Precision Farming & Protected Cultivation: Concepts and Applications
Sanjeev Kumar, S N Saravaiya and A K Pandey
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ISBN 13
9789390309658
Year
2021
1. Precision Farming: Concept, Need, Objectives and Benefits ......................... 1
2. Precision Farming: Components, Applications and Limitations ...................... 9
3. Laser Leveler: Working Mechanism, its Components and Functioning .......... 21
4. Mechanized Sowing: Terms, Types of Mechanical Seeders and their Use 30
5. Approaches for Mapping of Soil and Plant Attributes .................................. 38
6. Site-specific Weed and Nutrient Management ............................................. 50
7. Precision Management of Insect-pests and Diseases .................................. 58
8. Yield Mapping in Horticultural Crops ........................................................... 66
9. Greenhouse Technology: Principles, Historical and Technological
Developments ................................................................................................ 70
10. Classification of Greenhouse Structures and Specifications for Traditional/
Low-cost Greenhouses ................................................................................. 89
11. Agrivoltaic System: Concept and Features ................................................. 109
12. Plant Response Under Greenhouse Production System ..............................114
13. Preconditions for Crops and Varieties Selection Under Protected
Culture ......................................................................................................... 131
14. Basic Considerations for Site Selection, Orientation and Designing
of Greenhouse Structures ........................................................................... 136
15. Climate Control Systems for Cooling and Heating in Greenhouses ........... 144
16. Greenhouse: Components, Accessories and BIS Codes ............................ 159
17. Irrigation Management in Greenhouse Production System ........................ 165
18. Growing Media for Greenhouse Cultivation ............................................... 174
19. Soil Pasteurization ....................................................................................... 183
20. Testing Soil and Water Suitability for Greenhouse Crops ........................... 189
21. Plug Tray: A Component of High Tech Nursery ........................................ 199
22. Basics of Fertigation in Greenhouse Production System ............................ 209
23. Production Technology of Cucumber Under Protected Environment ........ 219
24. Production Technology of Bell Pepper Under Protected Environment ...... 228
25. Production Technology of Tomato Under Protected Environment ............. 236
26. Production Technology for Melons Under Protected Environment ............ 249
27. Pruning: A Virtuous and Unconventional Alternative for
Mass Multiplication of Greenhouse Cucumber and Tomato ....................... 259
28. Systems of Soil-less Cultivation .................................................................. 265
29. Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Protected Cultivation ................... 274
30. Cost Concept and Economic Analysis of Protected Cultivation ................. 284
31. Understanding The Concept of Vegetable Grafting .................................... 295
32. Microgreens: A New Class of Edibles for Nutrition and Livelihood .......... 302