Protected Cultivation detailed syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Agri students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Agri 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Agri Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of protected cultivation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
PROTECTED CULTIVATION AND ITS TYPES Importance and methods of protected culture in horticultural crops. Importance and scope of protected cultivation, different growing structures of protected culture viz., green house, poly house, net house, poly tunnels, screen house, protected nursery house. Study of environmental factors influencing green house production, cladding / glazing / covering material, ventilation systems, cultivation systems including nutrient film technique / hydroponics / aeroponic culture, growing media and nutrients, canopy management, micro irrigation and fertigation systems.
Unit II
PROTECTED CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLE CROPS Protected cultivation technology for vegetable crops: Hi-tech protected cultivation techniques for tomato, capsicum nursery, cucumber, gherkins strawberry and melons, integrated pest and disease management, post harvest handling.
Unit III
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Unit IV
PRECISION FARMING TECHNIQUES Concept and introduction of precision Farming: importance, definition, principles and concepts. Role of GIS and GPS. Mobile mapping system and its application in precision farming. Design, layout and installation of drip and fertigation in horticultural crops, role of commuters in developing comprehensive systems needed in site specific management (SSM), georeferencing and photometric correction. Sensors for information gathering, geostatistics, robotics in horticulture, postharvest process management (PPM), remote sensing, information and data management and crop growth models, GIS based modeling,VRT, robotics and drones in agriculture
Unit V
PRECISION FARMING FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS Precision farming techniques for horticultural crops: Precision farming techniques for tomato, chilli, bhendi, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, cauliflower, cabbage, grapes, banana, rose, jasmine, chrysanthemum, marigold, tuberose, china aster, turmeric, coriander, coleus and gloriosa.
Text Books:
- Joe.J.Hanan. 1998. Green houses: Advanced Technology for Protected Horticulture, CRC Press, LLC. Florida.
- Paul V. Nelson. 1991. Green house operation and management. Ball publishing USA.
Reference Books:
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Course Outcomes:
- The students will be able to describe the different methods of protected cultivation practices available for vegetable crops and flowers
- The students will be able to assess the technology available for vegetable crops
- The students will be able to assess the technology available for flower crops
- The students will be able to assess precision farming techniques using sensors and Geographic information systems for the crops
- The students will be able to assess the technology available for horticulture crops
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Agriculture Engineering 5th Sem, visit Agri 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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