EBOOK =  Vocational Education :  Agriculture - Paddy Farmer Class 9th

Ebook : Vocational Education

Subject : Agriculture (Paddy Farmer)

Class -9th

CONTENT :

Unit 1: Introduction to Paddy Cultivation 1

• Session 1: Importance of Paddy Cultivation 4
• Session 2: Climatic Requirements and Paddy Growing Regions 9

Unit 2: Land Preparation and Planting 14

• Session 1: Implements used for Land Preparation and Planting 17
• Session 2: Methods of Planting in Paddy Cultivation 23

Unit 3: Nursery Preparation and Transportation 31

• Session 1: Types of Nursery and Seed Sowing 31
• Session 2: Weeds, Insect–pests and Disease Management in a Paddy Nursery 39

• Session 3: Packaging and Transportation 42

Unit 4: Growth Stages of Paddy Plant 46
Unit 5: Intercultural Operations in Paddy 53
Unit 6: Seed Production 59

• Session 1: Methods of Seed Production 59
• Session 2: Improved and Indigenous Rice Varieties in India 67
• Session 3: Traits of Rice Varieties 73

Unit 7: Water Management 77

• Session 1: Water Requirement of Paddy 77
• Session 2: Methods of Irrigation 80
• Session 3: Alternate Wetting and Drying, and Water Use Efficiency 84

Unit 8: Integrated Nutrient Management 88

• Session 1: Soil Sampling and Analysis 88
• Session 2: Nutrient Requirement and its Sources 93
• Session 3: Methods and Time of Fertiliser Application 100
• Session 4: Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms in Paddy 105

Answer Key 110
Glossary 117
List of Credits 121

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