Title Agronomy First Lecture by Dr. Abdul Shakoor shb.pdf ✅

Lecture # 1 Agronomy Today’s Points: 1. What is Agriculture. 2. What is Agronomy. 3. Farming and Types of Farming. 4. Agronomic Classification of Crops. 5. Special Purpose based Classification of Crops. 6. Life Cycle based Classification of Crops. 7. Seasonal Classification of Crops. 8. Photoperiod based Classification of Crops. 9. Growth Habit based Classification of Crops.
Quiz 1) Agriculture is a Greek or Latin word? Latin word 2) Agronomy is a Greek or Latin word? Greek word
What is Agriculture? ❑Two Latin words “ager” meaning soil and “cultura” meaning cultivation. ❑An art, science and business of producing crops and livestock for economic purpose.
What is Agronomy? ❑Two Greek words, agros meaning field and nomos meaning to manage. ❑Agronomy is the branch of agriculture which deals with the study of principles and practices of field crop production and soil management.