AKTU Water and Nutrient Management Under Protected Cultivation (HTID601) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Water and Nutrient Management Under Protected Cultivation HTID601
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Syllabus — Water and Nutrient Management Under Protected Cultivation
Download PDFHTID601 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of precision farming techniques for protected cultivation. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Understand soilless culture's significance in agriculture, root system functions, and how root growth responds to local nutrient concentrations. | K2 |
| CO 2 | Explore roots as sources/sinks for compounds and hormones, and understand physical/chemical properties of soilless media. | K2 |
| CO 3 | Understand about water content, potential in soilless media, water movement, plant water uptake, and water availability in soilless media. | K2 |
| CO 4 | Remember and understand vegetable production in protected conditions using soil and soilless media, and automation for climate control in protected structures. | K1 & K2 |
| CO 5 | Acquire knowledge in thermal modeling of greenhouse environments for protected cultivation. | K2 |
K1- Remember, K2- Understand, K3- Apply, K4- Analyze, K5-Evaulate, K6- Create
Course Content
Significance of soilless culture in agriculture. Functions of the root system. Response of root growth to local nutrient concentrations. Interactions between environmental conditions and form of N nutrition, filter types and their selection criteria.
Roots as source and sink for organic compounds and plant hormones. Physical and chemical properties of soilless media.
Water content and water potential in soilless media. Water movement in soilless media. Uptake of water by plants in soilless media and water availability. fabrication of soilless medium for vegetable crops and flower production.
Production technology for vegetables under protected conditions in soil and soilless media, types of sensors, relay and control mechanism for controlled irrigation and fertigation, Automation for climate control in protected structures.
Thermal modeling of greenhouse environment for protected cultivation.
- Howard M Resh. Hydroponic Food Production. CRC Press, New York.
- Michael Raviv and Heinrich J Lieth 2014. Soilless Culture. CRC Press.
- Meier Schwarz. Soilless Culture Management. Springer publications, New York.
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