Facilities Created in the Department
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1. SOIL AND WATER LAB
- Soil Testing: Ph, EC & Soil nutrients (10 no.), Lime requirement, &Gypsum requirement
- Water testing: pH, TDS, Salinity
- Physical properties of soil: Soil texture, bulk density, Specific gravity, & Field capacity, Water holding capacity, & Soil permeability
- Calibration of tensiometer for irrigation scheduling
- Open channel flow measurement with current meter
- Monitoring water stage in open channels
- Monitoring fluctuations in ground water table
- Study of plant morphology: Leaf area index, chlorophyll, agronomic details
- Energy auditing of polyhouse
- Solar light intensity with lux meter
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2. POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND FOOD PROCESSING LAB
- Digital characterization of food grains / seeds
- Measurement of grain moisture content
- Morphology of cereals, pulses and oil seeds:
Particle size & Fineness modulus,
Equivalent diameter, True Density & Bulk density
Porosity & Angle of repose
- Cooking quality of rice grains
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3. FARM MACHINERY AND POWER LAB
- Design and development of hand tools for small and marginal farmers
- Performance evaluation of farm equipments:
Disc harrow & Cultivator
- Calibration and evaluation of plant protection equipments:
Mini power weeder
Knapsack Sprayer
- Evaluation of Groundnut Decorticator
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New Facilities Added
1. Labs on Field, Agriculture Farm, FOE
- Demonstration and technical evaluation of automated drip system and fertigation on multiple cropping systems: Incharge: Dr. Anjitha Krishna P.R.
- Development of Bonsai garden: Incharge: Dr. Madhuri Dubey
- Study of effect of organic fertilizer on growth and yield of Paddy and Wheat:
Incharge: Er. Mukesh Kumar Seetpal and Dr. Priyanka Gunjan
2. Agro Echo Shop-1st sale at the open day
