra.

9. Dahama, O.P., “Extension and Rural Welfare” Ram Prasad and Sons,

Agra. Shanker Rao C.N., “Sociology”, S. Chand and Co. Ltd., Ram

Nagar, New Delhi-110055.



COURSE TITLE : PHYSICAL EDUCATION/NSS/NCC

COURSE No : APHE 111

CREDIT HOURS : 1 (0+1) NC

YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Practical : NSS: Orientation of students in national problems, study of

philosophy of NSS, fundamentals rights, directive principles of state policy,

socio-economic structure of Indian society, population problems, brief of

five year plan. Functional literacy, non-formal education of rural youth,

eradication of social evils, awareness programmes, consumer awareness,

highlights of consumer act. Environment enrichment and conservation,

health, family welfare and nutrition. NCC: Introduction to NCC, defence

services, system of NCC training, foot drill, sizing, forming up in three

ranks, open and close order march, dressing, getting on parade, dismissing

and falling out, saluting, marching, arms drill, shoulder arm, order arm,

present arm, guard of honour, ceremonial drill, weapon training – rifle

bayonet, light machine gun, sten machine carbine, introduction and

characteristic stripping, assembling and cleaning, loading, unloading and

firing. Field craft, visual training, targets, judging distance, fire discipline

and fire control orders, battle craft, field signals, description of ground,

section formation, section battle drill, scouts and patrols, ambush, field

engineering, map reading, conventional signs, grid systems, use of service

protractor, prismatic compass and its use, self defence, general principles,

precautions and training, attacks and counter attacks, marching and

searching, first aid, hygiene and sanitation, civil defence, leadership and

NCC song. Physical Education: Introduction to physical education.

Posture, exercise for good posture, physical fitness exercises for agility,

strength, coordination, endurance and speed. Rules are regulations of

important games, skill development in any one of the games – football,

hockey, cricket, volleyball, ball badminton, throw ball, tennikoit.

Participation in one of the indoor games – shuttle badminton, chess and

table tennis. Rules and regulations of athletic events, participation in any

one of the athletic events – broad jump, high jump, triple jump, javelin

throw, discuss throw, shot put, short and long distance running, Safety

education, movement education, effective way of doing day-to-day

activities. First-aid training, coaching for major games and indoor games.

Asans and indigenous ways for physical fitness and curative exercises.

Exercises and games for leisure time, use and experience.

Note: Warming up and conditioning exercises are compulsory before the

commencement of each class.



COURSE TITLE : PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS

COURSE NO : APB-121


YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR/2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Mendel‟s laws of inheritance and exceptions to the laws; Types of gene

action, Multiple alleles, Pleiotropism, Penetrance and expressivity;

Quantitative traits, Qualitative traits and differences between them; Multiple

factor hypothesis; Cytoplasmic inheritance, it‟s characteristic features and

difference between chromosomal and cytoplasmic inheritance; Mutation

and it‟s characteristic features; Methods of inducing mutations and C l B

technique. Gene expression and differential gene activation; Lac operon and

Fine structure of Gene; Ultra structure of cell and cell organelles and their

functions; Study of chromosome structure, morphology, number and types,

Karyotype and Idiogram; Mitosis and meiosis, their significance and

differences between them; DNA and it‟s structure, function, types, modes of

replication and repair. RNA and its structure, function and types;

Transcription, Translation, Genetic code and outline of protein synthesis;

Crossing over and factors affecting it; Mechanism of crossing over and

Cytological proof of crossing over; Linkage, Types of linkage and

estimation of linkage; Numerical chromosomal aberrations (Polyploidy) and

evolution of different crop species like Cotton, Wheat, Tobacco, Triticale

and Brassicas; Structural chromosomal aberrations.

Practical:

1. Microscopy (Light microscopes and electron microscopes.

2. Preparation and use of fixatives and stains for light microscopy.

3. Preparation of micro slides and identification of various stages of

mitosis.

4. Preparation of micro slides and identification of various stages of

meiosis.

5. Monohybrid ratio and its modifications; Dihybrid ratio and its

modifications; Trihybrid ratio.

6. Chi-square analysis and Interaction of factors; Epistatic factors,

Supplementary factors and Duplicate factors; Complementary

factors, Additive factors and Inhibitory factors.

7. Linkage – Two point test cross; Linkage – Three point test cross.

8. Induction of Polyploidy using colchicines.

9. Induction of chromosomal aberrations using chemicals.

References:

1. Genetics by P.K.Gupta, Rastogi Publication Meerut.

2. Fundamentals of Genetics by B.D. Singh, Kalyani Publishers,

Ludhiana.

3. Cytogenetics and plant breeding by Chandrasekharan, S.N. and

Parthasarthy, P. Vardachary & Co, 8, Linghi chatty street, Madras.

4. Genetics by stick Berger, H.W., McMillan Co. New York.

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COURSE TITLE : FIELD CROPS- II




nd SEMESTER

Theory:

Origin, geographical distribution, economic importance, soil and climatic

requirements, varieties, cultural practices and yield of rabi crops; Cereals:

wheat, barley; Pulses: chickpea, lentil, peas, french bean, lathyrus; Oilseeds:

rapeseed and mustard, sunflower, safflower and linseed; Sugar crops:

sugarcane and sugarbeet, Medicinal and aromatic crops such as mentha,

lemon grass, citronella, palma rosa, isabgol and safed musli; Commercial

crops: potato and tobacco, Forage crops: berseem, lucerne and oat.

Practical:

1. Seed bed preparation and sowing of Rabi crops

2. Effect of sowing depth on germination of different Rabi crops.

3. Identification of weeds in Rabi crops.

4. Calculation of fertilizer requirement and their application in Rabi

crops.

5. Study of growth and yield contributing characters and yield

estimation.

6. Study of crop varieties and important agronomic experiments.

7. Working out cost of cultivation of important Rabi crops.

8. Rabi crops distribution in the state and the region.

9. Important agronomic experiments of rabi crops and visit to

research stations related to rabi crops and sugar mills.

References:

1. Bharat ki Fasle – Chhidda Singh and Om Prakash.

2. Bharat ki Pramukh Fasle – Kalicharan Sharma.

3. Kharif and Rabi ki Fasle – Om Prakash.

4. Sasya Vigyan – Jagannath Singh.

5. Hand Book of Agriculture: ICAR.

6. Scientific crop production: C. Thakur.

7. Field Crops: Y.M. Iyer.

8. Cereal Crops: W.H. Leonard and J.H. Martin



COURSE TITLE : PLANT PATHOGENS AND PRINCIPLES OF

PLANT PATHOLOGY

COURSE No : APP-121


YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory :

Introduction, Important plant pathogenic organisms, different groups, fungi,

bacteria, fastidious vesicular bacteria, phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, viruses,

viriods, algae, protozoa and phanerogamic parasites with examples of

diseases caused by them. General Characters of fungi, Definition of fungus,

somatic structures, types of fungal thalli, fungal tissues, modifications of

thallus, reproduction in fungi (asexual and sexual). Nomenclature, Binomial

system of nomenclature, rules of nomenclature. Classification of fungi and

bacteria. Key to divisions and sub-divisions. Introduction: Definition and

objectives of Plant Pathology. History of Plant Pathology. Terms and

concepts in Plant Pathology. Survival and Dispersal of Plant Pathogens.

Phenomenon of infection – pre-penetration, penetration and post

penetration. Pathogenesis. Defense mechanism in plants– Structural and

Bio-chemical (pre and post-infection). Plant disease epidemiology. Plant

Disease Forecasting – Remote sensing – General principles of plant

diseases management –Importance, general Principles – Avoidance,

exclusion, protection – Plant Quarantine and Inspection – Quarantine Rules

and Regulations. Cultural methods – Rouging, eradication of alternate and

collateral hosts, crop rotation, manure and fertilizer management, mixed

cropping, sanitation, hot weather ploughing, soil amendments, time of

sowing, seed rate and plant density, irrigation and drainage. Role and

mechanisms of biological control and PGPR. Physical Methods – Heat and

Chemical methods – Methods of application of fungicides. Host plant

resistance. Integrated plant disease management (IDM) – Concept,

advantages and importance.

Practical:

Acquaintance to plant pathology laboratory and equipments; Preparation of

culture media for fungi and bacteria; Isolation techniques, preservation of

disease samples; Study of Pythium, Phytophthora and Albugo; Study of

Sclerospora, Peronosclerospora, Pseudoperonospora, Peronospora,

Plasmopara and Bremia; Study of genera Mucor and Rhizopus. Study of

Oidium, , Erysiphe, Phyllactinia, Uncinula and Podosphaera; Study of

Puccinia (different stages), Uromyces,; Study of Sphacelotheca, Ustilago

and Tolyposporium; Study of Agaricus, Pleurotus and Ganoderma; Study

of Septoria, Colletotrichum, Pestalotiopsis and Pyricularia; Study of

Aspergillus, Penicillium, Trichoderma, and Fusarium; Study of

Helminthosporium, Drechslera, Alternaria, Stemphyllium, Cercospora, ,

Rhizoctonia and Sclerotium; Demonstration of Koch‟s postulates; Study of

different groups of fungicides and antibiotics; Preparation of fungicides –

Bordeaux mixture, Bordeaux paste, Chestnut compound; Methods of

application of fungicides – seed, soil and foliar; Bio-assay of fungicides –

poisoned food technique, inhibition zone technique and slide germination

technique; Bio-control of plant pathogens – dual culture technique, seed

treatment.

References: 1. Introduction to principles of Plant Pathology - R.S. Singh.

2. Pod Rog Vigyan - B.P. Singh.

3. Plant Pathology - G.N. Agrios

4. Plant Pathology - R.S. Mehrotra

5. Plant Pathology - P.D. Sharma



COURSE TITLE : BIOCHEMISTRY



YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Biochemistry –Introduction and importance . Plant Cell: Structure, cell

components and biochemical function . Bio-molecules – introduction and

applications: Amino acids, peptides and proteins –Plant proteins and their

quality. Enzymes –Factors affecting the activity, classification,

Immobilistion and other industrial applications. Lipids– Deffination,

classification, properties and their industrial application in soaps,

detergents, paints, Varnishes, lubricants, adhesives, plastics, nylon, Bio-

diesel, Biodegradable plastics etc. Carbohydrates; Deffination,

classification, properties. Nucleotides and Nucleic acids. Metabolic energy

and its generation – Metabolism – Basic concepts, Glycolysis, Citric acid

Cycle, Pentose phosphate pathway, oxidative phosphorylation, Fatty acid

oxidation. General reactions of amino acid degradation. Biosynthesis –

carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins. and Nucleic acids. Introduction of

Terpenoids, Alkaloids, Phenolics and their applications in food and

pharmaceutical industries.

Practical: Models of sugars, sucrose, starch and amino acid. Qualitative

determination of carbohydrates, protein, lipids, reducing and non-reducing

sugars. Paper electrophoresis for the separation of plant pigments; Protein

denaturation – heat, pH, precipitation of proteins with heavy metals, Protein

estimation by Kjeldahl method; enzyme immobilization; Characterization of

lipids by T.L.C.; Extraction of oil from oil seeds; Estimation of fatty acids

by G.L.C. Quantitative determination of sugars; Paper chromatography for

the separation of sugars; Determination of phenols.

Reference:

1. Outline of Biochemistry : E.E. Conn and P.K. Stumpf.

2. Essential Biochemistry : M.C. Pant.

3. Introduction to Biochemistry : Mertz.

4. Padap Rasayan Shastra : M.M. Rai

5. Chemistry of natural products : Agrawal.

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COURSE TITLE : FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL AND WATER

CONSERVATION ENGINEERING

COURSE No : AENGG-121


YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory: Surveying: survey equipment, chain survey, cross staff survey, plotting

procedure, calculations of area of regular and irregular fields. Levelling –

levelling equipment, terminology, methods of calculation of reduced levels,

types of levelling, contouring. Irrigation, classification of projects, flow

irrigation and lift irrigation. Water source, Water lifting devices – pumps

(shallow and deep well), capacity, power calculations. Irrigation water

measurement – weirs, flumes and orifices and methods of water

measurement and instruments. Water conveyance systems, open channel

and underground pipeline. Irrigation methods – drip and sprinkle irrigation

systems. Soil and water conservation – soil erosion, types and engineering

control measures.

Practical: Acquaintance with chain survey equipment; Ranging and

measurement of offsets; Chain triangulation; Cross staff survey; Plotting of

chain triangulation; Plotting of cross staff survey; Levelling equipment –

dumpy level, levelling staff, temporary adjustments and staff reading;

Differential leveling; Profile leveling; Contour survey – grid method;

Plotting of contours; Study of centrifugal pumping system and irrigation

water measuring devices; Study of different components of sprinkler

irrigation systems; Study of different components of drip and sprinkler

irrigation systems; Uniformity of water application in drip and sprinkler

systems; Study of soil and water conservation measures.

Reference:

1. Agor, R. 1998. Surveying and leveling, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.

2. Kanetkar, T.P. and Kulkarani, S.P. 1965. Surveying and leveling A.V.

Griha Prakashan, Pune-4.

3. Kochher, C.L. 1986. A test book of surveying, Vol. I & II, Katson

Publishing House, Ludhiana.

4. Michael, A.M. 1997. Irrigation Theory and Practice, Vikash Publisher,

New Delhi.

5. Dhruvanarayan, V.V. 1993. Soil Conservation Research in India,

Publication and Information Division, ICAR, New Delhi.

6. Israelson, O.W. and Hensen, V.E. 1962. Irrigation Principles &

Practices, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.

7. Tideman, E.M. 1999. Watershed Management: Guidelines for Indian

Conditions, Omega Scientific Publishers, New Delhi.

8. Michael, A.M. and Ojha, T.P. 2004. Principals of Agricultural

Engineering, Vol. II, Jain Brothers, New Delhi.



COURSE TITLE : PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF FRUIT CROPS



YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Definition and importance of horticulture. Divisions of horticulture.

Climatic zones of horticulture crops. Area and production of different fruit

crops. Selection of site, fencing, and wind break, planting systems, high

density planting, planning and establishment. Propagation methods and use

of rootstocks. Methods of training and pruning. Use of growth regulators in

fruit production. Package of practices for the cultivation of major fruits –

mango, banana, citrus, grape, guava, sapota, apple, litchi. Papaya, Minor

fruits – pineapple, annonaceous fruits, pomegranate, ber, fig, phalsa, jack,

pear, plum, peaches and cherry.

Practical: Study of horticultural tools and implements and their uses;

Containers, potting mixture, potting, depotting and repotting; Plant

propagation, seed propagation, scarification, and stratification; Propagation

by cuttings (soft wood, hard wood and semi-hardwood) layering (simple

layering, Air layering, stooping in guava); Layout and planting systems

(Traditional system and high density planting methods); Methods of

pruning and training; Training of ber, grape and pomegranate; Pruning of

ber, grape, phalsa, fig, apple, pear, peach; Description and identification of

varieties of mango, guava, grape, papaya, apple and sapota; Description and

identification of varieties of banana, citrus, (lime lemon, sweet orange,

mandarin, grape fruit) pomegranate, ber, pear and cherries; Irrigation

methods in fruit crops including drip – Micro irrigation methods of

establishment of orchard; Methods of Fertilizer application methods in fruit

crops including fertigation technology; Visit to local commercial orchards;

Preparation of growth regulators, powder, solution and lanolin paste for

propagation; Application of growth regulators for improving fruit set, fruit

size, quality, delaying ripening and hastening ripening.

Reference:

1. “Commercial Fruits” – Dr. S.P. Singh, Kalyani Publishers,

Ludhiana

2. “Phalvriksha Pravardhan : Phaldar Ped Lagane Ki Bagwani” –

Dr.Ram Kripal Pathak, I.C.A.R., New Delhi. (in Hindi)

3. “Udyan Vigyan” – Shyam Sundar Shrivastava, Central Book

House, Sadar Bazar, Raipur. (in Hindi)

4. “Fruit Physiology and Production” – Amar Singh, Kalyani

Publishers, Ludhiana.

