Part I: Precision Farming

1. Precision Farming

2. Laser Land Levelling (LLL)

3. Mechanized Direct Seed Sowing

4. Seedling and Sapling Transplanting

5. Soil Culture

6. Type of Soil Required

7. Mapping of Soils and Plant Attributes

8. Site Specific Input Application

9. Irrigation and Fertigation and Nutrient Management

10. Insect Pests and Disease Management

11. Yield Mapping of Crops

12. Precision Spraying Technology

13. Weed Management

14. Precision Agriculture Status in India and Application of Plastics in Agriculture

Part II: Protected Cultivation

(Greenhouse Technology)

15. Greenhouse Technology

16. Types of Greenhouses

17. Typical Applications of Greenhouses

18. Choice of Crops for Cultivation Under Greenhouses

19. Plant Response to Greenhouse Environment

20. Growing Medium

21. Planning and Design of Greenhouses

22. Design Criteria of Greenhouse for Cooling and Heating Purposes

23. Greenhouse Equipment, Materials of Construction for Traditional and Low Cost Greenhouses

24. Cost Estimation and Economic Analysis

25. Passive Solar Greenhouse

26. Greenhouse Heating Systems

27. Greenhouse Drying

28. Irrigation Systems Used in Greenhouse



29. Drainage 30. Flooding and Leaching

31. Soil Pasteurization in Peat Moss and Mixtures

32. Rock Wool and Other Inert Media

33. Nutrient Film Technique (NFT)

34. Problems / Constraints of Greenhouse Cultivation and Future Strategies

35. Future Thrusts on Greenhouse in India

In this book an attempt has been made to cover the course contents prescribed for the course “Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation” for students. Complicated and difficult to understand technologies, terminology and gadgets have been explained in a simple and easily understandable language, which makes the book useful not only to students but teachers and farmers.