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• Notes 1. Principles of Crop Ecology, Ecosystem, Concept Productivity of Ecosystem

• Notes 2. Physiological Limits of Crop Yield and Variability in Relation to Ecological Optima, Crop Adaptation

• Notes 3. Climate Shift and Its Ecological Implication, Greenhouse Effect, ACZ

• Notes 4a. Agro-Ecological and Agro-Climatic Regions of India

• Notes 4b. Factors Affecting Crop Production and Geographical Distribution of Plants

• Notes 5. Photosynthesis, Respiration, Net Assimilation, SECE, RWC, Light Intensity

• Notes 6. Water and CO₂ in Relation to Photosynthetic Rates and Efficiency, Stress

• Notes 7. Remote Sensing- Spectral Indices and Their Application in Agriculture

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• Notes 1. Scope and Principles of Weed Management

• Notes 2. Weeds' Classification, Biology, Ecology and Allelopathy

• Notes 3. Crop Weed Competition, Weed Threshold

• Notes 4. Herbicides Classification, Formulations, Mode of Action, Selectivity and Resistance

• Notes 5. Persistence of Herbicides in Soils and Plants, Herbicides Application Methods and Equipment

• Notes 6. Recent Developments in Weed Management

• Notes 7. Special Weeds, Parasitic and Aquatic Weeds and Their Management in Cropped and Non-Cropped Lands

• Notes 7. Weed Control Schedules in Field Crops, Vegetables and Plantation Crops

• Notes 9. Weed Shifts in Cropping Systems

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• Class eNotes 1. History of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use

• Class eNotes 2. Concept of Essentiality of Plant Nutrients, Their Critical Concentrations in Plants, Functions and Deficiency Symptoms, Nutrient Interactions, Diagnostic Techniques with Special Emphasis on Emerging Deficiencies of Secondary and Micro-Nutrients

• Class eNotes 3. Soil Fertility and Productivity and Their Indicators, Features of Good Soil Management

• Class eNotes 4. Fertilizer Materials Including Liquid Fertilizers, Their Composition, Mineralization, Availability and Reaction Products in Soils

• Class eNotes 5. Water Solubility of Phosphate Fertilizers, Slow Release Fertilizers, Nitrification Inhibitors and Their Use for Crop Production

• Class eNotes 6. Principles and Methods of Fertilizer Application, Integrated Nutrient Management, Agronomic and Physiological Efficiency and Recovery of Applied Plant Nutrients

• Class eNotes 7. Criteria for Determining Fertilizer Schedules for Cropping Systems, Direct, Residual and Cumulative Effects, Fertilizer-Related Environmental Problems Including Ground Water Pollution, Site-Specific Nutrient Management, Contamination of Heavy Metals in Peri-Urban Soils and Their Remediation

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• Class eNotes 1. Concept of Dryland Farming, History, Development, Significance

• Class eNotes 2. Climatic Classification and Delineation of Dryland Tracts

• Class eNotes 3. Types of Drought, Drought Syndrome, ... Drought Management

• Class eNotes 4. Crop Planning Including Contingency, Crop Diversification ...

• Class eNotes 5. Techniques of Moisture Conservation...

• Class eNotes 6. Rain Water Harvesting and Recycling Concept, Techniques and Practices

• Class eNotes 7. Timeline and Precision Key Factors... Fertilizer Placement

• Class eNotes 8. Concept and Importance of Watershed Management in Dryland Areas

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• eNotes of 5.1 Problem Soils in India

• eNotes of 5.2 Response of Crop to Acidity, Salinity, Sodicity, Excess Water and Nutrient Imbalances

• eNotes of 5.3 Reclamation of Problem Soils, Role of Amendments, and Drainage

• eNotes of 5.4 Crop Production Techniques in Problem Soils - Crops, Varieties, Cropping System and Agronomic Practices

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• eNotes of 6.1a Crop Production Techniques for Rice Crop

