agronomy agricultural physics agricultural meteorology soil science

Suggested readings
Chang, J.H. 1968. Climate and Agriculture, Aldine Publishing Co.,Chicago.
Evans, L.T. 1963. Environmental Control and Plant Growth, Academic Press, New
York.
Gates, D.M. 1968, Energy Exchange in the Biosphere, UNESCO, Paris.
Grace, John 1983. Plant Atmospheric Relationships: Outline studies in Ecology,
Chapman & Hall, New York, pp92.
Munn, R.E, 1970. Biometeorological Methods, Academic Press, New York.
Rose, C.W. 1996. Agricultural Physics, Pergamon, London
Sellers, W. 1967. Physical Climatology. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
4. Agrometeorological instrumentation (1+2)
Fundamentals of measurement techniques, theory and working principles of barometers,
thermometers, thermographs, psychrometers, hair hygrometer, thermohygrograph,
rainguage, self recording rain gauge, duvdevani dew gauges, lysimeters, open
pan evaporimeters, anemometer, windvane, anemograph, soil thermometers, soil heat
flux plates, instruments for measuring soil moisture, sunshine recorder, albedometer;
photometer, spectro-radiometer, quantum radiation sensors,, pressure bomb apparatus,
porometer, photosynthesis system, infra-red thermometer.
Practical
Working with the above instruments in the meteorological observatory, taking observations
of relevant parameters, computation interpretation of the data.
Suggested Readings
Byers, H.R. 1959.General Meteorology. McGrow Hill BookCo. Inc., New York.
Middleton. W.E. and Spilhaws. A.F. 1962. Meteorological Department. Univ. of
Toronto. Press. Canada.
Tanner, C.B. 1973. Basic Instrumentation and Measurements for Plant Environment
and Micrometeology. Univ. of Wisconzin, Madisan, Wisconsin, USA.
NCERT. 1985.Agrometeorology- A Practice Manual, NCERT Pub.