5. “Hand Book of Horticulture” – Dr. K.L. Chadha, I.C.A.R., New

Delhi.

6. “Phal Utpadan : Siddhant Evam Praudyogiki” – Dr. Prabhakar

Singh Evam Dr. Shailendra Agrawal, Gautam Publishers and

Distributers, Vishal Nagar, Raipur. (in Hindi)

7. “Fruit Culture in India” – Dr. Shyam Singh, Dr. S. Krishnamurthi

and Dr. S. L. Katyal, I.C.A.R., New Delhi.

8. “Bharat me Phalotpadan” – K.N. Dubey, Rama Publishing House,

Meerut. (in Hindi)



COURSE TITLE : DIMENSIONS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION



YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Education – Meaning, Definition, Types – Formal, Informal and Non-

formal education and their Characteristics. Extension Education and

Agricultural Extension – Meaning, Definition, Concepts, Objectives and

Principles. Rural development – Meaning, Definition, Concepts, Objectives,

Importance and Problems in rural development. Developmental

programmes of pre-independence era – Sriniketan, Marthandam, Gurgaon

experiment and Gandhian constructive proprogramme. Development

programmes of Post independence era, Firka Development, Etawah – Pilot

project and Nilokheri Experiment. Community Development Programme –

Meaning, Definition, Concepts, Philosophy, Principles, Objectives,

Differences between Community Development and Extension Education,

National Extension service. Panchayat Raj system – Meaning of

Democratic – Decentralization and Panchayat Raj, Three tiers of Panchayat

Raj system, Powers, Functions and Organizational setup. Agricultural

Development Programmes with reference to year of start, objectives &

sailent features – Intensive Agricultural District Programme (IADP), High

Yielding Varieties Programme (HYVP), Institution Village Linkage

Programme (IVLP), Watershed Development Programme (WDP), National

Agricultural Technology Project (NATP), ATMA, ATIC. Social Justice and

Poverty alleviation programmes – Integrated Tribal Development Agency

(ITDA), Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), Swarna

Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY), Prime Minsiter Employment

Yojana (CMEY). New trends in extension, privatization. Women

Development programmes – Development of Women and Children in Rural

Areas (DWCRA), Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), Integrated Child

Development Scheme (ICDS) and Mahila Samriddi Yojana (MSY).

Reorganized extension system (T&V System)–Salient features, Fort night

Meetings, Monthly workshops, Linkages, Merits and Demerits, Emergence

of Broad Based Extension ( BBE ).

Practical: Visits to a village and kisan mandal to study the ongoing

development programmes. Visits to Panchayat Raj Institutions to study the

functioning of Gram Panchayat (GP) & Zilla Praja Parishad (ZPP). Visit

and study the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA). Participation in

monthly workshops of Training and Visit (T & V) System. Visit to

Watershed Development Project area. Visit to a village to study the Self

Help Groups (SHGs) of DWCRA. Visit to a voluntary organization to study

the developmental activities. Organizing PRA techniques in a village to

identify the agricultural problems. Visit to villages.

Reference :

1. Govt. of India: “Extension Education in Community

Development” Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Food and

Agri., Govt. of India New Delhi.

2. Supe S.V. “An Introduction to Extension Education,” Oxford &

IBH Publishing Company Pvt., Ltd., 66 Janpath, New Delhi

110001.

3. Dahama, O.P. & Bhatnagar “Extension and Communication for

Development” Exford & IBH Publishing Company, 66-Janpath,

New Delhi 110001/

4. Dahama, O.P., Communication & Extension (Revised Edition)

Ram Prasad & Sons, Agra.

5. Dahama, O.P. “Extension & Rural Welfare”, Ram Prasad & Sons,

Agra.

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COURSE TITLE: COMPREHENSION AND COMMUNICATION

SKILLS IN ENGLISH

COURSE NO : AENG - 121

CREDIT HOURS : 2 (1+1*)

YEAR/SEMESTER : 1st YEAR/2

nd SEMESTER

Theory:

Text for Comprehension

1. War Minus shooting - The sporting spirit (George Orwell)

(a) Reading comprehension

(b) Vocabulary - Synonyms - Antonyms - often confused words, and

(c) Two exercises to help the students in the enrichment of vocabulary based

TOEFL and GRE and other competitive examinations.

2. A Dilemma - A layman looks at science (Raymond B. Fosdick)


(b) Vocabulary - homonyms and Homophones

(c) Exercises on Figurative Language & Idiomatic Language (e.g. dust and

ashes, doorstep of doom, boundaries of knowledge, Apple of one's eye, in

a fix, etc).

3. You and Your English - Spoken English and Broken English (G.B.

Show)


(b) Language study, Functional Grammar, Agreement of Verb with subject

Text for communication skills

4. Writing skills

(a) Letter writing - Mechanics of good letter, Effective Business

correspondence, Personal correspondence.

(b) Report writing - Reports of events, meetings, experiments, business, etc.

(c) Paragraph writing.

(d) Precis writing

(e) Preparation of Curriculum vitae and Job applications.

(f) Interviews, Types of interviews, purpose, different settings, as interviewer,

interviewee, physical makeup and manners, appearance, poise, speech,

self reliance, Evaluation process, review or feedback.

* Tutorial: Listening Comprehension: Listening to short talks, lectures, speeches

(scientific, commercial and general in nature) Practical: listening to at least two

tapes, recorded conversations aimed at testing the listening comprehension of

students; Communication: Spoken English, oral communication, importance stress

and intonation. Practical: Spoken English practice by using audiovisual aids, the

essentials of good conversations, oral exercises in conversation practice (At the

Doctor, at the Restaurant, at the Market Yard); Oral Presentation of Reports:

Seminars and conferences, features of oral presentation, regulating speech, physical

appearance, body language posture, eye contact, voice, audience, preparation of

visual aids. Practical: One presentation by individual on the given topic related to

agriculture like W.T.O, Developing new technologies in Agriculture, Bio fertilizers

etc.; Dyadic communication, face to face conversation, Telephonic conversation,

rate of speech, clarity of voice, speaking and listening politeness, telephone

etiquette, Practical: Practice of Telephonic conversation; Reading skills, using

Dictionary, reading dialogues, rapid reading, intensive reading, improving reading

skills; Meetings: purpose, procedure participation, chairmanship, physical

arrangements, recording minutes of meeting; Practice of Presentation by using

power point and LCD projector; Conducting Mock interviews – testing initiative,

team spirit, leadership, intellectual ability – potential for development, memory,

motivation, objectives, aptitude etc., Group Discussions and Debates on current

topics; Review or Feed Back; Practical examination.

Recommended book:

1. 'Current English for Colleges', By N. Krishnaswamy & T.

Sriraman, MacMillan India Limited, Madras, 1995.

Reference :

1. 'Strengthen your Writing', By - V.R. Narayan Swami, Orient

Longman Publication.

2. 'Business Communication and Report writing', By - G.S.R.K. Babu

Rao, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.

3. 'Write to Communicate', By - Geeta Nagraj, Foundation Books,

New Delhi.

4. 'Improve your writing', By - V.N. Arora & Laxmi Chandra, Oxford

University Press.

5. 'Creative English for Communication', By - N. Krishna Swami &

N.T. Sriraman, MacMillan India Limited.

6. 'Developing Communication Skill', By - Krishna Mohan & Meena

Banerji, MacMillan India Limited.



COURSE TITLE : PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING

COURSE No : APB-211


YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Classification of plants, Botanical description, Floral biology, Emasculation

and Pollination techniques in cereals, millets, pulses, oil seeds, fibers,

plantation crops etc. Aims and objectives of Plant Breeding; Modes of

reproduction, Sexual, Asexual, Apomixis and their classification;

Significance in plant breeding; Modes of pollination, genetic consequences,

differences between self and cross pollinated crops; Methods of breeding –

introduction and acclimatization. Selection, Mass selection Johannson‟s

pure line theory, genetic basis, pure line selection; Hybridization, Aims and

objectives, types of hybridization; Methods of handling of segregating

generations, pedigree method, bulk method, back cross method and various

modified methods; Incompatibility and male sterility and their utilization in

crop improvement; Heterosis, inbreeding depression, various theories of

Heterosis, exploitation of hybrid vigour development of inbred lines, single

cross and double cross hybrids; Population improvement programmes,

recurrent selection, synthetics and composites; Methods of breeding for

vegetatively propagated crops; Clonal selection; Mutation breeding; Ploidy

breeding; Wide hybridization, significance in crop improvement.

Practical:

1. Botanical description and floral biology Rice and Sorghum;

Maize and Wheat; Bajra and Ragi; Sugarcane and Coconut;

Groundnut, Castor, Safflower and Sesamum; Redgram,

Bengalgram and Greengram; Soybean and blackgram; Chillies,

Brinjal and Tomato; Bhendi, Onion, Bottle-gourd and Ridge-

gourd; Cotton and Mesta; Jute and Sunhemp

2. Study of megasporogenesis and microsporogenesis

3. Fertilization and life cycle of an angiospermic plant

4. Plant Breeder‟s kit; Hybridization techniques and precautions to

be taken

5. Floral morphology, selfing, emasculation and crossing techniques

6. Study of male sterility and incompatibility in field plots;

References:

1. Essentials of Plant Breeding, By Singh, Phundan, Kalyani

Publishers Ludhiana/ New Delhi.

2. Plant Breeding, Singh, B.D. Kalyani Publishers. New Delhi /

Ludhiana.

3. Principles of Plant Breeding, Allard, R.W.

4. Practical Manual in Plant breeding, Singh, R.K. and Singh B.D.

Kalyani Publishers. New Delhi/ Ludhiana.

5. Breeding asian Field Crops, Poehlman, J.N. and Borthakur, D.N.,

Oxford and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi, ( English & Hindi Edition)

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COURSE TITLE : FIELD CROPS - I



YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Origin, geographic distribution, economic importance, soil and climatic

requirement, varieties, cultural practices and yield of kharif crops, Cereals –

rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet and minor millets; Pulses : pigeonpea,

mungbean and urdbean; Oilseeds: soybean, groundnut, sesame, niger and

castor; Fibre crops: cotton, jute and sunhemp; and Forage crops: sorghum,

maize, cowpea, cluster bean and napier.

Practical:

1. Rice nursery preparation and transplanting/seed bed preparation

and sowing of Kharif crops- soybean, pigeonpea, mungbean,

maize, groundnut, and cotton.

2. Effect of seed size on germination and seedling vigour of

soybean/groundnut.

3. Effect of sowing depth on germination of different Kharif crops.

4. Identification of weeds in Kharif crops.

5. Calculation of fertilizer requirement and their application in Kharif

crops.

6. Study of growth and yield contributing characters and yield

estimation.

7. Study of crop varieties and important agronomic experiments.

8. Working out cost of cultivation.

References:








8. Cereal Crops: W.H. Leonard and J.H. Martin.



COURSE TITLE : AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AND CO-OPERATION

COURSE No : AEC-211


YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory :

Agricultural finance: nature and scope. Time value of money,

Compounding and Discounting. Agricultural credit: meaning, definition,

need, classification. Credit analysis: 4R‟s 5C‟s and 7 P‟s of credit,

repayment plans. History of financing agriculture in India. Commercial

banks, nationalization of commercial banks. Lead bank scheme, regional

rural banks, scale of finance. Higher financing agencies, RBI, NABARD,

AFC, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Insurance and Credit

Guarantee Corporation of India. Assessment of crop losses, determination

of compensation. Crop insurance, advantages and limitations in

application, estimation of crop yields. Agricultural cooperation: philosophy

and principles. History of Indian cooperative Movement, pre-independence

and post independence periods, cooperation in different plan periods,

cooperative credit structure: PACS, FSCS. Reorganisation of cooperative

credit structure in Andhra Pradesh and single window system. Successful

cooperative systems in Gujarat, Maharastra. Punjab etc.

Practical: Factors governing use of Capital and identification of credit

needs; Time value of money, Compounding and discounting; Tools of

financial management, Balance sheet, Income statement and cash flow

analysis; Estimations of credit needs and determining unit costs;

Preparations and analysis of loan proposals; Types of repayment loans;

Study of financial institutions: PACS, DCCB, Apex Banks, RRBs, CBs,

NABARD.

References: 1. Kahion, A.S. and Karam Singh, Managing Agricultural Finance

Allied Publishers Pvt., Ltd., New Delhi.

2. Johl S.S. and Moore C. V. Essentials of Farm Financial

Management. Today and tomorrow's Printers and publishers.

3. Mathur B.S., Cooperation in India. Sahitya Bhawan, Agra, New

Delhi.

4. Kamat, G.S. (1978). New Dimension of Co-operative

Management, Himaliyan Publishing House, Bombay.

5. Krishnaswami, O.R. (1978). Fundamentals of Cooperation, S.

Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi

6. Lee. F. Warren, Aaron G. Nelson and W.G. Murray (1980).

Agricultural Finance. Iowa State University Press Ames. Iowa.

7. Pandey, U.K. (1990). An Introduction to Agricultural Finance,

Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.

8. Reddy, S. and Raghu Ram, P. (1980). Agricultural Finance and

Management, Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.




COURSE TITLE : STATISTICS METHODS

COURSE NO. : AST-211


YEAR /SEMESTER : 2nd

year 1st Semester

Theory: Introduction: Definition of Statistics and its use and limitations; Frequency

Distribution and Frequency Curves

Measures of Central Tendency: Characteristics of Ideal Average,

Arithmetic Mean; Merits and Demerits of arithmetic Mean.

Measures of Central Tendency: Median, Mode

Measures of Dispersion: Standard Deviation, Variance and Coefficient of

Variation.

Probability: Definition and concept of probability

Normal Distribution and its properties

Introduction to Sampling: Random Sampling; the concept of Standard Error

Tests of Significance- Types of Errors, Null Hypothesis, Level of

Significance and Degrees of Freedom, Steps involved in testing of

hypothesis

Large Sample Test-SND test for Means, Single Sample

Large Sample Test-SND test for Means Two Samples (all types)

Small Sample Test for Means- Student‟s t-test for Single Sample and two

samples

Small Sample Test : F test

Chi-Square Test in Contingency Table, Yates Correction for

continuity

Correlation: Types of Correlation and identification through Scatter

Diagram, Computation of Correlation Coefficient „r‟ and its testing.

Linear Regression of Y on X and X on Y. Inter-relation between „r‟ and the

regression coefficients, Properties of regression coefficients

Fitting of regression equation

Experimental Designs; Basic Designs, Completely Randomized Design

(CRD), Layout and analysis with equal and unequal number of

observations

Randomized Block Design (RBD) Layout and analysis

Latin Square Design (LSD), Layout and Analysis

Practical: S.No. Practical topics

1 Construction of Frequency Distribution Tables and Frequency

Curves

2 Computation of Arithmetic Mean for Grouped and Un-Grouped

data

3 Computation of Median for Un-Grouped and Grouped data

4 Computation of Mode for Un-Grouped and Grouped data

5 Computation of Standard Deviation, Variance and Coefficient of

Variation for Un-Grouped and Grouped data

6 Large samples: SND test for Means, Single Sample

7 Large samples: SND test for Means, Two Samples

8 Student‟s t-test for Single Sample, two samples (Paired and

independent)

9 F test

10 Chi- Square Test in 2 x2 Contingency Table, Yates Correction for

continuity

11 Computation of Correlation Coefficient ‟r‟ and its testing

12 Fitting of regression equation-Y on X and X on Y

13 Analysis of Completely Randomized Design (CRD) (Equal and

unequal repetition of observations)

14 Analysis of Randomized Block Design (RBD)

15 Analysis of Latin Square Design (LSD).

References:

1. Fundamentals of Statistical Methods S.C. Gupta & V.K. Kapoor

2. Fundamentals of Applied Statistics S.C. Gupta & V.K. Kapoor

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COURSE TITLE : FIELD CROP DISEASES AND

MANAGEMENT

COURSE No : APP-211


YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 1

st SEMESTER

Theory :

Economic importance, symptoms, cause, epidemiology and disease cycle

and integrated management of diseases of rice (blast, brown spot, sheath

blight bacterial blight), sorghum(smuts), bajra (green ear, ergot), maize

(leaf blight) wheat (rusts, loose smut karnal bunt), sugarcane (red rot,

whip smut), turmeric (leaf spot), tobacco (mosaic), groundnut (leaf spot,

rust, bud necrosis), sesamum (phyllody), sunflower (head rot, alternaria

blight) mustard (white rust, leaf spot) linseed (powdery mildew, rust

wilt), cotton (angular leaf spot, wilt) redgram( wilt, sterility mosaic),

bengalgram (wilt collar rot, root rot), blackgram (powdery mildew,

mosaic), greengram (powdery mildew, yellow mosaic, leaf spot) pea

(rust, powdery mildew), and soybean (bacterial pustule, yellow mosaic

budnecrosis).

