Lab of Agronomy
List of Experiments:
- Study of tillage implements.
- Study of seeding equipment’s and introduction of remote sensing.
- Study of different methods of sowing.
- Study of manures, fertilizers and green manure crops / seeds (including calculations).
- Practice of methods of fertilizer applications.
- Participation in ongoing field operations.
- Measurement of wind direction and speed and relative humidity.
- Study the raising of cereal crops organically through nutrient, diseases and pest management.
- Study the preparation of Vermicompost.
- Preparation of cropping scheme for dry land situations.
- Preparation of integrated farming system model for dry lands.
- Visit to urban waste recycling unit.
- Visit to poultry and dairy units to study resource allocation, utilization and economics.
- Visit to an organic farm to study various components and utilization.
- Study the determination of bulk density by field method.
- Study the determination of soil moisture content by gravimetric method and tensiometer.
- Study the calculation of irrigation water requirement.
- Visit to farmers field and cost estimation of drip irrigation system.
- Study the identification of weeds.
- Preparation of herbarium of weeds.
- Study the computation of herbicide doses.
- Study of herbicide application equipment and calibration.
- Study of Phyto-toxicity symptoms of herbicides in different crops.