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Language: English

Pages: 178

Author: TNAU

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All TNAU Notes

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Course Outline: Practical Crop Production

The crops are:

Irrigated puddled lowland rice / any irrigated dry crop (maize / sorghum / pearl millet / finger millet / cotton / groundnut / sunflower / sesame

The student him/herself is doing the cultivation practices.

If transplanted crop:

Selection of nursery area – Preparation of nursery – Application of manures to nursery – seed treatment – with fungicide and bio-fertilizers – seed soaking and incubation – forming nursery beds and sowing seeds – weed control and plant protection to nursery – preparation of main field – application of organic manures – basal application of fertilizers and bio-fertilizers – pulling out seedlings and transplanting – application of herbicides – after cultivation practices – top dressing of fertilizers, plant protection – measures – harvesting, threshing, drying and cleaning the produce – working out cost of cultivation and economics.

If direct sown crop:

Selection of main field – Preparation of main field – land configuration for sowing – application of manures and fertilizers – seed treatment with fungicide and biofertilizers sowing and irrigation – application of herbicides – after cultivation practices – top dressing of fertilizers, plant protection measures – harvesting, threshing, drying and cleaning the produce – working out cost of cultivation and economics