Practical: Study of symptoms, etiology, host-parasite relationship and

specific control measures of the following crop diseases. Presentation of

disease samples survey and collection of Diseases of rice, sorghum;

Diseases of wheat, bajra & maize; Diseases of sugarcane, turmeric &

tobacco; Diseases of groundnut, sunflower; Diseases of sesamum & cotton;

Diseases of redgram, greengram, blackgram, bengalgram & beans; Field

visits at appropriate time during the semester

Note: Students should submit 50 pressed, well mounted diseased specimens

in three installments during the semester.

References:

1. Pod rog shastra - S.M. Kumar

2. Pod rog vigyan - B.P. Singh

3. Plant diseases - R.S. Singh


5. Diseases of Crop Plants in India - G. Rangaswami



COURSE TITLE : INSECT ECOLOGY, INTEGRATED PEST

MANAGEMENT & BENEFICIAL INSECTS.



YEAR/ SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR/ 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Insect Ecology: Introduction, Environment and its components. Effect of

abiotic factors- temperature, moisture, humidity, rainfall light, atmospheric

pressure and air currents. Effect of biotic factors- food competition, natural

and environmental resistance and Concept of Balance of life in nature,

biotic potential and environmental resistance and causes for out break of

pests in agro-ecosystem. Pest surveillance and pest forecasting. Categories

of pests. IPM; Introduction, importance, concept, principles and tools of

IPM – Host plant resistance, Cultural, Mechanical, Physical, Legislative,

Biological (parasites, predators & transgenic plant pathogens such as

bacteria, fungi and viruses), methods of control. Chemical control –

importance, hazards and limitations. Classification of insecticides, toxicity

of insecticides and formulations of insecticides. Study of important

insecticides. Botanical insecticides – neem based products, Cyclodiens,

Organophosphates, Carbamates, Synthetic pyrethroids, Novel insecticides,

Pheromones, Nicotinyl insecticides, Chitin synthesis inhibitors, Phenyl

pyrazoles, Avermectins, Macrocyclic lactones, Oxadiazimes, Thiourea

derivaties, pyridine azomethines, pyrroles etc. Nematicides, Rodenticides,

Acaricides and fumigants. Recent methods of pest control. Practices, scope

and limitations of IPM. Insecticides Act 1968 – Important provisions.

Application techniques of spray fluids. Phytotoxicity of insecticides.

Symptoms of poisoning, first aid and antidotes. Beneficial insects: parasites

and predators used in pest control and their mass multiplication techniques.

Important groups of microorganisms, bacteria, viruses and fungi used in

pest control and their mass multiplication techniques. Important species of

pollinators, weed killers and scavengers -their importance. Non insect pests

– mites, nematodes, rodents and birds. Vermiculture

Practical : Visit to meteorological observatory / automatic weather

reporting station; Study of terrestrial and pond ecosystems of insects;

Studies on behaviour of insects and orientation ( repellency, stimulation,

deterancy); Study of distribution patterns of insects, sampling techniques

for the estimation of insect population and damage; Pest surveillance

through light traps, pheromone traps and field incidence; Practicable IPM

practices, Mechanical and physical methods; Practicable IPM practices,

Cultural and biological methods, Chemical control, Insecticides and their

formulations; Calculation of doses/concentrations of insecticides;

Compatibility of pesticides and Phytotoxicity of insecticides; IPM case

studies; Identification of common phytophagous mites and their

morphological characters; Identification of common plant parasitic

nematodes and their morphological characters; Identification of rodents and

bird pests and their damage; Identification of earthworms in vermiculture –

visit to vermiculture unit; Other beneficial insects- Pollinators, weed killers

and scavengers.

Reference:

1. General and Applied Entomology- B.V. David and T.N.

Ananthkrishnan.

2. Agricultural Entomology for Indian Students- Khanna, S.S.

3. Agricultural Entomology – Mathur and Upadhyay.

4. Krishi Keet Vigyan – Sharma, J.P.

5. Applied Entomology by P.G. Ferumone and Alka Prakash.

6. A text book of applied Entomology Vol. I & II- K.P. Shrivastava.

7. Pesticide application equipments – O.S. Bindra & Harcharan

Singh.

8. Introduction to Insect Pest Management-

Metcalf, R.L. and Luchmann, W. John Willy and Sons Pub.



COURSE TITLE : CROP PHYSIOLOGY

COURSE NO. : PPH-211


YEAR/ SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR/ 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Introduction, Importance in Agriculture. Seed Physiology, Seed structures,

Morphological, physiological and biochemical changes during seed

development, Physiological maturity – Morphological and physiological

changes associated with physiological maturity in crop, Harvestable

maturity, Seed viability and vigour, Factors affecting seed viability and

vigour. Methods of testing seed viability and vigour, Germination,

Utilization of seed reserves during seed germination, Morphological,

physiological and biochemical changes during seed germination, Factors

affecting seed germination. Growth and Development, Definition,

Determinate and Indeterminate growth, Monocarpic and Polycarpic species

with examples. Measurement of growth, Growth analysis Growth

characteristics, Definitions and mathematical formulae. Crop Water

Relations, Physiological importance of water to plants, Water potential and

its components, measurement of water status in plants. Transpiration,

significance, Transpiration in relation to crop productivity, Water Use

Efficiency, WUE in C3, C4 and CAM plants, Factors affecting WUE.

Photosynthesis, Energy synthesis, Significance of C3, C4 and CAM

pathway, Relationship of Photosynthesis and crop productivity,

Translocation of assimilates, Phloem loading, apoplastic and symplastic

transport of assimilates, Source and sink concept, Photorespiration, Factors

affecting Photosynthesis and productivity, Methods of measuring

photosynthesis, Photosynthetic efficiency, Dry matter partitioning, Harvest

index of crops. Respiration and its significance, Brief account of Growth

respiration and maintenance respiration, Alternate respiration – Salt

respiration – wound respiration – measurement of respiration.

Nutriophysiology – Definition – Mengel‟s classification of plant nutrients –

Physiology of nutrient uptake – Functions of plant nutrients – Deficience

and toxicity symptoms of plant nutrients – Foliar nutrition – Hydroponics.

Introduction of Photoperiodism and Vernalisation in relation to crop

productivity – Photoperiodism Plant Growth Regulators – Occurrence –

Biosynthesis – Mode of action of Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, ABA,

Ethylene. Novel plant growth regulators, Commercial application of plant

growth regulators in agriculture. Senescence and abscission – Definition –

Classification – Theories of mechanism and control of senescence –

Physiological and biochemical changes and their significance. Post Harvest

Physiology – Seed dormancy – Definition – types of seed dormancy –

Advantages and disadvantages of seed dormancy – Causes and remedial

measures for breaking seed dormancy, Optimum conditions of seed storage

– Factors influencing seed storage (ISTA standards). Fruit ripening –

Metamorphic changes – Climateric and non-climateric fruits – Hormonal

regulation of fruit ripening (with ethrel, CCC, Polaris, paclobuterozole ).

Practical: Preparation of solutions; Growth analysis: Calculation of growth

parameters; Methods of measuring water status in roots, stems and leaves;

Measurement of water potential by Chardakov‟s method; Measurement of

absorption spectrum of chloroplastic pigments and fluorescence;

Measurement of leaf area by various methods; Stomatal frequency and

index – Respirometer – Measurement of respirometer; Leaf anatomy of C3

and C4 plants; Transpiration of measurement; Imbibition of seed; Optimum

conditions for seed germination; Breaking seed dormancy; (a) Chemical

method (b) Mechanical method; Yield analysis; Seed viability and vigour

tests; Effect of ethylene on regulation of stomata.

Reference: 1 Plant Physiology : S.N. Pandey & B.K. Sinha

2 Plant Physiology : P.S. Gill

3 Plant Physiology : H.S. Shrivastava

4 Fundamentals of Plant Physiology : V.K. Jain

5 A Text Book of Plant Physiology : V. Verma

6. Plant Physiology : Frank B. Salisbury and Clean W. Rose

7. Plant Physiology : RM Devlin & F.S. Withan

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COURSE TITLE : ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND

COMMUNICATION SKILLS



YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 1st

SEMESTER

Theory:

Entrepreneurship Development: Assessing overall business environment in

the Indian economy. Overview of Indian social, political and economic

systems and their implications for decision making by individual

entrepreneurs. Globalisation and the emerging business / entrepreneurial

environment. Concept of entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial and managerial

characteristics; managing an enterprise; motivation and entrepreneurship

development; importance of planning, monitoring, evaluation and follow

up; managing competition; entrepreneurship development programs; SWOT

analysis, Generation, incubation and commercialization of ideas and

innovations. Government schemes and incentives for promotion of

entrepreneurship. Government policy on Small and Medium Enterprises

(SMEs) / SSIs. Export and Import Policies relevant to agriculture sector.

Venture capital. Contract farming and joint ventures, public-private

partnerships. Overview of agri inputs industry. Characteristics of Indian

agricultural processing and export industry. Social Responsibility of

Business. Communication Skills: Structural and functional grammar;

meaning and process of communication, verbal and non-verbal

communication; listening and note taking, writing skills, oral presentation

skills; field diary and lab record; indexing, footnote and bibliographic

procedures. Reading and comprehension of general and technical articles,

précis writing, summarizing, abstracting; individual and group

presentations, impromptu presentation, public speaking; Group discussion.

Organizing seminars and conferences.

Practical: Listening and note taking, writing skills, oral presentation skills;

field diary and lab record; indexing, footnote and bibliographic procedures.

Reading and comprehension of general and technical articles, précis

writing, summarizing, abstracting; individual and group presentations.

Reference: 1. Akhouri, M.M.P., Misra, S.P. and Sengupta, Rita (1989). Trainers

Manual on Developing Entrepreneurial motivation, NIESBUD,

New Delhi.

2. Betty Gordan B.(1979). Entrepreneurship, Playing to win,

Taraporewala, Bombay.

3. Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (1987).

Developing New Entrepreneurs EDII, Ahmedabad, NISIET

Library: 338.93/EDI/87/25104.

4. Mancuso, Josheph (1974). The Entrepreneurs Handbook Vol. I & 2

Artech House Inc. USA.

5. Patel V.G. (1987) Entrepreneurships Development Programme in

India and its relevance to Developing Countries, Entrepreneurship

Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad, NISIET Library:

338.93(540)/PAT/87/25103.

6. Rao, T.V.(1974) Development of an Entrepreneur‟s Behaviouristic

Model, Technical Paper no. 51, (Mimeographed), Ahmedabad,

Indian Institute of Management.



COURSE TITLE : WATER MANAGEMENT



YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory: Irrigation- definition and objectives, water resources and irrigation

development in India and Chhattisgarh; Soil plant water relationships

(concept and basic terms); Methods of soil moisture estimation,

evapotranspiration and crop water requirement; effective rainfall,

scheduling of irrigation; Methods of irrigation: surface, subsurface,

sprinkler and drip irrigation; measurement of irrigation water, Irrigation

efficiency and water use efficiency, conjunctive use of water, irrigation

water quality and its management. Water requirements of different crops.

Watershed management- definition and concept. Drainage- importance and

methods.

Practical:

1. Determination of bulk density, soil moisture content by

gravimetric method, tensiometer, electrical resistance block and

moisture meter.

2. Determination of field capacity and infiltration rate.

3. Measurement of irrigation water through flumes and weirs.

4. Calculation of irrigation water requirement (Problems).

5. Demonstration of different methods of irrigation.

6. Visit to farmers field and cost estimation of drip irrigation system.

7. Demonstration of filter cleaning, fertigation, injection and flushing

of laterals.

8. Measurement of emitter discharge rate, wetted diameter and

calculation of emitter discharge variability.

9. Erection and operation of sprinkler irrigation system;

10. Determination of water quality parameters (EC, pH).

References:

1. Irrigation: Theory & Practices by A.M. Michael.

2. Water Management: Priniciples and Practies by R.A. Singh and

S.R. Singh.

3. Irrigation by A.M. Michael and T.P. Ojha.

4. Conserving Soil – By M.P. Butler.

5. Elements of Soil conservation by H.H. Bennett.

6. Soil conservation in India by Rama Rao.

7. Hand Book of Agriculture – ICAR Publication.

8. Introduction to agronomy and soil and water management by V.G.

Vaidya and K.R. Sahatrabudhe.

9. Irrigation practice and Water Management by L.D. Doneen and

D.W. Westcot, FAO, 1984.



COURSE TITLE : BREEDING OF FIELD & HORTICULTURAL CROPS

COURSE No : APB-221


YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory: Breeding objectives and important concepts of breeding self pollinated,

cross pollinated and vegetatively propagated crops; Hardy-Weinberg Law;

Study in respect of origin, distribution of species, wild relatives and forms,

Cereals, (rice, wheat, maize, millets, sorghum, bajra, ragi); Pulses (redgram,

greengram / blackgram, soybean); Oilseeds (Groundnut, sesame, sunflower,

safflower, castor, mustard) etc. Fibers (Cotton, kenaf, roselle, jute) etc.

Major breeding procedures for development of hybrids / varieties of various

crops; Plant Genetic Resources, their conservation and utilization in crop

improvement; Ideotype concept in crop improvement; Breeding for

resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, Variability in pathogens and pests;

Mechanisms of resistance in plant to pathogens and pest; Genetic basis of

adaptability to unfavourable environments; Definition of biometrics,

assessment of variability i.e., additive, dominance and epistasis and their

differentiation; Genotype x Environment interaction and influence on

yield/performance. IPR and its related issues. Vegetables (Tomato, bhindi,

chilli, cucumbers); Flowers crops (Chrysanthemum, rose, galardia, gerbera

& marigold); Fruit crops (aonla, guava, mango, custard apple, banana,

papaya); Major breeding procedures for development of hybrids / varieties

of various crops. Practical: 1. Emasculation and Hybridization techniques.

2. Handling of segregating generations, pedigree methods.

3. Handling of segregating generations, bulk methods.

4. Handling of segregating generations, back cross methods.

5. Field lay out of experiments; Field trials, maintenance of records and

registers.

6. Estimation of Heterosis and inbreeding depression.

7. Estimation of Heritability, GCA and SCA.

8. Estimation of variability parameters.

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9. Parentage of released varieties/hybrids.

10. Problems on Hardy, Weinberg Law.

11. Study of quality characters.

12. Sources of donors for different characters.

13. Visit to seed production and certification plots.

14. Visit to AICRP trials and programmes.

15. Visit to grow out test plots; Visit to various research stations; Visit to

other institutions.

16. Emasculation and Hybridization techniques; Handling of segregating

generations, pedigree methods; Handling of segregating generations, bulk

methods; Handling of segregating generations, back cross methods; Field

lay out of experiments; Field trials, maintenance of records and registers;

Estimation of Heterosis and inbreeding depression; Estimation of

Heritability, GCA and SCA; Estimation of variability parameters;

Parentage of released varieties/hybrids; Problems on Hardy, Weinberg

Law; Study of quality characters; Sources of donors for different

characters; Visit to seed production and certification plots; Visit to AICRP

trials and programmes; Visit to grow out test plots; Visit to various

research stations; Visit to other institutions

Reference:

1. Essentials of Plant Breeding , By singh, Phundan, Kalyani Publishers

Ludhiana/ New Delhi.

