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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aSingh, Brahma
245			_aPrecision Farming and Protected Cultivation / _c Brahma Singh
260			_aNew Delhi : _bNew India Publishing Agency, _c2019.
300			_axii, 248 p. : _bill. ; _c25cm.
505			_tPart I: Precision Farming _t1. Precision Farming _t2. Laser Land Levelling (LLL) _t3. Mechanized Direct Seed Sowing _t4. Seedling and Sapling Transplanting _t5. Soil Culture _t6. Type of Soil Required _t7. Mapping of Soils and Plant Attributes _t8. Site Specific Input Application _t9. Irrigation and Fertigation and Nutrient Management _t10. Insect Pests and Disease Management _t 11. Yield Mapping of Crops _t 12. Precision Spraying Technology _t 13. Weed Management _t 14. Precision Agriculture Status in India and Application of Plastics in Agriculture _t Part II: Protected Cultivation (Greenhouse Technology) _t15. Greenhouse Technology _t16. Types of Greenhouses _t17. Typical Applications of Greenhouses _t18. Choice of Crops for Cultivation Under Greenhouses _t19. Plant Response to Greenhouse Environment _t 20. Growing Medium _t 21. Planning and Design of Greenhouses _t 22. Design Criteria of Greenhouse for Cooling and Heating Purposes _t 23. Greenhouse Equipment, Materials of Construction for Traditional and Low Cost Greenhouses _t 24. Cost Estimation and Economic Analysis _t 25. Passive Solar Greenhouse _t 26. Greenhouse Heating Systems _t 27. Greenhouse Drying _t 28. Irrigation Systems Used in Greenhouse _t29. Drainage _t30. Flooding and Leaching _t 31. Soil Pasteurization in Peat Moss and Mixtures _t32. Rock Wool and Other Inert Media _t33. Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) _t34. Problems / Constraints of Greenhouse Cultivation and Future Strategies _t35. Future Thrusts on Greenhouse in India
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aPrecision farming
650			_aGreenhouse management
650			_aCultivation
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