There are few books in Agronomy which satisfies the requirements of students, particularly preparing for competitive examinations. This book is designed to satisfy their needs and is presented in a systematic manner to understand every fundamental aspect related to agronomy. This book covers all the basic concepts of agronomy viz., tillage, sowing, soil fertility and nutrient management, water management, weed management, dryland agriculture and sustainable agriculture. Some of the new topics like climate change, herbicide resistance and herbicide tolerant crops were also included. Current statistics related to agriculture is also provided for the benefit of the students. This book will be very much useful for those students preparing for NET, ARS, JRF, SRF and PG and Ph.D entrance examinations.
Mr. B. Raghavendra Goud is working as Scientist in ICAR. He completed his graduation in 2010 from Agricultural College, Mahanandi of Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh. He secured 28th rank in ICAR-JRF examination and completed his M.Sc.(Agronomy) in 2012 from UAS, GKVK, Bangalore. He worked as Agriculture Extension Officer in AP State Department of Agriculture for a period of two and half years and then joined Ph.D at S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati. He secured All India 1st rank in Agriculture Research Service - 2015 examination conducted by ASRB of ICAR and currently undergoing training as scientist in NAARM, Hyderabad
Dr. G. Prabhakara Reddy is presently working as Professor, Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati Campus of ANGR Agricultural University (AP). He completed B.Sc.(Ag.) and M.Sc.(Ag.) from ANGR Agricultural University during the years 1998 and 1990 respectively and obtained his Ph.D from IARI, New Delhi during the year 1996. He was awarded Chinese Govt. Post Doctoral fellowship under the ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, during the year, 1997. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in different courses of Agronomy more specifically dryland agriculture. He has guided 15 M.Sc.(Ag.) and 5 Ph.D Students. He published more than 40 research papers in national and international journals. He prepared study manual on Dryland Farming and Watershed Management for under graduate students of ANGR Agricultural University.
Mr. Y. Ashoka Reddy is a Ph.D Scholar in the department of Agronomy at TNAU, Coimbatore. He obtained his B.Sc.(Ag.) degree in 2009 from Agricultural College, Mahanandi, ANGRAU, A.P. and M.Sc.(Agronomy) in 2011 from S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, ANGRAU, A.P. He has published 3 books, 11 research papers in different reputed national journals and 5 research papers in international journals.