2. Plant Breeding, Singh, B.D. Kalyani Publishers. New Delhi/ Ludhiana.

3. Objectivies in genetics and plant breeding By Singh, Phundan, Kalyani

Publishers Ludhiana/ New Delhi.

4. Breeding asian Field Crops, Poehlman, J.N. and Borthakur, D.N. , Oxford

and IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi, (English & Hindi Edition).

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10. “Seed production technology of vegetables” – Prabhakar Singh and

B.S.Asati, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi.

11. “Commercial Flowers” – Bose,T.K. and L.P.Yadav (Eds) 1988. Naya

Prokash Calcutta.

12. Vegetable breeding vol. I.II. & III : Dr. G. Kalloo, Panima Education book

agency, New Delhi.

13. Fruits tropical and subtropical vol. I & II : T. Bose, S.K. Mitra & D.

Sanyal, Naya Udyog, Calcutta.

COURSE TITLE : AGRICULTURAL MARKETING,

TRADE AND PRICES

COURSE No : AEC-221


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory :

Agricultural Marketing: Concepts and Definition, Scope and subject matter,

Market and Marketing: Meaning, Definitions, Components of a market,

Classification. Market structure, Conduct, performance. Marketing

structure, Market functionaries or agencies, Producer‟s surplus: Meaning,

Types of producers surplus, marketable surplus. Marketed surplus,

importance, Factors affecting Marketable surplus. Marketing channels:

Meaning, Definition, Channels for different products. Market integration,

Meaning, Definition, Types of Market Integration. Marketing efficiency:

Meaning, Definition, Marketing costs, Margins and price spread, Factors

affecting the cost of marketing, Reasons for higher marketing costs of farm

commodities, Ways of reducing marketing costs. Theories of International

Trade: Domestic Trade, Free trade, International Trade, GATT, WTO,

Implications of AOA. Market access, Domestic support, Export subsidies,

EXIM-Policy & Ministerial conferences. Cooperative Marketing. State

Trading. Ware Housing Corporation; Central and State, Objectives,

Functions, Advantages. Food Corporation of India: Objectives and

Functions. Quality Control, Agricultural Products, AGMARK. Price

Characteristics of agricultural product process, Meaning, Need for

Agricultural Price Policy. Risk in Marketing: Meaning and importance,

Types of Risk in Marketing. Speculations and Hedging, Futures trading,

Contract farming.

Practical: Identification of marketing channels; Study of Rythu Bazars,

Regulated markets; Study of unregulated markets; Study of livestock

markets; Price spread analysis; Visit to market institutions, NAFED; Study

of SWC, CWC and STC; Analysis of information of daily prices; Marketed

and marketable surplus of different commodities.

References:

1. Acharya, S.S. and Agrawal, N.L. Agricultural Marketing in India,

Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi

2. Memoria, C.B. and Joshi, R.L., Principles and Practice of

marketing in India, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad.

3. Agrawal, N.L. Bhartiya Krishi Ka Arthtantra, Rajasthan Hindi

Granth Academy, Jaipur (Hindi).

4. Arora, Vijay Pal Singh, Prakashan Nideshalay, G.B. Pant

University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar ( Hindi ).

5. Kahlon, A.S, and Tyagi R.S. Agricultural Price Policy in India,

Allied Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi.

6. Maji, C.C. and Bhattacharya, A, GATT and Agricultural Exports-

Hopes and Realities, NCAP, New Delhi.

7. Tripathi .Export in economic growth, International Book House.

8. Singh, Gursharan Kainth, Export potential of Indian Agriculture.

Regency Publications, New Delhi.

9. Nagpal, Current, Issues in the World Trsde Policies, International

Book House, New Delhi.

10. Kohls, R. L. and N. Uhl. Joseph (1980). Marketing of Agricultural

Products, Collier Macmillan, New York.

11. Shephard, G. E. Agricultural Price Analysis. Iowa State

University Press, Ames, Iowa.

12. Taha, A and Hamdy (1999). Operations Research : An

Introduction. Prentice HaIl, New Delhi



COURSE TITLE : DISEASES OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS

AND MANAGEMENT

COURSE No : APP-221


YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 2

nd SEMESTER

Theory :

Economic Importance, symptoms, cause, disease cycle and integrated

management of diseases of: citrus (canker, gummosis, citrus decline)

mango (malformation, anthracnose powdery mildew), banana (bunchy

top, panama wilt, moko disease), grapevine (powdery mildew, downy

mildew), papaya (leaf curl, mosaic, stem rot), guava (wilt), apple (scab,

fire blight), chilli (anthracnose, leaf curl), brinjal (blight, wilt, little leaf),

zinger (rhizome rot), colocasia (phytopthora blight), bhendi (yellow vein

mosaic, leaf spot), coriander (stem gall), potato (early blight, late blight,

mosaic) crucifers, (club root, black rot), cucurbits( powdery mildew,

downy mildew), tomato (early blight, late blight,leaf curl, wilts), beans

(yellow mosaic, anthracnose), (onion purple blotch), coconut (bud rot,

stem bleeding), betelvine (phytopthora blight), coffee (rust), tea (blister

blight), rose (die back, podery mildew), chrysanthemum (root rot , bacterial

blight)

Practical: Diseases of beans, citrus, guava, & sapota; Diseases of papaya,

banana, pomegranate & ber; Diseases of mango, grapes & apple; Diseases of

chilli, brinjal & bhendi; Diseases of potato, tomato & crucifers; Diseases of

cucurbits, onion & betelvine; Diseases of oil palm, coconut, tea, coffee;

Diseases of rose, chrysanthemum. Field visits at appropriate time during the

semester.

Note: Students should submit 50 pressed, well mounted diseased specimens

in three installments during the semester.

References:

1. Pod rog shastra - S.M. Kumar


3. Plant diseases - R.S. Singh

4. Diseases of Crop Plants in India - G. Rangaswami

5. Vegetable Diseases - R.S. Singh

6. Diseases of fruit crops - V.K. Gupta & S.K. Sharma

7. Diseases of fruit crops - V.N. Pathak

ADOPTION OF 4th DEANS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IN IGKV, RAIPUR w. e .f. ACADEMIC SESSION 2008-09 (EMR- 30th July 2008 , 69th BOM 4th August 2008 and

62nd ACM- 12th September 2008)

COURSE TITLE : LIVE-STOCK PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

COURSE No : AVET-221


YEAR/SEMESTER : 1ST

YEAR / 1ST

SEMESTER

Theory :

1. Importance of Livestock in Indian Economy.

2. Important Exotic and Indian breeds of Cattle, Buffalo, Goat, Sheep

and Swine.

3. Housing for different categories of Livestock.

Objectives, Advantages, Selection of site, Different systems of

housing with space requirement.

4. Care and Management of newborn calves, growing heifers, Cows

at/after parturition.

5. Feeding for different categories of livestock.

Feed and fodders for animals, Principles of feeding, Different

types of ration, Feeding of calves, growing heifers and dairy cows.

6. Selection and Breeding of livestock.

Different systems of breeding, Factors affecting fertility in

livestock, Artificial Insemination, Definition, Objectives,

Techniques, Advantages of A.I.

7. Milking of Cow.

Different type of milking, Measures for clean milk production,

Factors affecting milk yield and its composition, Milk Secretion,

Milk Let- down.

8. Disease control measures, Management of Infectious and

Contagious diseases of livestock and Preventive measures.

9. Cost of production of milk, Economical units of cattle, buffalo,

sheep, goat and swine.

10. Poultry Production.

Important Indian and foreign breeds of poultry, Different systems

of housing and Breeding, Management of chick, Grower and Layer

birds, Incubation and hatching, Management of incubator during

incubation, Diseases of poultry, vaccination schedule.

Practical:

1. Body parts of different categories of animals.

2. Methods for judging and culling of animals.

3. Methods for identification of farm animals.

4. Computation of ratio for different categories of animals.

5. Design and layout of housing for cattle and poultry.

6. Different methods of injection and procedure.

7. Structure of poultry egg, selection and care of hatching egg.

8. Visit to livestock farms and economics of livestock production.

References:

1. A Textbook of Animal Husbandry - G.C. Banerjee.

2. Handbook of Animal Husbandry - ICAR, Krishi Anusandhan

Bhawan, New Delhi.

3. Poultry Production - B. Panda and S.C. Mahapatra.

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5. Animal Nutrition in the Tropics - S.K. Ranjhan

6. Poultry Production - R.A. Singh, Kalyani Publicsher, New Delhi

7. Handbook of Animal Husbandry - K.C. Mahanta

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N.S.R. Sastry and C.K. Thomas



COURSE TITLE : SOIL CHEMISTRY, FERTILITY

AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT



YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory: Soil as a source of plant nutrients. Essential and beneficial elements,

criteria of essentiality, forms of nutrients in soil , mechanisms of nutrient

transport to plants, factors affecting nutrient availability to plants. Measures

to overcome deficiencies and toxicities. Problem soils – acid, salt affected

and calcareous soils, characteristics, nutrient availabilities. Reclamation –

mechanical, chemical and biological methods. Fertilizer and insecticides

and their effect on soil water and air. Irrigations water – Quality of

irrigation water and its appraisal. Indian standards for water quality. Use of

saline water for agriculture. Soil fertility – Different approaches for soil

fertility and productivity evaluation. Methods, Soil testing – Chemical

methods. critical levels of different nutrients in soil. Plant analysis – DRIS

methods, critical levels in plants. Rapid tissue tests. Indicator plants.

Biological method of soil fertility evaluation. Soil test based fertilizer

recommendations to crops and calculation of nutrient through different

fertiliers . Factors influencing nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in respect of N,

P, K. Source,method and scheduling of nutrients (macro & micro) for

different soils and crops grown under rainfed and irrigated conditions.

Practical: 1. Principles of analytical Instruments (Colorimetry and flame

photometry.

2. Atomic absorption spectrometer) and their calibration and

applications.

3. Estimation of available N, P, K, S, and Zn in soils.

4. Determination of quality parameters of irrigation water.

5. Determination of Lime requirement and gypsum requirement of

problem soils.

6. Estimation of N, P and K in plants.

7. Soil Testing and Analysis: Plant, Water and Pesticides Residues by

Pati Ram Atalas Book and Periodicals New Delhi.

Reference:

1. Soil Conditions and Plant Growth by MB Russel Published by

English Lenguage Book Society/Longman.

2. Nature and Properties of Soils by NC Brady

3. Management of Soil Quality for Sustainable Agriculture by B

Mishra Atlas Book & Periodicals, New Delhi.

4. Fundamentals of Soil Science by ISSS, New Delhi.

5. Soil Chemistry by Bear.

6. Soil Fertility and Fertilizer by Tisdale Nelson and Buston.

7. Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition by Kanwar and Chopra.

8. Introduction to soil and Plant Growth by Donahue.



COURSE TITLE : INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER

APPLICATIONS

COURSE NO. : AST-221


YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

Year 2nd

Semester

Theory:

Introduction to Computers, Anatomy of Computers, Input and Output

Devices; Units of Memory, Hardware, Software and Classification of

Computers; Personal Computers,

Types of Processors, booting of Computer, warm and cold booting,

Computer Viruses, Worms and Vaccines

Operating System- Disk Operating System (DOS)and WINDOWS: Some

fundamental DOS Commands, FORMAT, DIR, COPY, PATH, LABEL,

VOL, MD, CD and DELTREE, Rules for naming files in DOS and Types

of files.

WINDOWS: GUL, Desktop and its elements, WINDOWS Explorer,

working with files and folders; setting time and date, starting and shutting

down of WINDOW. Anatomy of a WINDOW, Title Bar, Minimum,

Maximum and Close Buttons, Scroll Bars, Menus and Tool Bars

Application –MSWORD: Word, processing and units of document, features

of word-processing packages. Creating, Editing, Formatting and Saving a

document in MSWORD

MSEXCEL: Electronic Spreadsheets, concept, packages. Creating, Editing

and saving a spreadsheet with MSEXCEL; Use of in-built Statistical and

other functions and writing expressions; Use of Date Analysis Tools,

Correlation and Regression, t-test for two-sample and ANOVA with one-

way Classification, Creating Graphs

MS Power Point: Features of Power Point Package.

MSACCESS: Concept of Database, Units of database, creating database;

Principles of Programming: Flow Charts and Algorithms, illustration

through examples.

Internet: World Wide Web (WWW), Concepts, Web Browsing and

Electronic Mail.

Practical:

Study of Computer Components; Booting of Computer and its Shut Down

Practice of some fundamental DOS Commands, TIME, DATE, DIR,

COPY, FORMAT, VOL, LABEL, PATH

Practicing WINDOWS Operating System, Use of Mouse, Title Bar,

Minimum, Maximum and Close Buttons, Scroll Bars, Menus and Tool

Bars; WINDOWS Explorer, Creating Folders, COPY and PASTE

functions

MSWORD: Creating a Document, Saving and Editing in MSWORD, Use

of options from Tool Bars, Format Insert and Tools (Spelling & Grammar)

Alignment of text in MSWORD, Creating a Table, Merging of Cells,

Column and Row width

MSEXCEL: Creating a Spreadsheet. Alignment of rows, columns and cells

using Format tool bar; MSEXCEL; Entering Expressions through the

formula tool bar and use of in built functions, SUM, AVERAGE, STDEV;

MSEXCEL: Data Analysis using inbuilt Tool Packs, Correlation &

Regression, Creating Graphs and Saving with & without data.

MSACCESS: Creating Database, Structuring with different types of fields;

MS Power Point: Preparation of slides on Power Point; Transforming the

data of WORD, EXCEL and ACCESS to other format.

Internet browsing: Browsing Web Page and Creating of E-mail ID.

References:

1. Computer Fundamentals by B. Ram

2. Computers Today by Basandra

3. Introduction to Computers by Rajaraman

4. PC Software for Windows 98 Made Simple by R.K. Taxali

5. Computer Fundamentals by Balaguruswamy

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COURSE TITLE : SPICES, AROMATIC, MEDICINAL

AND PLANTATION CROPS



YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Importance and cultivation technology of Spices – ginger, turmeric, pepper,

cardamom, coriander, cumin, fenugreek; Aromatic crops – lemon grass,

citronella, palmarose, vetiver, geranium, dawana; Plantation crops –

coconut, arecanut, betelvine, cashew, cocoa, coffee, oilpalm; Medicinal

plants – diascoria, rauvolfia, opium, ocimum, perwinkle, aloe, guggul,

belladonna, nuxvomica, Solanum khasiamum , aonla, senna, plantago,

stevia,coleus and Acorus.

Practical: Botanical description and identification of aromatic plants;

Identification of varieties in spices and plantation crops; Identification of

medicinal plants; Propagation techniques in aromatic and spice crops;

Selection of mother palm, and seed nuts in coconut and oil palm; Study of

identification of aromatic plants; Distillation procedures for aromatic

crops; Propagation methods in plantation crops; Propagation and planting

methods in turmeric; Propagation and planting techniques in ginger;

Harvesting procedures in aromatic plants; Processing and curing of spices

(ginger, turmeric and black pepper); Training methods in betelvine;

Rejuvenation practices in cashewnut; Products – byproducts of spices and

plantation crops; Procedures for oleoresin extraction; Visit to local

commercial plantations. Aromatic & medicinal plant nurseries and seed

spices field.

Reference:

1. “Masalo ki Kheti” – Dr.R.K.Sharma, Dr.D.S.Bhati and

Dr.B.N.Bhatta, I.C.A.R., New Delhi.

2. “Sagandhiya Phaudho Ki Kheti” – Virendra Chandra, I.C.A.R.,

New Delhi.

3. “Spices and Condiments –” – Purthi,J.S. 2006, National Book

Trust India A.S.Green Park, New Delhi.

4. “Medicinal and Aromatic Crops”, Aaviskar Publishers

Distributors, Jaipur, Rajadthan.

5. “Text Book of Plantation Crops, Pillai,K.h. (1984). Vikram

Publication New Delhi.

6. “Spices and Plantation Crops” Shanmugavelu, K.G. and

Madhaorao, Sterling Road, Nungambakkam.