• eNotes of 6.1b Crop Production Techniques for Maize Crop

• eNotes of 6.1c Crop Production Techniques for Sorghum Crop

• eNotes of 6.1d Crop Production Techniques for Pearl Millet Crop

• eNotes of 6.1e Crop Production Techniques for Other Major and Minor/Small Millets Crops

• eNotes of 6.2 Crop Production Techniques for Rabi Cereals (Wheat, Barley, Oat, Rye, Triticale)

• eNotes of 6.3 Crop Production Techniques for Pulses Crops

• eNotes of 6.4a Crop Production Techniques for Soybean Crop

• eNotes of 6.4b Crop Production Techniques for Groundnut Crop

• eNotes of 6.4c Crop Production Techniques for Sunflower Crop

• eNotes of 6.4d Crop Production Techniques for Sesame Crop

• eNotes of 6.4e Crop Production Techniques for Castor Crop

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• eNotes of 7.1 Frequency Distribution, Standard Error and Deviation, Correlation and Regression Analyses, Co-Efficient of Variation

• eNotes of 7.2 Tests of Significance - t, F and Chi-Square (X²)

• eNotes of 7.3 Data Transformation and Missing Plot Techniques

• eNotes of 7.4 Design of Experiments and Their Basic Principles

• eNotes of 7.5 Completely Randomized, Randomized Block, ..., 7.6 Efficiency of Designs

• eNotes of 7.7 Method of Statistical Analysis for Cropping Systems Including Intercropping

• eNotes of 7.8 Pooled Analysis

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• eNotes of 8.1 Concept of Sustainability 8.2 Sustainability Parameters and Indicator

• eNotes of 8.3 Conservation Agriculture (CA) 8.4 Climate Change Mitigation

• eNotes of 8.5 Alternate Land Use Systems 8.6 Types, Extent and Causes of Wasteland

• eNotes of 8.7 Shifting Cultivation 8.8 Agroforestry, Concept and Importance, Agroforestry Systems

• eNotes of 8.9 Agrostology, Grassland Ecology 8.10 Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Residues

• eNotes of 8.12 Nutrient, Water, Weed, 8.13 Economic Considerations in CA

• eNotes of 8.14 Artificial Intelligence: Concepts and Application

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• eNotes of 9.1 Soil and Water as Vital Resources for Agricultural Production

• eNotes of 9.2 Soil-Plant Water Relationship (In brief)

• eNotes of 9.3 Fate of Rain Water Received at the Soil Surface, Runoff and Infiltration Reciprocity..

• eNotes of 9.4 Water Harvesting for Crop Life Saving Irrigations

• eNotes of 9.5 Watershed Management

• eNotes of 9.6 Soil and Water Conservation, Contingent Crop Plans and Other Strategies for Aberrant Weather Indicator

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• eNotes 10.1 Soil Water Relations

• eNotes 10.2 Water Retention by Soil

• eNotes 10.3 Soil Moisture Characteristics

• eNotes 10.4 Field Capacity, 10.5 Permanent Wilting Point 10.6 Plant Available Water and Exchangeable Water

• eNotes 10.7 Soil Irrigability, Classification, Factors Affecting Profile Water Storage

• eNotes 10.8 Determination of Soil Water Content

• eNotes 10.9 Computation of Soil Water Depletion

• eNotes 10.10 Soil Water Potential and Its Components

• eNotes 10.11 Hydraulic Head

• eNotes 10.12 Movement of Soil Water - Saturated and Unsaturated Water Flow

• eNotes 10.13 Field Water Budget 10.14 Water Gains and Losses 10.15 Deep Percolation 10.16 Capillary Rise

• eNotes 10.17 Evapotranspiration (ET), Scope for Economizing Water

• eNotes 10.18 Measures for Reducing Direct Evaporation from Soil and Crop Canopies

• eNotes 10.19 Soil Physical Properties in Relation to Plant Growth and Development

• eNotes 10.20 Erodibility of Soils and Their Prevention

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• eNotes of 11.1 Plant Water Relations: Concept of Plant Water Potential, Cell Water Relations, Plant Water Potential and Its Components

