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| Sl.No | TOPIC | Mentor Name |
| UNIT- 01 | General Agriculture/ Plant Physiology |
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| 1 | Importance of Agriculture in national economy | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Major soils of India | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Structure and function of cell organelles | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Mitosis and meiosis | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Mendelian genetics | Nikhil Sir |
| 6 | Plant Physiology | Nikhil Sir |
| 7 | Important rural development programmes in India | Nikhil Sir |
| 8 | Organisational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India, National & International agricultural research institutes in India | Nikhil Sir |
| 9 | Basic Seed science | Nikhil Sir |
| 10 | Elements of statistics | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT- 02 | Principles of Agronomy |
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| Chapter 01 | Agrometeorology |
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| 1 | Introduction, Terminology, History, and Importance- | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Agrometeorological Observatory, Classification of, Observatories (A, B, C-type), Instruments for Measuring Weather Parameters | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Atmosphere, Composition and Structure, Physical Properties, Atmospheric Pressure Measurement | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Wind, Prevailing Winds, Wind Direction and Velocity, Monsoon and Seasons | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Clouds and Precipitation, Cloud Seeding, Rainfall Measurement, Effect of Precipitation on Agriculture | Nikhil Sir |
| 6 | Solar Radiation, Factors Affecting Insolation, Solar Radiation and Crops | Nikhil Sir |
| 7 | Air and Soil Temperature, Measurement and Effects on Crops, Humidity and Evaporation, Measurement and Impact on Agriculture | Nikhil Sir |
| 8 | Weather Hazards and Mitigation, Floods, Droughts, Cyclones | Nikhil Sir |
| 9 | Climate Classification, World Climatic Classification, Agroclimatic Zones of India | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 02 | Organic/Precision/GIS GPS |
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| 10 | Precision farming, Remote sensing | Nikhil Sir |
| 11 | GIS, GPS Technology | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 03 | Soils and Tillage |
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| 12 | Physical Properties of Soil, Soil Texture and Structure, Soil Aeration | Nikhil Sir |
| 13 | Tillage, Objectives and Types, Modern Tillage Concepts | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 04 | Soil and Water Conservation |
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| 14 | Soil Erosion, Water and Wind Erosion | Nikhil Sir |
| 15 | Water Erosion Control, Wind Erosion Control | Nikhil Sir |
| 16 | Planting geometry and their effect on crop | Nikhil Sir |
| 17 | Principles of crop ecology and crop adaptation | Nikhil Sir |
| 18 | Integrated farming systems | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 05 | Growth laws |
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| 19 | Growth laws (Law of Minimum), (law of limiting Factor) | Nikhil Sir |
| 20 | Mitscherlich law of Diminishing Return, Baule unit, Baule's Sufficiency Concept | Nikhil Sir |
| 21 | Agrobiology( Nitrogen Concept, Inverse Yield Nitrogen Law, Perultimate Yield) | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT- 03 | Field Crops |
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| 1 | Cereal Crops- Rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearlmillet, minor millet, barley | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Pulses- Chickpea, Lentil, Peas, Pigeon pea, Mungbean, Urd bean, Cowpea | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Oilseeds- groundnut, sesame, soybean, rapeseed& mustard, sunflower, safflower, linseed, castor | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Fiber crops- Cotton, jute, Sunhemp | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Sugar crops- Sugarcane | Nikhil Sir |
| 6 | Fodder and forage crops- Sorghum, maize, napier, berseem, lucerne, oats | Nikhil Sir |
| 7 | medicinal and aromatic plants- Mentha, lemon grass, isabgol | Nikhil Sir |
| 8 | Commercial crops- Potato, tobacco | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT -04 | Weed management |
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| 1 | Principles of weed management | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Classification, biology and ecology of weeds | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Crop weed competition and allelopathy | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Concepts and methods of weed control | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Integrated weed management | Nikhil Sir |
| 6 | Classification, formulations, selectivity and resistance of herbicides | Nikhil Sir |
| 7 | Herbicide persistence in soil and plants | Nikhil Sir |
| 8 | Application methods and equipment | Nikhil Sir |
| 9 | Weed flora shifts in cropping systems | Nikhil Sir |
| 10 | Special and problematic weeds and their management in cropped and non-cropped situations | Nikhil Sir |
| 11 | Weed management in field crops | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT -05 | Water Management |