COURSE TITLE : PRACTICAL CROP PRODUCTION - II



YEAR/SEMESTER : 2nd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTERPractical:

Crop planning, raising field crops in multiple cropping systems: Field

preparation, seed treatment, nursery raising, sowing, nutrient management,

water management, weed management and management of insect-pests and

diseases of crops harvesting, threshing, drying, winnowing, storage and

marketing of produce. Preparation of balance sheet including cost of

cultivation, net returns per student as well as per team of a group of

students.

References:









9.




COURSE TITLE : WEED MANAGEMENT



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 1st

SEMESTER

Theory:

Weeds: Introduction, harmful and beneficial effects, classification,

propagation and dissemination; Weed biology and ecology, crop weed

association, crop weed competition and allelopathy (crop weed

interference). Concepts of weed prevention, control and eradication;

Methods of weed control: physical, cultural, chemical and biological

methods. Integrated weed management; Herbicides: advantages and

limitation of herbicide usage in India, Herbicide classification,

formulations, methods of application; Introduction to Adjuvants and their

use in herbicides; herbicide absorption, movement/translocation in soil and

plants. Mode of action and mechanism of action of herbicides- definition

and differences. Introduction to selectivity of herbicides; Compatibility of

herbicides with other agro chemicals; Weed management in major field and

horticultural crops, shift of weed flora in cropping systems, aquatic and

problematic weeds and their control. Indices of weeds and weed

management.

Practical:

1. Identification of weeds and preparation of weed herbarium.

2. Survey of weeds in crop fields and other habitats.

3. Calculations on weed control efficiency, weed index and

economics of weed control practices

4. Herbicide label information and computation of herbicide doses.

5. Study of herbicide application equipment and calibration.

6. Practical on integrated weed management practices- manual,

mechanical and chemical in selected crops.

7. Preparation of list of commonly available herbicides.

8. Study of phytotoxicity symptoms of herbicides in different crops.

9. Biology of nut sedge, bermuda grass, parthenium, melilotus and

echinochloa .

10. Tours and visits of problem areas.

Reference:

1. Manual of weed control: N.C. Joshi.

2. Weed control as a science: G.C. Klingman.

3. Principles of weed science: V.S. Rao

4. Weed control: A.S. Crafts and W.W. Robbins.

5. Modern weed science: O.P. Gupta



COURSE TITLE : PRACTICAL CROP PRODUCTION - I



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Practical:

Crop planning, raising field crops in multiple cropping systems: Field

preparation, seed treatment, nursery raising, sowing, nutrient management,

water management, weed management and management of insect pests and

diseases of crops harvesting, threshing, drying, winnowing, storage and

marketing of produce. Preparation of balance sheet including cost of

cultivation, net returns per student as well as per team of a group of

students.

References:









COURSE TITLE : RAINFED AGRICULTURE

COURSE NO : AGRO-313

CREDIT HOURSL : 2 (2+0)

YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 1

st SEMESTER

Theory:

Rainfed farming : Definition, importance and Charactersitics.

Dry farming : Definition, importance and extent. Factors affecting crop

production under rainfed and dry farming areas – Climatic factor, Soil

Factors, Plant factors and management factors.

Management of rainfed and dryland farming – Water management,

Soil management, Crop management, Efficient crop and verities for the

region, Organic and bio fertilizer management and Social management.

Important cropping system.

Technology for dryland farming – Agronomical methods of water

conservation, Tillage, Mulching, contouring, Trenching and pitting,

Terracing, Waterways, Farm ponds

Crop planning based on storage moisture capacity of the soils and

moisture availability period land use capability classification.

Moisture conservation practices to increase infiltration and reduce

water losses and runoff, Runoff collection and its effective utilization for

crops and cropping systems. Contingent plans for aberrant weather

conditions, moisture stress, drought, excess moisture etc.

Reference :

1. Hand book of Agriculture – ICAR

2. Soil Erosion and Conservation – By R.P. Tripathi and H.P.

Singh.

3. Soil Conservation in India- Rama Rao.

4. Principals of Agronomy- Raddy and Raddy

5. Principals of Agronomy- S.R.Raddy

6. Dryland Farming – Arupratan Ghosh & P.K.Jana

7. Principals and practices of dryland Agriculture – K. Govindan

& V. Thirumurugan



COURSE TITLE : POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Importance of post harvest technology in horticultural crops. Maturity

indices, harvesting and post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables.

Maturity and ripening process. Factors affecting ripening of fruits, and

vegetables. Pre harvest factors affecting quality on post harvest shelf life of

fruits and vegetables. Factors responsible for detioration of harvested fruits

and vegetables. Chemicals used for hastening and delaying ripening of

fruits and vegetables. Methods of storage – precooling, prestorage

treatments, low temperature storage, controlled atmospheric storage,

hypobaric storage, irradiation and low cost storage structures. Various

methods of packing, packaging materials and transport. Packing technology

for export. Fabrication of types of containers, cushioning material, vacuum

packing, poly shrink packing, specific packing for export of mango, banana,

grapes kinnow, sweet orange, and mandarin etc. Importance and scope of

fruit and vegetable preservation in India. Principles of preservation by heat,

low temperature, chemicals and fermentation. Unit layout – selection of site

and precautions for hygienic conditions of the unit. Preservation through

canning, bottling, freezing, dehydration, drying, ultraviolet and ionizing

radiations. Preparation of jams, jellies, marmalades, candies, crystallized

and glazed fruits, preserves, chutneys, pickles, ketchup, sauce, puree,

syrups, juices, squashes and cordials Spoilage of canned products,

biochemical, enzymatic and microbial spoilage. Preservatives, Colours

permitted and prohibited in India.

Practical: Practice in judging the maturity of various fruits and vegetables.

Conservation of zero energy cool chambers for on farm storage. 3& 4.

Determination of physiological loss in weight (PLW), total soluble solids

(TSS), total sugars, acidity and ascorbic and content in fruits and

vegetables. Packing methods and types of packing and importance of

ventilation. Pre cooling packing methods for export or international trade.

Methods of prolonging storage life. Effect of ethylene on ripening of

banana, sapota, mango, sapota. Identification of equipment and machinery

used is preservation of fruits and vegetables. Preservation by drying and

dehydration. Preparation of jam, jelly and marmalades. Preparation of

squash, cordials and syrups. Preparation of chutneys, pickles sauces and

ketchup. Visit to local processing units. Visit to local market yards and cold

storage units. Visit to local market and packing industries.

Reference:

1. “Phal Parirakshan – Siddhant Evam Vidhiya” – Dr. Shyam Sundar

Shrivastava, Central Book House, Raipur.

2. “Fruit and Vegetable Preservation: Principles and Practices” –

Dr.R.P. Shrivastava and Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, IBDC, New Delhi.

3. “Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables” – G.S.Siddappa, I.C.A.R.

New Delhi.

4. “Home Scale Processing and Preservation of Fruits and

Vegetables” – C.F.T.R.I. Mysore.

5. “Phal Parirakshan – Siddhant Evam Vidhiya” – Dr. Shyam Sundar

Shrivastava, Central Book House, Raipur.

6. “Phal Aur Sabjiyon Ka Parikshan” – Dr.Dalpat Singh Khurdiya,

ICAR, New Delhi.



COURSE TITLE : FARM-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

AND PROJECT APPRAISAL

COURSE No : AEC-311


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory :

Agribusiness: Meaning, Definition, Structure of Agribusiness, (Input, Farm,

Product Sectors). Importance of Agribusiness in the Indian Economy,

Agricultural Policy. Agribusiness Management, Distinctive features,

Importance of Good Management, Definitions of Management.

Management Functions, Planning, Meaning, Definition, Types of Plans

(Purpose or Mission, Goals or Objectives, Strategies, Polices, Procedures,

rules, programmes, Budget) characteristics of sound plan, Steps in

planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing, Motivation, Ordering,

Leading, Supervision, Communication, control. Capital Management.

Financial Management of Agribusiness: Importance of Financial

Statements, Balance sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Analysis of Financial

statements. Agro-based Industries: Importance and Need, Classification of

Industries, Types of Agro-based Industries, Institutional arrangement,

Procedure to set up agro-based industries, Constraints in establishing agro-

based industries. Marketing Management: Meaning, Definitions, Marketing

Mix, 4Ps of Marketing. Mix, Market segmentation, Methods of Market,

Product life cycle. Pricing policy, Meaning, pricing method. Prices at

various stages of Marketing. Project, definitions, project cycle,

Identification, Formulation, Appraisal, Implementation, Monitoring and

evaluation, Appraisal and Evaluation techniques, NPW, BCR, IRR, N/K

ratio, sensitivity analysis, characteristics of agricultural projects:

preparation of project reports for various activities in agriculture and allied

sectors: Dairying, poultry, fisheries, agro-industries etc.

Practical: Study of input markets: seed, fertilizers, pesticides. Study of

output markets, grains, fruits, vegetables, flowers. Study of product

markets, retail trade commodity trading, value added products. Study of

financing institutions cooperatives commercial banks, RRBs, Agribusiness

Finance Limited, NABARD; Preparations of projects, Feasibility reports;

Project appraisal techniques; Case study of agro-based industries .

References:

1. Wills, Walter,J.1979. An Introduction to Agri-business

Management. The Interstate Printing and Publishers, Inc. Bombay.

2. Mondy/Sharplin, Management: Concept, Practices and skills,

Educational Publishers, Jaipur.

3. Elkins, Management: Structure, functions and practices,

Educational Publisher, Jaipur.

4. Render, B.Quantitative Analysis for Management, Educational

Publishers, Jaipur.

5. Mondy and Neo, Personnel: The Management of Human

Educational Publishers, Jaipur.

6. M.C.Shukla, Business Organization and Management, S.Chand

and Company, New Delhi.

7. Y.K.Bhushan, Fundamentals of Business Organization and

Management, Sultan Chand and Sons, Delhi-6.

8. W.David Downey, John, K. Trockey Agri-Buniness Management,

Mc FRAWHILL International Book Company, New Delhi.

9. Kenneth D. Dubt.Principles of Management in Agricultural

Business, Reston Publishing Company, Prentice Hall Company,

Reston, Virgins.

10. Koontz, Harold and Weihrich, Heinz (1996). Essentials of

Management Mc Graw Hill, Singapore.

11. Kotler, Philip (1999). Marketing Management; Analysis Planning

and Control, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

12. Mansfield, Edwin (1998). Managerial Economics. Wiley.

13. Robbins, P. Stephen (1999). Organizational Behaviour, Prentice

Hall, New Delhi

14. Sharma, S.P. (1998). Operations Research. Mc Millan, India.

15. Van Horne, C. James (1990). Financial Management and Policy.

Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

16. Gittinger, G. Price. Project Planning and Appraisal.



COURSE TITLE : CROP PESTS AND MANAGEMENT–I



YEAR/ SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR/ 1st SEMESTER

Distribution, biology, nature and symptoms of damage and management

strategies of following crop pests :

Theory:

Cereals : Rice - Gall midge, Stem borer, Leaf and

plant hoppers, Leaf folder, Case

worm, Army worm, Swarming

caterpillar, Gundhi bug.

Sorghum &

Maize :-

Stem borer, Sorghum shoot fly.

Pulses : Urid, Moong :- Pea pod borer, Red hairy caterpillar

Soybean :- Girdle beetle, Stem fly, Hairy

caterpillars.

Pigeonpea :- Pod borer, Pod fly, Plume moth, Pod

bug.

Oilseeds: Groundnut :- Aphid, Leaf miner, White grub, Red

hairy caterpillar.

Sesamum : Gall fly, Hawk moth, Leaf webber &

pod borer

Castor : Castor semi looper, Capsule borer,

Tussock hairy caterpillar.

Fibre crop : Cotton : Boll worms, Jassid, Red cotton bug,

White fly, Aphids.

Sunnhemp : Sunnhemp hairy caterpillar

Mesta : Spiral borer of Mesta.

Vegetables :- Okhra :- Shoot and fruit borer, Jassid,

Whitefly.

Brinjal : Shoot and fruit borer, Stem borer,

Mite.

Chilly : Thrips, Fruit borer.

Sweet potato : Sweet potato weevil.

Moringa : Blossom midge, Bud worm.

Cucurbitaceous Red pumpkin beetle, Fruit fly, Vine

Vegetables : borer.

Ginger : Shoot borer, Fly maggot, Rhizome

scale.

Fruits : Banana : Rhizome weevil, Stem borer

Gauva : Bark borer, Oriental fruit fly.

Pomegranate : Anar butterfly, Fruit fly.

Cashew : Tea mosquito bug, cashew stem and

root borer.

Sapota : Leaf webber, Fruit fly,

Practical: Identification of pests, their damage symptoms and management

of the crops mentioned ` under theory. Collection and preservation of pests

and their damaged materials. References:

1. A Textbook of Agricultural Entomology by H.S. Pruthi.

2. Entomology in India, By Entomological Society of India.

3. Some South Indian Insects by T.V. R. Ayyar.

4. Agricultural Pests of South Asia by A. S. Atwal. & G.S. Dhariwal.

5. Krishi Kit Vigyan By J.P. Sharma,

6. Arthik Kit Shastra By O.P. Singh,

7. Krishi Kit Vigyan by Upadhyaya and Mathur.

8. Applied Agricultural Entomology by L.K. Jha.

9. Faslon ke Hanikarak keet- S.V. Dhamdhere.

10. Insect pests of fruit crops, vegetables & spices & condiments and their

management by Anand Prakash, J. Rao and V. Nandagopal.

11. Text book of applied Entomology Vol.1 by K.P. Shrivastava.

12. General and applied Entomology by B.V. David and T.N.

Ananthakrishnan.

13. Hand book of Agriculture: ICAR.

14. Hand book of Horticulture: ICAR.

15. Insects & fruits by Bhutani , D.K. Periodical Expert Book Agency, New

Delhi.

16. Faslon ke Haniker keet by Bindra Prasad Khare.

17. Phalon ke Hanikarak keet by Virendra Kumar Sharma.

18. Sabjiyon ke Haniker keet by Virendra Kumar Sharma.




COURSE TITLE : PRINCIPLES OF SEED TECHNOLOGY

COURSE No : APB-311


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

Year / 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Introduction & Importance of Seed Production, Seed policy, Seed demand

forecasting and planning for certified, foundation and breeder seed production,

Deterioration of crop varieties, Factors affecting deterioration and their control;

Maintenance of genetic purity during seed production, Seed quality; Definition,

Characters of good quality seed, Different classes of seed, Production of nucleus &

breeder‟s seed, Maintenance and multiplication of pre-release and newly released

varieties in self and cross-pollinated crops; Seed Production, Foundation and

certified seed production in maize (varieties, hybrids, synthetics and composites);

rice (varieties & hybrids); cotton and sunflower (varieties and hybrids); tomato,

brinjal (varieties and hybrids), chillies and bhendi (varieties and hybrids) onion,

bottle gourd and ridge gourd /Sponge gourd varieties and hybrids); Seed

certification, phases of certification, procedure for seed certification, field

inspection and field counts etc.; Seed Act and Seed Act enforcement, Central Seed

Committee, Central Seed Certification Board, State Seed Certification Agency,

Central and State Seed Testing Laboratories; Duties and powers of seed

inspectors, offences and penalties; Seed control order: Seed Control Order 1983,

Seed Act 2000 and other issues related to seed quality regulation. Intellectual

Property Rights, Patenting, WTO, Plant Breeders Rights, Varietal Identification

through Grow–Out Test and Electrophoresis; Seed Drying: Forced air seed drying,

principle, properties of air and their effect on seed drying, moisture equilibrium

between seed and air, Heated air drying, building requirements, types of air

distribution systems for seed drying, selection of crop dryers and systems of heated

air drying, recommended temperature and depth of the seeds, management of seed

drying, Planning and layout of seed processing plant; Establishment of seed

processing plant. Seed processing: air screen machine and its working principle,

different upgrading equipments and their use, Establishing a seed testing

laboratory. Seed testing procedures for quality assessment, Seed treatment,

Importance of seed treatment, types of seed treatment, equipment used for seed

treatment (Slurry and Mist–O–matic treater), Seed packing and seed storage,

stages of seed storage, factors affecting seed longevity during storage and

conditions required for good storage, General principles of seed storage,

constructional features for good seed warehouse, measures for pest and disease

control, temperature control, Seed marketing, marketing structure, marketing

organization, sales generation activities, promotional media, pricing policy;

Factors affecting seed marketing.

