TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singh, Brahma
TI  - Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation / 
SN  - 9789389130072
U1  - 631 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New Delhi : 
PB  - New India Publishing Agency
KW  - Precision farming
KW  - Greenhouse management
KW  - Cultivation
N1  - 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
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11. Yield Mapping of Crops
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12. Precision Spraying Technology
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13. Weed Management
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14. Precision Agriculture Status in India and Application of  Plastics in Agriculture
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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
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20. Growing Medium
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21. Planning and Design of Greenhouses
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22. Design Criteria of Greenhouse for Cooling and Heating  Purposes
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23. Greenhouse Equipment, Materials of Construction for  Traditional and Low Cost Greenhouses
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24. Cost Estimation and Economic Analysis
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25. Passive Solar Greenhouse
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26. Greenhouse Heating Systems
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27. Greenhouse Drying
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28. Irrigation Systems Used in Greenhouse



; 29. Drainage; 30. Flooding and Leaching
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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
N2  - 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
ER  -