Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya
Teaching

B.Sc. (Ag.) Degree Programme

Semester Department / Title of the Course Credit
1. Agronomy
I. Principles of Agronomy and Agricultural Meteorology 3(2+1)
I. Introductory Agriculture (Ancient Heritage Agriculture Scenario and Gender Equity in Agriculture) 1(1+0)
II. Water Management including micro-irrigation 3(2+1)
III. Practical Crop Production - I (Kharif crops) 1(0+1)
III. Organic Farming 3(2+1)
IV. Practical Crop Production-II (Rabi crops) 1(0+1)
V. Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture 2(1+1)
V. Field Crops I (Kharif) 3(2+1)
VI. Field Crops - II (Rabi) 3(2+1)
VI. Weed Management 2(1+1)
TOTAL 22(13+9)

Semesters wise distribution of courses for M.Sc. (Ag.) Agronomy

Name of the Programme M.Sc. (Ag) Agronomy

Course Title Code Credits
Semester-I
Major Courses Modern concepts in crop production AGRON 501 3 (3+0)
Principles and practices of soil fertility and nutrient management AGRON 502 3 (2+1)
Dryland farming and watershed management AGRON 512 3 (2+1)
Minor Courses Principles of plant physiology APP 501 4 (3+1)
Supporting Courses Statistical methods in applied sciences A STAT. 511 4 (3+1)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses Library and information services PGS 501 1 (0+1)
Basic concepts in laboratory techniques PGS 504 1 (0+1)
Semester-II
Major Courses Principles an d practices of weed management AGRON 503 3 (2+1)
Principles and practices of water management AGRON 504 3 (2+1)
Cropping systems AGRON 511 2 (2+0)
Principles and practices of organic farming AGRON 513 3 (2+1)
Minor Courses Soil biology and biochemistry A SOILS 506 3 (2+1)
Soil, water and air pollution A SOILS 509 3 (2+1)
Supporting Courses Experimental designs A STAT. 512 3 (2+1)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses Agricultural research, research ethics and rural development programmes PGS 505 1 (0+1)
Disaster management PGS506 1 (0+1)
Semester-III
Written Comprehensive Examination -
Seminar AGRON 591 1 (1+0)
Master’s Research AGRON 599 10 (10+0)
Compulsory Non-Credit Courses Technical writing and communication skills Intellectual property and its management in Agriculture PGS- 502 PGS- 503 1 (0+1) 1 (0+1)
Semester-IV
Master’s Research AGRON 599 (10+0)

Semester wise distribution of courses for Ph. D.

Name of the Programme Ph.D. Agronomy

Semester – I Course Title Code Credits
Major Courses
Current trends in agronomy AGRON 601 3 (3+0)
Crop production and system modeling AGRON 603 3 (2+1)
Integrated farming system AGRON 607 2 (2+0)
Minor Courses Advances in soil fertility A Soils 602 2 (2+0)
Climate change and crop growth APP 605 2 (2+0)
Bio–chemistry of soil organic matter A Soils 605 2 (2+0)
Supporting Course Applied regression analysis ASTAT 521 3 (2+1)
Library and information services PGS 501 1 (0+1)
Basic concept of laboratory techniques PGS 504 1 (0+1)
Semester – II
Major Courses Advances in plant growth and productivity AGRON 604 3 (2+1)
Advances in weed management AGRON 606 2 (2+0)
Irrigation management AGRON 605 3 (2+1)
Minor Courses Seed physiology APP 608 3 (2+1)
Supporting course Data analysis using statistical package ASTAT 531 3 (2+1)
Agricultural research, research ethics and rural development programmes PGS 505 1 (1+0)
Disaster management PGS 506 1 (1+0)
Semester III
Written and Oral Comprehensive Examination AGRON 691 1 (1+0)
Seminar - I
Compulsory Non- credit courses Technical Writing and Communication Skills PGS- 502 1 (0+1)
Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture PGS- 503 1 (0+1)
Semester IV
Seminar - II AGRON 691 1+0
Doctoral Research AGRON 699 15 (0+15)
Semester V
Doctoral Research AGRON 699 15 (0+15)
Semester VI
Doctoral Research AGRON 699 15 (0+15)