Lecture 01 - Agriculture – Definition – Importance and scope - Branches of agriculture - Evolution of man and agriculture – Development of scientific agriculture - National and International Agricultural Research InstitutesDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 02 - Indian agriculture - Indian economy – National income – per capita income – Agricultural income in GDP - Women in agriculture and empowermentDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 03 - History of agricultural development in the world and India. Agriculture heritage – Agriculture in ancient IndiaDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 04 - Stages of agriculture development - Era of civilization- Importance of Neolithic civilizationDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 05 - Chronology of Agricultural technology development in IndiaDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 06 - Kautilya’s Arthasasthra - Sangam literature - rainfall prediction – ITK -Tamil AlmanacDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 07 - Agronomy – definition – meaning and scope. Agro-climatic zones of India and Tamil Nadu – Agro ecological zones of IndiaDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 08 - Crops and major soils - Classification – Economic and agricultural importance in India and Tamil NaduDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 09 - Factors affecting crop production – climatic – edaphic - biotic- physiographic and socio economic factorsDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 10 - Tillage – Definition – objectives – types of tillage - modern concepts of tillage – main field preparationDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 11 - Seeds - Seed rate - Sowing methods - Germination - Crop stand establishment - Planting geometryDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 12 - Role of manures and fertilizers in crop production – agronomic interventions for enhancing FUE - Inter cultivation - Thinning - Gap filling and other intercultural operationsDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 13 - Irrigation - Time and methods - Modern techniques of irrigation - Drainage and its importanceDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 14 - PLANTING GEOMETRY AND ITS EFFECT ON GROWTH AND YIELDDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 15 - Cropping pattern and cropping system - Intensive cropping- Sustainable agriculture – IFSDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 16 - Organic / eco-friendly agriculture - Dry farming - Concepts and principlesDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 17 - AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONES OF INDIA AND ANDHRA PRADESHDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 18 - AGRO METEOROLOGY Download this lecture as PDF here Lecture 19 - WEATHER AND CLIMATE, MICRO-CLIMATEDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 20 - WEATHER ELEMENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON DIFFERENT CROPSDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 21 - MONSOONDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 22 - CLOUDSDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 23 - WEATHER ABERRATIONSDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 24 - WEATHER FORECASTINGDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 25 - WEATHER MODIFICATION – ARTIFICIAL RAIN MAKING AND CLOUD SEEDINGDownload this lecture as PDF here Lecture 26 - REMOTE SENSINGDownload this lecture as PDF here SyllabusDownload the Syllabus as PDF here
