Department of Agronomy

About Department of Agronomy

This is the prime department dealing with fundamentals of crops and different agro techniques of crop production viz. seeds, sowing. Varieties / hybrids, manures and fertilizers, weeds and their management, soil water conservation techniques and irrigation water management. Various dry land/irrigated cropping and farming systems including organic farming under different weather conditions. Weather parameters viz. rainfall, temperature sunshine hours, relative humidity, wind velocity, water evaporation in relation to crops and their stages are studied.

Objectives

To provide leadership in crop and cropping system-based agronomic research by developing new concepts and approaches of sustainable crop production.

To develop appropriate crop production technologies to enhance the production and productivity of major cropping systems on a sustainable basis..

To provide comprehensive information and resources on modern agronomic Sustainable Farming Practices

Unique Facilites

  • ◉ Well equipped laboratory.
  • ◉ Cropping /Farming system unit.
  • ◉ Weed control lab
  • ◉ Soil & water conservation unit.
  • ◉ Crop cafeteria
  • ◉ Agromet observatory
  • ◉ Pressurized irrigation system.
  • ◉ Field demonstrations.
  • ◉ Farm mechanization.
  • ◉ Water measurement unit
  • ◉ Hands on training.
  • ◉ Production of organic input

Important equipments available with the college..

Faculty Members

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Dr. H. L. Shirsath

Associate Professor of Agronomy

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Prof. A. V. Bhosale

Assistant Professor of Agronomy

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Prof. B. D. Jadhav

Assistant Professor of Agronomy

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Prof. M. A. Khedekar

Assistant Professor of Agronomy