15AG43T: Agronomy Agri 4th Sem Syllabus for Diploma DTE Karnataka C15 Scheme

Agronomy detail DTE Kar Diploma syllabus for Agricultural Engineering (AG), C15 scheme is extracted from DTE Karnataka official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (15AG43T), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below. The syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from official website.

For all other agri 4th sem syllabus for diploma c15 scheme dte karnataka you can visit Agri 4th Sem Syllabus for Diploma C15 Scheme DTE Karnataka Subjects. The detail syllabus for agronomy is as follows.

Pre-requisites:

Basic knowledge of Science, soil mechanics.

Course Objectives:

1. Awareness about scientific crop production & enrichment of productivity.
2. Soil and water conservation programmes.
3. Awareness about Dry land Farming & IIFS.

1. INTRODUCTION

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2. MANURES, FERTILISERS&BIO-FERTILISER

Manures-classification, characteristics of organic manures, FYM, factors affecting the composition of manures. Green manuring- types, advantages, & disadvantages of green manuring. Fertilisers-definition & types, nitrogenous& phosphate fertilizer (classification only), urea and ammonium sulphate, definition of Complex fertilisers, bio-fertilisers

3. DRYLAND AGRICULTURE

Introduction to dry land agriculture & its definition & categories, problems of crop production in dry farming, soil moisture stress& its development, concept of drought ,crop adaptation, mechanisms to conserve water, drought resistance & desirable plant
characteristics for drought resistance ,water harvesting& its methods, soil resources& their utilisation, mulches & its types, antitranspirants, wind brakes& shelter belts, drought management practices, integrated watershed management.

4. WEED MANAGEMENT

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5. PEST MANAGEMNT AND CROPPING SYSTEMS

Influence of climate on pest occurrence, tillage, variety, time of sowing, seed treatment, intercropping, trap crop, border crop, water management, nutrient management, removal of crop residues, and removal of alternate hosts, diseases, cropping system, efficient cropping systems, and interactions between different components.

6. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Definitions, difference between modern and sustainable agriculture; problems of modern agriculture; management practices; advantages and disadvantages; integrated intensive farming systems (IIFS) – Its components. Organic farming -definition, advantages &disadvantages,

Text Books:

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LEARNING WEBSITES

1. http://www.agri.ankara.edu.tr/fcrops/1289 AGRONOMI METIN KITABI.pdf
2. http://enotes.aerobicrice.in/agronomy/AGR101.pdf

Suggested List of Student Activities:

Note: the following activities or similar activities for assessing CIE (IA) for 5 marks (Any one)

1. Discuss crop water requirements, and thereby gain an understanding of how much water different crops need and what affects the need of water by plants.
2. Collection of diseased plant part and prepare the herbarium for the specimen.
3. Field survey in the surrounding village and listing of an farm activities.
4. Interactive session with farmers using visual aids, posters &,charts etc.
5. Analyze the farming year and identify problems and constraints encountered throughout the year. also try to identify the underlying cause of these problems
6. Identify and produce a list of measurable indicators to be used to monitor on-farm testing. Also determine how the data will be kept and presented.
7. Ask to visit to any nearby water shed & make a report on it about 500 words

Course Delivery:

The course will be delivered through lectures and Power point presentations/ Video

Model Question Paper:

(CIE.

1. Define agronomy? State the scope& importance of agronomy?
2. Explain types of weather forecasting
3. Differentiate between complex fertilizers & bio-fertilizers.
4. Write the applications of FYM? -OR Write the applications of green manuring?

Model Question Paper:

(SEE)

PART — A- Marks 6×5=30

1. Define agronomy? State the scope& importance of agronomy?-R 5
2. Mention the advantages & disadvantages of green manuring?-R 5
3. State the objectives of watershed management? 5
4. Define weed? State problems associated with weeds?-R 5
5. List management practises that influence the population of insect pests in cropped field- 5
6. Give advantages and disadvantages of sustainable agriculture 5
7. Explain types of cropping system briefly 5
8. Write the applications of FYM? 5
9. State the applications of mulches 5

PART – B 10 x 7 = 70

1. Explain with neat diagram the structure of atmosphere?- 5+5
2. Explain
1. concentrated organic manure &
2. reactions of organic manure 10
3. soils? 10
4. Explain the following fertilizers with its reactions
1. ammonium sulphate &
2. urea?- 10
5. Differentiate between dry farming, dry land farming & rain fed farming?- 10
6. Discuss the mechanism to conserve water in dry land agriculture?-U 10
7. Discuss on physical methods of weed control-U 10
8. Discuss on chemical methods of weed control?- 10
9. Distinguish between inter cropping, trap crop and border crop in context with pest management 10
1. State the applications of rain water harvesting?-
2. State the various methods of Applications of pesticides 5+5

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Agri, C15 scheme do visit Agri 4th Sem syllabus for C15 scheme.

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