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Satish Serial Publishing House Agronomy for Competitive Exams by R Rex Immanuel
Agronomy is an integrative science and practice of sustainable crop production that draws on the principles of climatology, ecology, soil management, crop and weed sciences, genetics, entomology, plant pathology and economics. Agronomy, a core branch of Agriculture, affords scientific agricultural production strategies, such as how to sustain the productivity of soil, conservation and managing water resources, how to grow and care the crops in specific environments. Most of us believe that Agronomy is a field which is only related to the cultivation of field crops. Agronomy, which was only limited to field crop cultivation, has now integrated its role towards all allied sciences. Agronomy-based aspirants reach the most prestigious position in the nationwide public and private sectors and play a key role in serving society and the growth of the nation. The UPSC, ICAR (ARS, NET, SRF, JRF), SPSC, Staff Selection Commission (AO), banking and allied sectors, etc., announces frequent recruitments every year. If the aspirants have to be unforgettable with the fundamental concepts of agriculture, most specifically in Agronomy and allied sciences, they will easily crack all types of competitive examinations. For example, the two set of papers in the Agriculture Optional Syllabus in UPSC Mains, paper one alone covers 75 per cent of the syllabus that is related to Agronomy and allied sciences subjects, such as Ecology, climate change, GIS, Cropping systems, Weed Science, Introductory Forestry, Soil Fertility Management, Soil and Water Conservation, Irrigation Management, etc. It elucidates the importance of Agronomy for competitive exams. Further, these topics also help in qualifying M.Sc. (Ag) and Ph.D. Agronomy entrance exams. Even other subject holders also require Agronomy as an important subject to enrich their knowledge. The important pin-points related to all these topics are included in this book. This book’s goal is to enhance aspirant’s knowledge with upto-date agronomical and allied sciences scientific and technological information. Climate change and disaster management aspects mentioned in this book also help to the Aspirants well versed, which are significantly reliable with present-day agricultural production systems. The information mentioned in this book were obtained from a variety of resources, including reference books, web-searches, magazines, bulletins, monographs, published scientific articles, annual reports, etc., and the author acknowledges their due to those authors.