byAgronomy is a vital field of agriculture that focuses on the science and economic practices involved in managing crops and soil fertility. Key topics in the fundamentals of agronomy include aspects like quality seed selection, optimal sowing techniques, managing irrigation, maintaining soil tilth, determining appropriate crop nutrition, controlling weeds, harvesting crops at the right time, and more.
This article aims to provide an overview of some of the major fundamentals in the field of agronomy that agriculture students or crop producers should comprehend.
These PDFs compiled by us cover the key areas in agronomy fundamentals as per University syllabuses.
Introduction
- Define agronomy
- Discuss the scope and importance of agronomy
Key Topics of Fundamentals of Agronomy
- Seeds and Sowing
- Significance of quality seeds
- Sowing methods
- Tillage and Soil Preparation
- Tillage objectives and methods
- Concept of soil tilth
- Crop Density and Geometry
- Optimizing spacing and stand geometry
- Achieving optimal plant density
- Soil Fertility and Crop Nutrition
- Essential plant nutrients
- Role and types of manures and fertilizers
- Nutrient use efficiency
- Soil-Water Relationships
- Water resources for crop growth
- Determining crop water requirements
- Water-use efficiency
- Irrigation Management
- Scheduling criteria and methods
- Quality assessment of irrigation water
- Preventing water logging
- Weed Management
- Impact of weeds on crops
- Principles and methods of weed control
- Herbicide classification and use
- Crop Growth and Development
- Factors influencing crop growth
- Plant ideotypes
- Crop rotation principles and benefits
- Crop Adaptation
- Factors affecting distribution of crops
- Crop management in problematic areas
- Crop Harvest and Post-Harvest Management
- Harvesting, threshing and storage
Fundamentals of Agronomy PDF 1
Fundamentals of Agronomy Handwritten PDF 2
Fundamentals of Agronomy PDF 3
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