Practical: 1. Seed sampling principles and procedure.

2. Physical Purity analysis of Field and Horticultural crops.

3. Germination analysis of Field and Horticultural crops

4. Moisture tests of Field and Horticultural crops

5. Viability test of Field and Horticultural crops

6. Seed health test of Field and Horticultural crops

7. Vigour tests of Field and Horticultural crops

8. Seed dormancy and breaking methods

9. Grow out tests and electrophoresis for varietal identification

10. Visit to Seed production plots of Maize, Sunflower, Bajra, Rice,

Sorghum, Cotton, Chillies and Vegetables.

11. Visit to Seed processing plants

12. Visit to Seed testing laboratories

13. Visit to Grow out testing farms

14. Visit to Hybrid Seed Production farms

15. Varietal identification in seed production plots; Planting ratios, isolation

distance, roguing etc.

References:

1. Seed Technology by Agrawal, R.L Oxford and IBH Pub, Co., New Delhi.

2. Seed Production Manual NSC and Rockfeller Foundation.

3. Techniques in seed Science and Technology Edited by P.K. Agrawal and

M. Dadlani, South Asian Publishers, New Delhi.

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COURSE TITLE : INTRODUCTORY NEMATOLOGY

COURSE No : APP-311


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 1

st SEMESTER

Theory :

Introduction: History of phytonematology. Economic importance. General

characteristics of plant pathogenic nematodes. Nematode general

morphology and biology. Classification of nematodes upto family level

with emphasis on groups containing economically important genera.

Classification of nematodes by habitat. Identification of economically

important plant nematodes upto generic level with the help of keys and

description. Symptoms caused by nematodes with examples. Study of

White tip of paddy, ear cockle of wheat, root knot of tomato & brinjal

.Interaction between plant parasitic nematodes and disease causing fungi,

bacteria and viruses. Different methods of nematode management. Cultural

methods (crop rotation, fallowing, soil amendments, other land management

techniques), physical methods (soil solarisation, hot water treatment)

Biological methods, Chemical methods (fumigants, non fumigants).

Resistant varieties. IDM.

Practical: Methods of survey – sampling methods, collection of soil and

plant samples; Extraction of nematodes from soil and plant tissues

following combined Cobb‟s decanting–sieving and Baermann funnel

technique, counting and estimation of plant parasitic nematodes;

Preparation of temporary and permanent mounts; Method of preparation of

perineal patterns for identification of species of Meloidogyne; Study and

identification of most important plant parasitic nematodes with special

reference to their characteristics and symptomtolgy–Meloidogyne,

Pratylenchus; Heterodera, Ditylenchus, Globodera, Radopholus,.

Experimental techniques used in pathogenicity studies with root knot

nematode.

References :

1. Text book on Introductory Plant Nematology - R.K. Walia and

H.K. Bajaj


3. Plant Pathology - G.N. Agrios


5. Plant Pathology - P.D. Sharma



COURSE TITLE : FARM POWER, MACHINERY &

RENEWABLE ENERGY



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 1st SEMESTER

Theory :

Farm power in India: sources, I.C engines, working principles, two stroke

and four stroke engines, I.C. engine terminology, different systems of I.C.

engine. Tractors, Types, Selection of tractor and cost of tractor power.

Tillage implements: Primary and Secondary tillage implements, Implements

for intercultural operations, seed drills, paddy transplanters, plant protection

equipment and harvesting equipment; Equipment for land development and

soil conservation.

Energy sources, Introduction, Classification, Energy from

Biomass, Types of biogas plants, constructional details, Biogas production

and its utilization, Agricultural wastes, Principles of combustion, pyrolysis

and gasification, Types of gasifiers. Solar energy, Solar flat plate and

focussing plate collectors, Solar air heaters, Solar space heating and

cooling, Solar energy applications / Solar energy gadgets, Solar cookers,

Solar water heating systems, solar grain dryers, Solar photo voltaic

systems, solar lantern, Solar street lights, solar fencing, Solar pumping

systems. Wind energy, Types of wind mills, Constructional details &

application of wind mills. Liquid Bio fuels, Bio diesel and Ethanol from

agricultural produce, its production & uses.

Practical: Study of different components of I.C. Engine; Study of working

of four stroke engine; Study of working of two stroke engine; Study of M.B.

plough, measurement of plough size, different parts, horizontal and vertical

suction, determination of line of pull etc.; Study of disc plough; Study of

seed–cum-fertilizer drills-furrow opener, metering mechanism, and

calibration; Study, maintenance and operation of tractor; Learning of tractor

driving; Study, maintenance and operation of power tiller; Study of

different parts, registration, alignment and operation of mower. Study of

different inter cultivation equipment in terms of efficiency, field capacity;

Repairs and adjustments and operation of sprayers; Repairs and adjustments

and operation of dusters; Study of paddy transplanters.

Constructional details of KVIC & Janatha type biogas plants;

Constructional details of Deen Bandu type biogas plants; Field visit to

biogas plants; To study and find the efficiency of solar cooker; To study

and find the performance of a solar dryers; Study and working of solar

photovoltaic pumping system; Study and performance evaluation of

domestic solar water heater; Study and performance evaluation; To study

the performance of different types of wind mills; Field visit to wind mills;

To study the processing of Bio-diesel production from Jatropha.

Reference:

1. Michael, A.M. and Ojha, T.P. 2004. Principles of Agricultural

Engineering, Vol. I, Jain Brothers, New Delhi.

2. Jain, S.C. And Rai, C.R. 2001. Farm Tractor – Maintenance & Repair.

3. Culpin, C. 1978. Farm Machinery Granada Publishing Ltd., London.

4. Kepner, R.A., Bainer, R. and Barger, E.L. 1987. Principles of Farm

Machinery, C.B.S. Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.

5. Smith, H.P. and Wilkes, L.H. 1979. Farm Machinery and Equipment,

Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi.

6. Ali, Irsad. 2000. Farm Machinery and Surveying Kitab Mahal Pvt. Ltd.,

Allahabad.

7. Moses, B.O., Frost, K.R. 1968. Farm Power, John Wiley and Sons.

Inc., New Delhi.

8. Liljedhl, B.L. 1979. Tractors and their Power Units, John Willey and

Sons. New York.

9. Ravindranath, N.H. and Hall, D.D. 1995. Biomass, Energy and

Environment: A Developing Country Perspective from India. Oxford

University Press, New York.

10. Pimentel, D. 1980. Handbook of Energy Utilization in Agriculture,

CRC Press, Boca Ralon, Florida, USA.

11. OECD/IEA, 1991. Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Renewable

Energy Technology and its Applications. International Energy Agency,

France.



COURSE TITLE : PISCICULTURE

COURSE No : AFS-311


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

Year / 1st SEMESTER

Course Outline

1. Status and scope of Fisheries in India.

2. Basic morphological features of fish

3. Systematics of cultivable fishes

4. Pond ecosystem, oxygen balance, optimum physico chemical

parameters for fish culture, cultivable species, stocking density &

living space.

5. Design & construction of fish farm

6. Induced breeding in fishes

7. Carp Nursery & rearing management.

8. Composite fish culture: pond preparation, eradication of weeds &

predatory fishes

9. Composite fish culture: liming, manuring, seed stocking, feed

management and harvesting.

10. Integrated fish farming

11. Freshwater prawn farming

12. Major fish diseases and their control

13. Preliminary idea of Capture Fisheries resources and management

in India.

Practical:

1. Identification of common phytoplankton.

2. Identification of common zooplankton.

3. Identification of aquatic weeds.

4. Identification of common aquatic insects

5. Identification of commercially important fishes, weed and

predatory fishes.

6. Life cycle of major carps- Identification of egg, spawn, fry and

fingerlings.

7. Field trip to fish farm and / or reservoir landing centre: Assignment

be submitted of field trip.

References :

1. Introduction to fishes- S.S. Khanna.

2. A textbook of Fishery Science of India – R.B.L. Shrivastava.

3. Freshwater Aquaculture – R.K. Rath. 5- Hkkjr esa eRL; ikyu & oh- ih- nqcs

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COURSE TITLE : DISASTER MANAGEMENT

COURSE No : ALWM-311


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

Year / 1st SEMESTER

Theory:

Basic concepts: Hazard, risk, vulnerability, disaster, capacity building.

Multi-hazard and disaster vulnerability of India. Types of natural and

manmade hazards in fisheries and aquaculture - cyclones, floods, droughts,

tsunami, El-nino, algal blooms, avalanches, pollution, habitat destruction,

over fishing, introduction of exotic species, landslides, epidemics, loss of

bio-diversity etc. Causes, characteristics and impact of various disasters.

Management strategies: pre-disaster, during disaster and post-disaster. Pre-

disaster: prevention, preparedness and mitigation; different ways of

detecting and predicting disasters; early warning, communication and

dissemination, community based disaster preparedness, structural and non-

structural mitigation measures. During disaster: response and recovery

systems at national, state and local, coordination between different

agencies, international best practices. Post-disaster: Methods for assessment

of initial and long term damages, reconstruction and rehabilitation.

Prevalent national and global management practices in disaster

management. Agencies involved in monitoring and early warnings at

district, state, national and global level. Sea safety and health.

Practical: Methods for assessment of initial and long term damages.

Preparedness in pre, during and post disasters. Acquaintance with fire-

fighting devices. Life saving appliances and first-aid. Operation and usage

of communication channels and media. Uses of distress signals and

technologies. Relief and rehabilitation measures, trauma counseling. Field

visits and case studies. Group discussion.



COURSE TITLE : FARMING SYSTEMS AND

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Farming system- definition, principles advantages and components. Factors

affecting farming system. Farming system model for rainfed and irrigated

situations. Crop diversification- definition, scope and advantages.

Sustainable agriculture- Introduction, definition, goal and current concepts,

factors affecting sustainable agriculture. Judging the agricultural

sustainability by ecological, economical and social means. Land, water and

crop production related problems and its management for sustainable

agriculture. Problems and technologies developed for High External Input

Agricultural (HEIA) and Low External Input Agriculture (LEIA) areas in

India.

Practical :

1. Preparation of cropping scheme for irrigated and rainfed situations.

2. Study of existing farming systems in nearby villages.

3. Preparation of farming system models for irrigated and rainfed

situations.

4. Preparation of enriched Farm Yard manure.

5. Preparation of Vermicompost.

6. Visit to urban waste recycling unit; Study of profitable utilization

of agril. wastes.

7. Visit to poultry, piggery, fishery, sericulture, beekeeping,

lacculture and dairy units to study resource allocation, utilization

and economics.

8. Visit to an organic farm to study various components and

utilization.

Reference:

1. Jayanthi, C., Devasenapathy, P. and Vennila, C. 2008. Farming

System : Principles & Practices. Satish Serial Publishing House.

2. Rangasamy, A. Annadurai, K., Subbian, P. and Chinnusamy, J.

2002. Farming system in the tropics. Kalyani Publishers, New

Delhi.

3. Farm Management: R.K. Tandon and S.P. Dondhyal.

4. Principles and Practices of Agronomy: S.S. Singh.

5. Crop management: Indian society of Agronomy and ICAR.

6. ADOPTION OF 4th DEANS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IN IGKV, RAIPUR w. e .f. ACADEMIC SESSION 2008-09 (EMR- 30th July 2008 , 69th


COURSE TITLE : ORGANIC FARMING



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Introduction, concept basic principles, definition relevance in present

context; Organic production requirements. Role of organic farming for

sustainable agricultural production. Crop management in organic farming -

Choice of crop varieties, conversion period, diversified crops,

contamination control, organic seed, crop rotation, residue management for

animals, organic manures, vermi-composting, green manuring, recycling of

organic residues, biofertilizers, Indigenous technology for nutrient

management. Soil improvement and amendments. Diseases and pest

management use of biocontrol agents, biopesticides pheromones, trap crops,

bird perches. Weed management- cultural, mechanical and biological.

National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), National standards

and norms for organic certification. National and International organic

certification agencies, quality consideration, group certification, inspection,

certification process, processing and handling, labelling, marketing, exports,

organic logo.

Practical : 1. Field visit and raising of organically grown crop.

2. Visit in vermicompost, FYM, Enrichment of bulky organic manure

preparation units.

3. Indigenous technology for nutrient management.

4. Indigenous technology for pest (weed, insect and diseases)

management.

5. Vermicomposting, bulky manures and biofertilizers quality

analysis, grading, packaging, post harvest management.

Reference:

1. Dahama, A.K. 2005. Organic Farming for sustainable agriculture.

Agrobios (India), Jodhpur.

2. Veeresh, G.K., Shrivastava, K. and Suiglachar, M.A. 1997.

Organic forming and sustainable Agriculture. Association for

promotion of organic Farming, Bangalore.

3. Palaniappan, S.P. and Anandurai, K. 1999. Organic Farming:

Theory and Practices. Scientific Publication, Jodhpur.

4. Gahlot, D. 2005. Organic Farming, Agrobios (India), Jodhpur.



COURSE TITLE : AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLGOY

COURSE No : AMB-321


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

History of Microbiology: Spontaneous generation theory, Role of microbes

in fermentation, Applied areas of Microbiology, Metabolism in bacteria:

ATP generation, chemoautotrophy, photo autotrophy, respiration,

fermentation. Soil Microbiology: Microbial groups in soil, microbial

transformations of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur, Biological

nitrogen fixation. Microflora of rhizosphere and phyllosphere, microbes in

composting. Microbiology of water. Beneficial microorganisms in

Agriculture: Biofertilizer (Bacterial, Cyanobacterial and Fungal), Microbial

insecticides, Microbial agents for control of plant diseases, Biodegradation,

Biogas production, Biodegradable plastics, Plant – Microbe interactions.

Practical: General instructions, Familiarization with instruments, materials,

glassware etc. in a microbiology laboratory : Practice of Aseptic methods:

I - Evaluation of aseptic technique with Nutrient broth tubes. II- Evaluation

of aseptic technique with a Nutrient agar plate. Methods of Sterilization

and preparation of media I- Preparation of nutrient broth, nutrient agar

plates, nutrient agar slants and nutrient agar stabling; II- Sterilization of

glassware by Dry heating; III - Sterilization of nutrient broth by Filtration.

Plating methods for Isolation and Purification of bacteria I - Isolation of

bacteria by Streak plate method. II - Isolation of aerobic spore forming

bacteria by Enrichment using Streak plate method. III - Checking of purity

of a bacterial culture by Streak plating method. Identification of bacteria by

staining methods and Biochemical tests: I– Morphological examination of

bacteria by Simple and Differential staining. II – Different biochemical

tests for identification of bacterial culture; Enumeration of bacteria: I -

Enumeration of bacteria by Stain slide method. II- Enumeration of bacteria

by Most probable number method. III - Enumeration of bacteria by Pour

plate method and Spread plate method.

References :

1. Alexander, M. (1976). Introduction to Soil Microbiology (Willy Eastern Ltd.,

New Delhi).

2. Allen, A. benton and W.E.Werner (1976). Field Biology and Ecology (Tata-

McGraw Hill Pub. Co., New Delhi)

3. Atlas, R.M. (1995). Microorganisms in Our World (Wm. C. Brown Pub.,

Oxford).

4. Atlas, R.M. (1997). Hand Book of Microbiological Media (CRC Press, New

York).

5. Burn, R.G. and J.H Slater (1982). Experimental Microbial Ecology (Blackwell

Scientific Pub., Edinburg ).

6. Buscot, F. and A. Varma (eds.) (2005). Microorganisms in Soils: Roles in

Genesis and Function (Springer –Verlag Berlin).

7. Kannaiyan, S., K. Kumar and K. Govindarajan (eds.) (2004). Biofertilizers

Technology (Scientific Pub., Jodhpur).