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| 1 | Introduction, Water Properties, Principles of irrigation | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Soil and Water relationship (Part-1) | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Soil and Water relationship (Part-2) | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Soil and Water relationship (Part-3) | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Soil and Water relationship (Part-4) | Nikhil Sir |
| 6 | Plant and Water relationship (Part-1) | Nikhil Sir |
| 7 | Plant and Water relationship (Part-2) | Nikhil Sir |
| 8 | Plant and Water relationship (Part-3) | Nikhil Sir |
| 9 | Water resources and irrigation development in India | Nikhil Sir |
| 10 | Water and irrigation requirements | Nikhil Sir |
| 11 | Concepts and approaches of irrigation scheduling | Nikhil Sir |
| 12 | Methods of irrigation | Nikhil Sir |
| 13 | Measurement of irrigation water | Nikhil Sir |
| 14 | Application, distribution and use efficiencies | Nikhil Sir |
| 15 | Conjunctive use of water | Nikhil Sir |
| 16 | Irrigation water quality and its management | Nikhil Sir |
| 17 | Water management in rice, wheat, maize, groundnut, sugarcane | Nikhil Sir |
| 18 | Agricultural drainage | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT-06 | Soil Science (Soil Fertility and fertiliser use ) |
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| Chapter 01 | Soil pedology |
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| 1 | Concept of soil, Important rocks and minerals | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Weathering of rocks and minerals | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Soil profile, Soil taxonomic categories | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Land capability classification | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 02 | Soil physics |
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| 5 | Soil physics- 01 | Nikhil Sir |
| 6 | Soil physics- 02 | Nikhil Sir |
| 7 | Soil physics- 03 | Nikhil Sir |
| 8 | Soil physics- 04 | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 03 | Soil Chemistry |
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| 9 | Soil Chemistry- 01 | Nikhil Sir |
| 10 | Soil Chemistry- 02 | Nikhil Sir |
| 11 | Soil Chemistry- 03 | Nikhil Sir |
| 12 | Soil Chemistry- 04 | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 04 | Soil microbiology |
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| 13 | Soil microbiology -01 | Nikhil Sir |
| 14 | Soil microbiology -02 | Nikhil Sir |
| 15 | Soil microbiology -03 | Nikhil Sir |
| 16 | Soil microbiology -04 | Nikhil Sir |
| Chapter 05 | Soil Fertility |
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| 17 | Essential plant nutrients and their deficiency symptoms | Nikhil Sir |
| 18 | Concept of essentiality of plant nutrients | Nikhil Sir |
| 19 | Indicators of soil fertility and productivity | Nikhil Sir |
| 20 | Fertilizer materials and their availability to plants | Nikhil Sir |
| 21 | Slow release fertilizers | Nikhil Sir |
| 22 | Nitrification inhibitors | Nikhil Sir |
| 23 | Principles and methods of fertilizer application | Nikhil Sir |
| 24 | Integrated nutrient management | Nikhil Sir |
| 25 | Site specific nutrient management | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT-07 | Dryland Agriculture |
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| 1 | Characteristics of dryland farming and delineation of dryland tracts | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Constraints of dryland farming in India | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Types of drought and their management | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Contingency crop planning and mid-season corrections for aberrant weather and its recycling | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Watershed management | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT-08 | Problem soils |
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| 1 | Problem soils and their management | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Reclamation of salt affected soils | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Acid soils and their reclamation | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT-09 | Sustainable agriculture |
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| 1 | Sustainable agriculture: parameters and indicators | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Conservation agriculture | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Safe disposal of agri-industrial waste for crop production | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Agro-forestry systems, Shifting cultivation | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Alternate land use systems, Wastelands and their remediation for crop production | Nikhil Sir |
| UNIT-10 | Numericals |
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| 1 | Numericals 01 - (Fertilizer Calculation) | Nikhil Sir |
| 2 | Numerical 02 - (Herbicide Calculation) | Nikhil Sir |
| 3 | Numerical 03 - (Soil Parameters) | Nikhil Sir |
| 4 | Numerical 04 - (Irrigation Application) | Nikhil Sir |
| 5 | Numerical 05- (Irrigation Area- time relationship/ efficiency) | Nikhil Sir |
| 6 | Numerical 06 - (Leaching Requirement/ Soil science portion) | Nikhil Sir |
| 7 | Numerical 07 - (Plant Population, Seed Rate requirement) | Nikhil Sir |
| 8 | Numerical 08 - (Yield estimation, Nutrient uptake and use efficiency) | Nikhil Sir |
| 9 | Numerical 09 -(Assessment of Intercropping systems, Soil salinity and Ameliorants, Miscellaneous (practice session) | Nikhil Sir |
ROOPA M N
PhD Scholar, Genetics and Plant Breeding
IARI, New Delhi