• eNotes of 11.2 Significance of Osmotic Adjustment, Leaf Diffusive Resistance, Canopy Temperature, Canopy Temperature Depression (CTD)

• eNotes of 11.3 Water Movement Through Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Systems, Uptake and Transport of Water by Roots

• eNotes of 11.4 Development of Crop Water Deficit, Crop Adaptation to Water Deficit, Morpho-Physiological Effect of Water Deficit

• eNotes of 11.5 Drought Tolerance, Mechanisms of Drought Tolerance, Potential Drought Tolerance Traits and Their Measurements

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• eNotes of 12.1 Management of Irrigation Water

• eNotes of 12.2 History of Irrigation in India

• eNotes of 12.3 Major Irrigation Projects in India

• eNotes of 12.4 Water Resources Development

• eNotes of 12.5 Crop Water Requirements

• eNotes of 12.6 Concepts of Irrigation Scheduling

• eNotes of 12.7 Different Approaches of Irrigation Scheduling

• eNotes of 12.8 Soil Water Depletion, Plant Indices and Climatic Parameters

• eNotes of 12.9 Concept of Critical Stages of Crop Growth in Relation to Water Supplies

• eNotes of 12.10 Methods of Irrigation, Merits and Demerits of Various Methods

• eNotes of 12.11 Measurement of Irrigation Water, Application and Distribution Efficiencies

• eNotes of 12.12 Management of Water Resources (Rain, Canal and Ground Water) for Agricultural Production

• eNotes of 12.13 Irrigation Legislation

• eNotes of 12.14 Water Quality, Conjunctive Use of Water, Irrigation Strategies Under Different Situations of Water Availability

• eNotes of 12.15 Socio-Economic Aspects of On-Farm Water Management

• eNotes of 12.16 Irrigation Water Distribution

• eNotes of 12.17 Interaction Between Irrigation and Fertilizers

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• eNotes of 13.1 Problem Soils and Their Distribution in India

• eNotes of 13.2a Salt-Affected Soils

• eNotes of 13.2b Acidic Soils

• eNotes of 13.2c Waterlogged Soils

• eNotes of 13.3a Ground Water Resources

• eNotes of 13.3b Water Quality Criteria and Use of Brackish Waters in Agriculture

• eNotes of 13.4 Excess Salt and Salt Tolerant Crops

• eNotes of 13.5 Hydrological Imbalances and Their Corrective Measures

• eNotes of 13.6 Concept of Critical Water Table Depths, 13.7 Contribution of Shallow Water Table

• eNotes of 13.8 Management Strategies, 13.9 Crop and Crop Calendar for Flood Prone Areas

• eNotes of 13.10 Drainage for Improving Waterlogged Soils for Crop Production

• eNotes of 13.11a Crop Production and Alternate Use of Problematic Soils

• eNotes of 13.11b Poor Quality Water for Agricultural and Fish Production

• eNotes of 13.12 Management of Problematic Soils, Role of Amendments, and Drainage

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• eNotes of 14.1 Organic Farming: Concept, Definitions, Components and Types

• eNotes of 14.2 Relevance Organic Farming 14.3 Principles of Organic Farming

• eNotes of 14.4 Organics and Farming Standards 14.5 Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture

• eNotes of 14.6 Management Practices in Organic Farming 14.7 Selection and Conversion of Land, Soil and Water Management

• eNotes of 14.8 Soil Fertility, Components .14.9 Water and Fertilizer Use Efficiency 14.10 Nutrient Recycling

• eNotes of 14.11 Organic Manures 14.12 Soil Biota 14.13 Bio-Fertilizers and Biogas Technology

• eNotes of 14.16 Consumers’ Concerns. 14.17 Weeds, Diseases 14.18 Socio-Economic Impacts 14.19 Marketing

• eNotes of 14.20 Organic Certification, Standards and Regulations 14.21 Principles 14.22 Spiritual Values and Ethics