8. Motsora, M.R., P.Bhattacharya and Beena Srivastava (1995). Biofertilizer

Technology, Marketing and Usage- A Source Book-cum-Glossary (FDCO,

New Delhi).

9. Mukerji, K.G., C.Manoharachary and B.P. Chamola (Eds.) (2002). Techniques

in Mycorrhizal Studies ( Kluwer Academic Pub., Netherlands).

10. Nutman, P.S. (1976). Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Plants (Cambridge Univ.

Press, London).

11. Rangaswami, G. and D.T. Bagyaraj (2002). Agricultural Microbiology

(Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi).

12. Subbarao, N.S.(1993). Biofertilizers in Agriculture and Forestry (Oxford and

IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi).

13. Subbarao, N.S. (2005). Soil Microorganisms and Plant Growth (Oxford &

IBH Pub. Co., New Delhi).

14. Stainer, R.Y., E.A. Adelberg and J.Ingeaham (1986). The Microbial World

(Prentice Hall, U.S.A.).

15. Vincent, J.M. (1970). A Manual for the Practical Study of the Root Nodule

Bacteria. (Black Well Scientific Pub, Oxford).

16. Waksman, Selman A. (1961). Soil Microbiology (John Wiley & Sons, New

York).

17. Walker, N. (1975). Soil Microbiology (Betterworths, London).



COURSE TITLE : PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

AND FARM MANAGEMENT

COURSE No : AEC-321


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory :

Production Economics: Meaning, Definition, Nature and Scope of

Agricultural Production Economics. Basic concepts and terms. Concepts of

Production. Production Functions: Meaning, Definition, Types. Laws of

returns: Increasing, Constant and decreasing. Factor Product Relationship.

Determination of optimum input and output. Factor relationship. Product

relationship. Types of enterprise relationships. Returns to scale: Meaning,

Definition, Importance. Farm Management. Economic principles applied to

the Organisations of farm business. Types and systems of farming. Farm

planning and budgeting. Risk and uncertainty. Farm budgeting. Linear

programming: Assumptions, Advantages and Limitations of Linear

programming.

Practical: Computation of cost concepts; Methods of computation of

depreciation; Analysis of Net worth statement; Farm inventory analysis;

Preparation of farm plans and budgets; Types of farm records and

accounts; Preparation of profit and loss account; Break, Even analysis;

Economics analysis of different crop and livestock enterprises; Application

of Farm Management Principles.

References:

1. Dhondyal. S.P.. "Farm Management -An Economic Analyst".

Friends Publications. Merrut.

2. Doll. J .P .& Ozazem. F. "Production Economics Theory with

application" Grid Inc. Columbus Chio.

3. Heady. E.O. and Dillon. J.L. "Agricultural Production Function".

Kalyani Publishers. Ludhiana.

4. Johl. S.S. and Kapoor. T .P ."Fundamental of farm Business

Management". Kalyani Publishers. New Delhi.

5. Kahlon. A.S. and Singh. K. " Economics of Farm management in

India- Theory and Practices". Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New

Delhi.

6. Sankhayan. P .L. " Introduction to the Economics of Agricultural

Production. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.

7. Singh. K. and Pandey. R.N. Adhunik Farm Prabandh". G.P. Pant

Agril. and Tech. University Pant Nagar (Hindi).

8. Doll, J.P. and Frank Orazem (1978). Production Economics, Grid

Inc., Columbus, Ohio.

9. Gujarati, D.N.(1995). Basic Econometrics, McGraw Hill,

Singapore.

10. Heady, E.O. (1968). Economics of Agricultural Production and

Resource Use, Prentice Hall, Inc., New York




COURSE TITLE : PROTECTED CULTIVATION

AND POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Green house technology, Introduction, Types of Green Houses; Plant

response to Green house environment, Planning and design of greenhouses,

Design criteria of greenhouse for cooling and heating purposes. Green

house equipment, materials of construction for traditional and low cost

green houses. Irrigation systems used in greenhouses, Typical applications,

passive solar green house, hot air green house heating systems, green house

drying. Cost estimation and economic analysis. Choice of crops for

cultivation under greenhouses, problems / constraints of greenhouse

cultivation and future strategies. Growing media, soil culture, type of soil

required, drainage, flooding and leaching, soil pasteurization in peat moss

and mixtures, rock wool and other inert media, nutrient film technique

(NFT) / hydroponics. Threshing, threshers for different crops, parts,

terminology, care and maintenance. Winnowing, manual and power

operated winnowers, care and maintenance. Groundnut decorticators, hand

operated and power operated decorticators, principles of working, care and

maintenance. Maize shellers & castor shellers. Drying, grain drying, types

of drying, types of dryers. Storage, grain storage, types of storage

structures. Fruits and vegetables cleaning, machinery for cleaning of fruits

and vegetables, care and maintenance. Grading, methods of grading,

equipment for grading of fruits and vegetables, care and maintenance. Size

reduction. equipment for size reduction care and maintenance. Evaporation,

Principle, types of evaporators, quality standards – FAQ, ASTA, FPO,

FDA.

Practical: Study of different types of green houses based on shape,

construction and cladding materials; Calculation of air rate exchange in an

active summer winter cooling system; Calculation of rate of air exchange in

an active winter cooling system; Estimation of drying rate of agricultural

products inside green house; Testing of soil and water to study its suitability

for growing crops in greenhouses; The study of fustigation requirements for

greenhouses crops and estimation of E.C. in the fustigation solution; The

study of various growing media used in raising of greenhouse crops and

their preparation and pasteurization / sterilization; Visit to commercial

green houses; Study of threshers, their components, operation and

adjustments; Winnowers, their components, operation and adjustments;

Study of different components of groundnut decorticator; Study of maize

shellers; Study of castor shellers; Study of improved grain storage structure;

Study of dryers; Study of cleaners & graders.

Reference:

1. Use of Plastics in Agriculture. 1999. The National Committee on the

Use of Plastics in Agriculture, New Delhi.

2. Shrivastava, P.K., Maheshwari, R.C., Ojha, T.P. and Alam, A.: Plastics

in Agriculture.

3. Pandey, P.H. 1998. Principles and Practices of Post-harvest

Technology, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.

4. Arthey, D. and Ashurst, P.R. 1966. Fruit Processing, Chapman and

Hall, New York.

5. Pantastico, E.C.B. 1975. Postharvest Physiology, Handling and

Utilization of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits and Vegetables, AVI

Publishing Co., New Delhi.

6. Ranganna, S. 2000. Handbook of Analysis and Quality Control for

Fruits and Vegetable Products, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.,

New Delhi.

7. Michael, A.M. and Ojha, T.P. 2004. Principles of Agricultural

Engineering, Vol. I, Jain Brothers, New Delhi.

8. Sahay, K.N. and Singh, K.K. 1994. Unit Operations of Agricultural

Processing, Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

9. Culpin, C. 1978. Farm Machinery Granada Publishing Ltd., London.

10. Kepner, R.A., Bainer, R. and Barger, E.L. 1987. Principles of Farm

Machinery, C.B.S. Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.



COURSE TITLE : ENVIRONMENTAL AND

FORESTRY SCIENCE

COURSE No : AFOR-321


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory :

Scope and importance of environmental studies. Natural resources:

Renewable and renewable resources. Ecosystems: Definition, concept,

structure and functions. Producers, consumers and decomposers of an

ecosystem. Energy flow in the ecosystem. Types of ecosystems. Bio-

diversity: Definition, classification, threats to biodiversity and its

conservation, Environmental pollution: Causes, effects and control of air,

water, soil, thermal, noise and marine pollution. Disaster management.

Floods, earthquakes, cyclones and land slides. Social issues and the

environment, unsustainable to sustainable development. The Environment

Protections Act, The Air Act, The water Act, The Wildlife Protection. Act

and Forest Conservation Act. Woman and child welfare, HIV/AIDS and

Role of information technology on environment and human health.

Definition of forest & forestry, Branches of forestry and their relationships,

Objectives and scope of silviculture, Locality factors, Forest types of India,

Natural and Artificial regeneration, Establishment Forest Nurseries, Types

of forest nurseries, Preparation of nursery stock, Plantation techniques,

Afforestation of problematic site – Saline & alkaline soils, Desert areas,

Coastal sands and Ravine lands. Road side, Railway and Farm forestry

plantations; Tending, Definition of silvicultural systems, objectives and

classification of silvucultural systems, clear felling, shelter wood and

selection systems.

Practical: Collection, processing and storage of effluent samples:

Determination of Bio-Chemical oxygen demand (BOD) in effluent samples;

Determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in effluent sample:

Estimation of dissolved oxygen in effluent samples; Determination of sound

level by using sound level meter; Estimation of species abundance of plants;

Estimation of pesticide contamination in Agro-Ecosystem; Visit to Social

Service Organisation /Environmental Education Centre; Study of

transpiration and water balance in plants; Visit to a local polluted site.

A visit to natural forests, plantations, nurseries, Identification of tree species

– timber, firewood, fodder and ornamental species, Preparation of

Herbaraium and seed collection, Layout & preparation of Nursery beds,

Potting mixture and raising seedlings in nursery. Digging of different types

of pits, pit filling and planting methods.

References :

1. Ecology, Environment and Resource Conservation – J.S. Singh,

S.P. Singh & S.R. Gupta.

2. Text book & Environmental studies (UGC, Universities press) –

Erach Bharucha

3. Principles and practices of silviculture – L.S. Khanna.

4. Hand book of Forestry – A.P. Dwivedi.

5. Silvicultural systems – Ramprakash & L.S. Khanna.

6. Ecology – E.P. Odum

7. Biodiversity & Sustainable Conservation- Darshan Kumar

8. Environmental Pollution and Management – P.C. Trivedi

9. Plantation Forestry – R.K. Luna

10. Nursery Technology – S.S. Negi

11. ouo/kZu – L.S. Khanna

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13. d`f"k okfudh & ';ke lqUnj JhokLro



COURSE TITLE : CROPS PESTS AND MANAGEMENT - II



YEAR/ SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR/ 2nd

SEMESTER

Distribution, biology, nature and symptoms of damage and management

strategies of following pests:

Theory:

Cereals : Wheat : Stem borer, Termites.

Pulses : Gram : Pod borer, Cut worm.

Pea : Aphid, Pod borer

Lathyrus Thrips

Oilseeds : Linseed :- Bud fly, Linseed caterpillar, Thrips,

Jassids.

Safflower : Aphid, Bud fly.

Sun flower

& Niger :

Bihar hairy caterpillar.

Mustard : Aphid, Sawfly, Painted bug.

Cash crops : Sugarcane : Top shoot borer, stem borer,

sugarcane leaf hopper, whitefly,

Mealy bug, Termite.

Potato : Tuber moth, Aphid, Cut worm.

Vegetables: Cruciferous

:

Cabbage semi looper, Diamond back

moth, Leaf webber, Cabbage borer

Tomato : Fruit borer, Leaf miner, Stem borer

Onion &

Garlic :

Thrips, Tobacco caterpillar, Onion

fly.

Coriander : Aphid, White fly, Flower stink bug.

Fruit: Mango: Inflorescence midge, Mango shoot

gall psylla, Mango hopper, Mealy

bug, Stone weevil, Stem borer

Citrus : Lemon butter fly Citrus psylla, Fruit

sucking moth, Whitefly, Leaf miner.

Papaya : Fruit fly, Aphid, White fly, Mite.

Ber : Ber fruit fly

Litchi : Litchi bug, Leaf roller, White fly,

Black hussain fly, Mite

Tamarind : Fruit borers, Mealy bug, Scale insect.

Stored grain

pests :

Pulse beetle, Rice weevil, Grain

moth, Red rust flour beetle, Khapra

beetle, Lesser grain borer-their

biology, damage, preventive and

curative methods of control.

Practical: Identification of pests, their damage symptoms and management

of the crops mentioned under theory. Collection and preservation of pests

and their damaged materials.

References:

1. Bharat Ki Fasle – Chhidda Singh and Om Prakash

2. Bharat Ki Pramukh Fasle – Kalicharan Sharma

3. Kharif and Rabi Ki Fasle – Om Prakash

4. Sasya Vigyan – Jagannath Singh

5. Hand Book of Agriculture : ICAR

6. Scientific crop production : C. Thakur

7. Field crops : Y. M. Iyer.

8. Cereal crops : W.H. Leonard and J.H. Martin.

9. Agricultural pests of South Asia by A.S. Atwal & G.S. Dhariwal

10. Insect pests of fruit crops, vegetables & spices & condiments and

their management by Anand Prakash, J. Rao and V. Nandagopal.

11. Text book of applied Entomology Vol. I by K.P. Shrivastava.

12. General and applied Entomology by B.V.David and T.N.

Ananthakrishanan.

13. Hand book of Horticulture :ICAR

14. Faslon ke Haniker keet by Bindra Prasad Khare.

15. Phalon ke Hanikarak keet by Virendra Kumar Sharma.

16. Sabjiyon ke Haniker keet by Virendra Kumar Sharma.



COURSE TITLE : EXTENSION METHODOLOGIES FOR

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2nd

SEMESTER

Theory:

Communication – Meaning, Definition, Models, Elements and their

Characteristics, Types and Barriers in communication. Extension

Programme Planning – Meaning, Definitions of Planning, Programme,

Project, Importance, Principles and Steps in Programme Development

Process, Monitoring and Evaluation of Extension Programmes. Extension

Teaching methods – Meaning, Definition, Functions and Classification.

Individual contact methods – Farm and Home visit, Result Demonstration,

Field trials – Meaning, Objectives, Steps, Merits and Demerits. Group

contact methods – Group discussion, Method demonstration, Field Trips –

Meaning, Objectives, Steps, Merits and Demerits. Small group discussion

techniques – Lecture, Symposium, Panel, Debate, Forum, Buzz group,

Workshop, Brain Storming, Seminar and Conference. Mass contact

Methods – Campaign, Exhibition, Kisan Mela, Radio & Television –

Meaning, Importance, Steps, Merits & Demerits. Factors influencing in

selection of Extension Teaching Methods and Combination (Media Mix) of

Teaching methods. Innovative Information sources – Internet, Cyber Cafes,

Video and Tele conferences, Kisan call centers, Consultancy clinics.

Agricultural Journalism – Meaning, Scope and Importance, Sources of

news, Types, Merits and Limitations. Diffusion and Adoption of

Innovations – Meaning, Definition, Models of adoption Process, Innovation

– Decision Process – Elements, Adopter categories and their characteristics,

Factors influencing adoption process. Capacity building of Extension

Personnel and Farmers – Meaning, Definition, Types of training, Training

to farmers, farm women and Rural youth – FTC and KVK.

Practical: Simulated exercises on communication. Identifying the

Problems, Fixing the Priorities and selecting a most important problem for

preparation of a project. Developing a project based on identified problems

in a selected village. Organization of Group discussion and Method

demonstration. Visit to KVK / FTC. Planning and Writing of scripts for

Radio and Television. Audio Visual aids – Meaning, Importance and

Classification. Selection, Planning, Preparation, Evaluation and

Presentation of visual aids. Planning & Preparation of visual aids – Charts,

Posters, Over Head Projector, (OHP) Transparencies, Power Point Slides.

Planning and Preparation of Agricultural Information materials – Leaflet,

Folder, Pamphlet, News Stories, Success Stories. Handling of Public

Address Equipment (PAE) System, Still camera, Video Camera and Liquid

Crystal Display (LCD) Projector. References:

1. Dhama, O.O., “Communication & Extension”. Ram Prasad & Sons, Agra 2. Berlo,D., “The Process of Communication”Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.Y.

3. Brown James W., Lewis R.B., Hancle road, “AV Instruction Technology Media and

Methods (5th Ed.) Mc. Graw Hill Co. 4. Rivers, William L., “Mass Media : Reporting, Writing, Editing” Harper & Row. New

York.

5. Romiszowskey, AJ., “Selection and Use of Instructional Media Kegan Page, London. 6. Rogers, E.M. and Rekha Agrawal “Communication in organization, Free Press :N.Y.

1976.

7. Rogers A.M., “Modernization Among Peasants”, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. 8. Kemp, Jorrold, E. and Willard R. Card, “Planning and Producing Audio-Visual

Materials”.

