Schedule

Schedule
    Theory
    1. Water – The base for life. Functions described, Water resources in India and the region
    2. Present day water requirement for man and for Agriculture and Horticulture. Rainfall variability – Increasing demand with unchanging supply.
    3. Role of water in plant growth – Optimum, excess and short fall in water availability, Soil – water relations – Available and unavailable water concept.
    4. Soil type, depth and its water holding capacity. Rooting characteristics and moisture extraction patterns.
    5. Water requirement of crops. Lysimetry in assessing water requirement. Annual, biennial and perennial crops .PET and AET applications in water and irrigation requirements.
    6. Climatological approach for estimating water requirement. Use of pan evaporimeter, pan factor, crop factor. Factor for different growth stages.
    7. Critical stages of crop growth – water stress sensitivity stages. methods to overcome
    8. Scheduling of irrigation different approaches in scheduling. Scheduling for different crops and methods of irrigation.
    9. Mid semester examination
    10. Climatological approach. atmospheric demand-factors in ET-The concept of IW/CPE ratio in scheduling irrigation
    11. Methods of irrigation – Surface and Sub- surface methods suitability to crops –minimizing conveyance losses.
    12. Pressurised methods. Sprinkler method and suitability for crop, soil, topography and climate Merits and De-merits
    13. Drip irrigation –Suitability for crop, soil, topography and climate.
    14. Concept of fertigation -fertilizers and instruments time of application -Advantages
    15. WUE - Factors affecting-Methods to improve economic use of water for irrigation Water use for maximum profit of the garden /orchard ecosystem
    16. Water and irrigation management for different crop and soils. Water management for problem soils.
    17. Layout of irrigation systems. Comparison of cost.
    Practical
    1. Measurement of irrigation water, volumetric,’V’notch, parshal flume,water meters.
    2. Use of commonly used formulae in irrigation practices and working out problems
    3. Observations and practicing land shaping
    4. Study of land leveling implements
    5. Layout for surface method and sub surface method of irrigation
    6. Study of layout for sprinkler method
    7. Layout for drip method
    8. Estimation of soil moisture by different methods
    9. Estimation of soil moisture constants and water holding capacity for different soils.
    10. Estimation of water and irrigation requirement for horticultural crops
    11. Scheduling of irrigation – preparation of schedule by different approaches for annuals, perennials under different methods of irrigation and climate -soil type
    12. Working out irrigation frequency based on soil type and climatic requirement
    13. Practicing the use of instruments in irrigation practices
    14. Irrigation planning and scheduling for the water resources available.
    15. Working out area irrigable with available source of water.
    16. Soil moisture conservation practices for increasing WUE
    17. Practical Examination

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