Agronomy: Principles and Practices

Contents: 1. Agriculture. 2. Agriculture heritage. 3. Agronomy and agroclimatic zones. 4. Crops and cropping system. 5. Factors affecting crop production. 6. Soils. 7. Seasons. 8. Systems of farming. 9. Tillage and tilth. 10. Seeds and sowing. 11. Plant population and crop geometry. 12. Weeds. 13. Irrigation. 14. Manures and fertilizers. 15. Harvesting and post harvest technology.

Understanding the basic principles of agronomy is as much important as that of knowing the latest developments scenario in the field of agriculture. It is strenuous strive to keep pace with the progress of such a vast subject like Agronomy which is in practice throughout the globe. The book is divided in to 15 chapters and which covers comprehensively the syllabus of the principles of agronomy.