9. Haas and packer, “Preparation and Use of Audio-Visual aids‟. 10. Kamath, M.C.,”Writing for Farm Families.

11. Fox Rodney, “Agricultural and Technical Journalism”.

12. Rogers, E.M. “Diffusion of innovation (3rd Ed.). The Free Press “N.Y. 13. Rogers, E.M. “Communication Technology : The New Media Society”. The Free Press :

Glencoe, Illinois, USA.

14. Heinich, R. and Mdenda, M & Russell, J.D., “Instructional Media and New Technologies of Instruction (end Ed.) John Willey & Sons, N.Y.

15. Reddy, A.A. “Extension Education” Shree Lankshmi Press, Bapatla, Guntur (A.P.)

16. Supe, S.V. “An Instroduction to Extension Education” OXFORD & IBH PUBLISHING CO.

17. Shrivastava J.P. “Prasarki (Extension” Amen Publishing House, Meeruth).

18. Dimensions of Agricultural Extension, A.K. Singh, Lakhan Singh, R. Ray Burman. 19. Agricultural Extension, A.W. Vanden Ban, H.S. Hawkins.

20. Extension Communication and Management, G.L. Ray



COURSE TITLE : MANURES, FERTILIZERS AND

AGRO-CHEMICALS



YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2

nd SEMESTER

Theory:

Introduction – Raw materials – Manures – Bulky and concentrated – FYM,

Composts – Different methods of composting, Vermicomosting, Green

manures, Oil cakes, Sewage and sludge – Biogas plant slurry, Plant and

animal refuges. Fertilizers – classifications nitrogenous, phosphatic &

potassic fertilizers. Manufacturing processes and properties of ammonium

sulphate, urea, calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium

sulphate nitrate, single super phosphate, enriched super phosphate,

diammonium phosphate, ammonium poly phosphate, murriate of potash

and sulphate of potash and complex fertilizers their fate and reactions in the

soil, Secondary and micronutrients fertilizers, Amendments. Fertilizer

Control Order, Fertilizer storage; Biofertilizers and their advantage, Organic

chemistry as prelude to agro chemicals, Diverse types of agrochemicals,

Botanical insecticides (Neem), Pyrethrum, Synthetic pyrethroids. Synthetic

organic insecticides, Major classes, Properties and uses of some important

insecticides under each class. Herbicides – Major classes – Properties and

uses of 2, 4-D, atrazine, glyphosate, butachlor benthiocarb; Fungicides –

Major classes – Properties and uses of carbendazim, carboxin, captan,

tridemorph and copper oxychloride – Insecticides Act, Plant growth

regulators.

Practical: 1. Determination of total nitrogen and phosphorus in manures /

composts

2. Determination of Ammoniacal and nitrate nitrogen manures /

composts

3. Determination of Water soluble P2O5 in fertilizer

4. Determination of potassium in fertiliser,

5. Determination of calcium, sulphur and zinc contents in fertilizers

6. Determination of Adulteration in fertilizer.

7. Argentimetric and iodometric titrations

8. Analysis of lindane metasystox, endosulfan, malathion,

9. Analysis of copper and sulphur fungicides –

10. Compatibility of fertilizers with pesticides.

11. COD in organic wastes –

Reference: 1. Manures and Fertilizer By Yawalkar

2. Organic Manures By Gaur et al.published by ICAR, New Delhi.

3. Chemistry of Insecticides and Fungicides, by Shriramalu

published by Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.

4. Chemistry of Herbicides, by Shriramalu published by Oxford and

IBH, New Delhi

5. Methods of Pesticides Analysis by Shriramalu published by

Oxford and IBH, New Delhi.



COURSE TITLE : PRINCIPLES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

COURSE No : ABT-321


YEAR/SEMESTER : 3rd

YEAR / 2

nd SEMESTER

Theory:

Concepts of Plant Biotechnology: History of Plant Tissue Culture and Plant

Genetic Engineering; Scope and importance in Crop Improvement:

Totipotency and Morphogenesis, Nutritional requirements of in-vitro

cultures; Techniques of In-vitro cultures, Micro propagation, Anther

culture, Pollen culture, Ovule culture, Embryo culture, Test tube

fertilization, Endosperm culture, Factors affecting above in-vitro culture;

Applications and Achievements; Somaclonal variation, Types, Reasons:

Somatic embryogenesis and synthetic seed production technology;

Protoplast isolation, Culture, Manipulation and Fusion; Products of somatic

hybrids and cybrids, Applications in crop improvement. Genetic

engineering; Restriction enzymes; Vectors for gene transfer – Gene cloning

– Direct and indirect method of gene transfer – Transgenic plants and their

applications. Blotting techniques – DNA finger printing – DNA based

markers – RFLP, AFLP, RAPD, SSR and DNA Probes – Mapping QTL –

Future prospects. MAS, and its application in crop improvement.

Practical: Requirements for Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory; Techniques

in Plant Tissue Culture; Media components and preparations; Sterilization

techniques and Inoculation of various explants; Aseptic manipulation of

various explants; Callus induction and Plant Regeneration; Micro

propagation of important crops; Anther, Embryo and Endosperm culture;

Hardening / Acclimatization of regenerated plants; Somatic embryogenesis

and synthetic seed production; Isolation of protoplast; Demonstration of

Culturing of protoplast; Demonstration of Isolation of DNA; Demonstration

of Gene transfer techniques, direct methods; Demonstration of Gene

transfer techniques, indirect methods; Demonstration of Confirmation of

Genetic transformation; Demonstration of gel-electrophoricsis techniques.

Reference:

1. Introduction to Plant Biotechnology : P.K. Gupta

2. Biotechnology : B.D. Singh

3. Introduction to Plant Biotechnology : Chawla

4. Plant Tissue culture: S.K. Das, ICAR Publication Bhojwani

5. Plant Biotechjnology (Vol. 1 to 4) : Y.P.S. Bajaj




FOURTH YEAR

1st Semester (Experiential Learning)

Module - I Crop Production

1. ACP 411 Commercial Crop Production 3 1 2

2. ACP 412 Seed Production Technology 3 1 2

3. ACP 413 Remote sensing, GIS and Land

use planning

3 1 2

4. ACP 414 Integrated Farming System 3 1 2

5. ACP 415 Water Management 4 1 3

6. ACP 416 Soil Management 4 1 3

20 6 14

Module – II Crop Protection

1. ACPT 411 IPM and IDM 4 2 2

2. ACPT 412 Post Harvest Insect and Disease

Management

3 1 2

3. ACPT 413 Non-insect Pests Management 3 1 2

4. ACPT 414 Economic Entomology 2 0 2

5. ACPT 415 Commercial Mushroom

Cultivation

2 0 2

6. ACPT 416 Bio-agents and bio-pesticides 3 1 2

7. ACPT 417 Pesticides and Plant Protection

equipment

3 1 2

20 6 14

Module - III Horticulture

1. AHORT 411 Commercial Olericulture 3 1 2

2. AHORT 412 Commercial Floriculture 3 1 2

3. AHORT 413 Commercial Pomology 3 1 2

4. AHORT 414 Nursery Management 4 1 3

5. AHORT 415 Protected Cultivation and Seed

Production

4 1 3

6. AHORT 416 Processing and Value Addition 3 1 2

20 6 14

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Module - IV Post Harvest Technology and

Value Addition

1. APHT 411 Post Harvest Technology of

Horticultural crops

3 1 2

2. APHT 412 Unit Operation and Development

of New Products

4 1 3

3. APHT 413 Processing of Spices, Plantation,

Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

4 1 3

4. APHT 414 Storage Management of

Horticultural Crops

3 1 2

5. APHT 415 Post Harvest Handling of cut and

Dry Flowers

3 1 2

6. APHT 416 Processing of Field Crops

Including Bio-diesel

3 1 2

20 6 14

Module - V Agri-business Management &

Entrepreneurship

1. ABM 411 Information & Communication

Management

3 1 2

2. ABM 412 Management of Agro-based

Industry

4 1 3

3. ABM 413 Marketing Management 3 1 2

4. ABM 414 Financial Management of Agri-

Business

4 1 3

5. ABM 415 Natural Resources Management 3 1 2

6. ABM 416 Project Formulation, Evaluation

and Monitoring

3 1 2

20 6 14

Module- VI Social Science

1. ASOS 411 Agricultural Journalism 3 1 2

2. ASOS 412 Visuals and Graphic

Communications

3 1 2

3. ASOS 413 Cyber Extension 2 1 1

4. ASOS 414 Behavioral Skills 3 1 2

5. ASOS 415 Livestock and Poultry Marketing 2 1 1

6. ASOS 416 Fish Marketing 1 0 1

7. ASOS 417 Farm Planning and Budgeting 3 1 2

8. ASOS 418 Government Policies Related to 3 1 2

Agriculture

20 7 13

Module- VII Basic Science

1. ABS 411 Molecular Breeding 3 1 2

2. ABS 412 Plant Tissue Culture 4 1 3

3. ABS 413 Recombinant DNA Technology 3 1 2

4. ABS 414 Bio-Informatics 3 1 2

5. ABS 415 Microbial & Environmental

Technology

4 1 3

6. ABS 416 Molecular Diagnostics 3 1 2

20 6 14

Module- VIII Commercial Agriculture

1. ACA 411 Commercial Floriculture 3 0 3

2. ACA 412 Commercial Fruit Production 3 0 3

3. ACA 413 Nursery management of

Horticultural Crops

3 1 2

4. ACA 414 Commercial Cultivation of

Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

2 1 1

5. ACA 415 Commercial Spices Production 3 1 2

6. ACA 416 Production Technology of

Economic Forest Plants

3 1 2

7. ACA 417 Commercial Seed Production 3 1 2

20 5 15

FOURTH YEAR

2nd Semester

RAWE 421 Rural Agricultural Work

Experience

20 0 20

1. AGRO 421 Field Crop Production 4 0 4

2. AHORT 421 Horticultural Crop Production 3 0 3

3. ACPT 421 Crop Protection (Entomology

and Plant Pathology)

4 0 4

4. AEC 421 Rural Economics 3 0 3

5. AEXT 421 Extension Program 3 0 3

6. ARAS 421 Research Station / KVK/

DAATT Centre Activities and

Attachment to the Agro-based

Industries

3 0 3



COURSE TITLE : FIELD CROP PRODUCTION

COURSE NO : AGRO - 421

CREDIT : 4 (0+4)

YEAR/SEMESTER : FOURTH YEAR / VIII SEMESTER

The student will involve themselves in actual day-to-day Agricultural

operations along with their adopted farmers. For this purpose, a calendar of

operations for the entire semester will be prepared in consultation with the

adopted farmer and the member of advisory committee. The advisory

committee will provide the recommendations for major crops grown in the

village and the turn the recommendations for major crops grown in the

village and the turn the student compare these with farmer‟s practice and get

opinion about improved technology. The students will maintain a record of

daily work done in the Proforma given to them by the department of

Agronomy.

Each student shall cover a minimum of three corps, preferable from among

cereals, oilseeds and pulse crops. If such crop diversification is not

available, the student shall collect information on any three crops either

with the adopted farmer or other farmer in or near by village. Biometrical

observations shall be recorded as per Proforma.

COURSE TITLE : HORTICULTURAL CROP PRODUCTION

COURSE NO : AHORT - 421

CREDIT : 3 (0+3)

YEAR/SEMESTER : FOURTH YEAR /VIII SEMESTER

The student will involve themselves in actual day-to-day horticultural

operations along with their adopted farmers. For this purpose, a calendar of

operations for the entire semester will be prepared in consultation with the

adopted farmer and the member of the advisory committee. The advisory

committee will provide the recommendations for major horticultural crops

grown in the village and the turn the student compare these with farmer‟s

practice and get opinion about improved horticultural technology. The

students shall maintain a record d of daily work done in the Performa given

to them by the department of Horticulture. Each student shall crops a

minimum of three corps, preferable from (1) Mango / Khirni / Cashew, (2)

Papaya / Lime / Guava (3) Cabbage / Cauliflower / tomato / Chilli. The help

of Advisory Committee will be taken in this.



COURSE TITLE : CROP PROTECTION

(ENTOMOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY)

COURSE NO : ACPT - 421

CREDIT : 4 (0+4)

YEAR/SEMESTER : FOURTH YEAR/ VIII SEMESTER

The students get an opportunity to work with the farmers in the field and

acquainted with various plant protection problems of the standing crops.

They collect data on pest damage every week. They shall maintain record of

plant protection work undertaken in the prescribed Performa given to them

by the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology for this purpose.

The student will also conduct a survey on adoption of recommended plant

protection measures and the incidence/occurrence of different diseases and

insect pests on different crops in the village. Students shall submit 15

herbarium specimens each of insect damage and plant disease symptoms for

any of the crops grown in the village. Information on other plant disorders,

nematode problems, bird and rodent damage if any, shall also be mentioned

in the plant protection recorded separately. The students will also

demonstrate preparation of fungicidal / insecticide spray fluids for

important plant protection measures.

REFERENCES:

1. A Text Book of Applied Entomology - By K.P. Shrivastava

2. Pesticide - Application Equipment - O.S. Bindra & Harcharan

Singh.

COURSE TITLE : RURAL ECONOMICS

COURSE NO : AEC - 421

CREDIT : 3 (0+3)


Course Contents :

Each student will take up an agro-economic survey of separate village

(including surrounding villages) as per questionnaire issued for this purpose

by the Department of Agril. Economics. He shall collect data on economic

conditions of the village, population, vital statistics, cropping, patterns,

irrigation facilities, resources endowment and its utilization, labour

problems and employment and other economic aspects covered in the

schedule/questionnaire. The student will also conduct a farm holding survey

as per proforma given to him by the department, and has to work out the

cost of cultivation of principal crops grown by the adopted farmer and two

other farmers. He has to develop alternate farm plans in consultation with

farmers and extension staff for re-organization of the farm business for

higher income.

Besides, students identify various marketing constraints of agricultural

produce.

The students shall record family budgets of the adopted farmers and two

other farmers families i.e. one Agricultural laborer and one rural artisan.

(Questionnaire for this purpose will be given to the student by the

Department of Agricultural Economics).



COURSE TITLE : EXTENSION PROGRAMME

COURSE NO : AEXT - 421

CREDIT : 3 (0+3)

YEAR/SEMESTER : FOURTH YEAR/ VIII SEMESTER

Extension Programme. The students will be involved in conducting the following programmers :-

Identification of Agricultural problems of the village. Maintenance of

information corner. Conduct of method Demonstrations. Organization of

field visits and group discussions with farmers. Organization of farmers

training programme. Participation in village social service work. Visit to

village institutions to study their role in development programme and

extension work. Organization of need based training programme for rural

youth. Identification of communication media in transfer of technology.

COURSE TITLE : RESEARCH STATION/KVK/DAATT.

AND ATTACHMENT TO THE AGRO-BASED INDUSTRIES

COURSE NO : ARAS - 421

CREDIT : 3 (0+3)


Research Activities at Station.

The students will be given an opportunity to acquaint themselves with

various research activities of the concerned research stations. The principles

and methodologies involved in conducting different types of experiments

and trails, collection and analysis of experimental data, maintenance of farm

records etc. will be explained to them. The students will observe closely

different aspects of research programmes with the guidance of research

workers of the respective disciplines. They shall maintain record of the

titles of technical for various research projects undertaken at the research

stations. They most also record all the items of work either carried out by

them or shown to them.

The data pertaining to all the courses of RAWE programme are to be

recorded regularly in the student‟s daily dairy, which has to be submitted to

chairman of the Advisory committee once in a week. The data given in the

weekly diaries and observation notebook shall be incorporated in respective

RAWE records due to be submitted in every month.



Practical AEXT-111

1. Visit to the village and study about the village

institutions and organizations.

2. Study about the rural leadership pattern in the

assigned village.

3. Visit to the village to identify the different type of

groups.

4. Study about the village culture-folkways, customs,

mores, values and taboos prevalent in the village.

5. Submission of brief reports, summary and

conclusion about the village visits.

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