Syllabus - Protected Cultivation Technology (AT-603 (B))

Agriculture Technology

Protected Cultivation Technology (AT-603 (B))

VI-Semester

Introduction

Protected cultivation: Introduction, History, origin, development, National and International Scenario, plant environment interactions – principles of limiting factors, solar radiation and transpiration, light, temperature, relative humidity, carbondioxide enrichment, Components of green house , perspective, types of green houses, shade nets, Cladding materials, Design and construction of green house-site selection, orientation, construction, design for ventilation requirement using exhaust fan system, selection of equipment, Greenhouse cooling system - necessity, methods – ventilation with roof and side ventilators, evaporative cooling, different shading material, fogging, combined fogging and fanpad cooloing system. Planting techniques in green house cultivation. Root media – types – soil and soil less media, composition, estimation, preparation and disinfection, bed preparation. Irrigation in greenhouse and net house – water quality, types of irrigation system, components, design, installation and material requirement.

Practicals

  • Estimation of material requirement for construction of greenhouse

  • Estimation of material requirement for preparation of root media

  • Root media preparation, bed preparation and disinfections

  • Design and irrigation system

  • Study of different greenhouse environment control instruments

  • Economic analysis of greenhouses and net houses

  • Visit to shadenet houses, greenhouses

Reference Books

  • Singh Brahma and Balraj Singh. 2014. Advances in protected cultivation, New India Publishing Company

  • Sharma P. 2007.Precision Farming. Daya Publishing House New Delhi.

  • Ramana Rao KV, Gangwar S, A Bajpai, Chourasia, L, Soni K 2016. Snrakshit Kheti ke Antargath Satat Phasal Prabandhan. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur