Irrigation and Weed Management Learning for Beginners

Title: Irrigation and Weed Management Learning for Beginners
Author: K. Annadurai
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
Language: English
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN: 9789390749430 (Hardcover)
E-ISBN: 9789390749591 (eBook)
Pages: 200
Binding: Hard Bound
Year of Publication: 2024
Size: 6.5" x 9.5"
Book Type: Textbook

Book Description:
The book Irrigation and Weed Management Learning for Beginners provides a simple and comprehensive approach to understanding irrigation water and weed management. It covers essential aspects of irrigation and weed science, such as the soil-plant-water relationship, soil moisture measurement, irrigation scheduling, micro-irrigation technologies, and more. It also discusses weed management practices for major field crops, crop-weed interactions, and the role of herbicides in controlling weeds.

This book is designed to help students and researchers grasp the core concepts of irrigation and weed management and apply them effectively in a changing agricultural environment. It aims to equip them with the skills to transfer necessary technologies to the farming community, making it especially useful for budding scientists in agricultural and plant sciences.

Table of Contents

1. Role of Water in Plants – Importance of Irrigation – Water Resources of Tamil Nadu

2. Soil Moisture Constants – Plant Water Stress – Plant Response and Adaptations – Methods to Overcome Plant Water Stress

3. Crop Water Requirement – Critical Stages for Irrigation – Water Requirement for Different Field Crops – Water Use Efficiency

4. Methods of Irrigation – Merits, Demerits, Suitability of Surface and Subsurface Irrigation Methods

5. Micro-Irrigation System (Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation) – Government Support to Popularize Micro Irrigation Systems

6. Water Management for Cereals and Pulses

7. Water Management for Oilseed Crops and Commercial Crops

8. Quality of Irrigation Water – Classification of Quality of Irrigation Water Based on Different Salts – Agronomic Practices for Use of Poor Quality Water

9. Measurement of Irrigation Water

10. Scheduling of Irrigation

11. Irrigation Structures in Wetlands and Irrigated Drylands

12. TMC, CUSEC, CUMEC, Irrigation Efficiencies and Calculation

13. Weeds – Definition, Classification, and Characteristics – Harmful and Beneficial Effects of Weeds

14. Classification and Characteristics of Weeds in Different Agro-Ecosystems: Lowland, Irrigated Upland, Rainfed Land, and Waste Land

15. Classification and Characteristics of Weeds – Aquatic, Parasitic, and Obnoxious Weeds

16. Crop-Weed Interactions – Critical Crop-Weed Competition, Competitive and Allelopathic Effects of Weeds and Crops

17. Principles and Methods of Weed Management: Preventive, Cultural, Mechanical, Chemical, Biological, and Alternate Methods

18. Herbicides – Merits and Demerits of Using Herbicides – Classification Based on Mode of Action and Method of Application – Herbicide Formulations

19. Weed Management Practices for Major Field Crops

20. Weed Management Practices for Parasitic, Problematic Weeds, and Aquatic Weeds