PART - I
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 History and development of tillage
1.2 Seeds and germination
1.3 Tillage variations in continents/countries
1.4 Root and shoot development versus tillage
1.5 Modern concept of tillage for agriculture
CHAPTER 2. TILLAGE AND TILTH
2.1 Tillage
2.2 Tilth
CHAPTER 3. TYPES AND METHODS OF TILLAGE
3.1 Arable and dry lands
3.2 Wetlands
3.3 Special type of tillage
CHAPTER 4. FACTORS AFFECTING TILLAGE
4.1 Weather parameters
4.2 Seasons
4.3 Soils
4.4 Topography
4.5 Land situations (plains/flat areas)
4.6 Crops and cropping systems
CHAPTER 5. TILLAGE IMPLEMENTS
5.1 Primary tillage implements
5.2 Secondary tillage implements
5.3 Intercultural operations implements
5.4 Special highly-needed inter-tillage implements
CHAPTER 6. EFFECTS OF TILLAGE
6.1 Soils
6.2 Crops and cropping system (in respect of production)
6.3 Weeds in the seasons
6.4 Environment
CHAPTER 7. TILLAGE IN RELATION TO CROP PRODUCTION
7.1 Single crops (including inter crops/tier-crops)
7.2 Multiple cropping systems
CHAPTER 8. TILLAGE VERSUS IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZATION
8.1 Tillage versus irrigation
8.2 Tillage versus fertilization
CHAPTER 9. SPECIAL TILLAGE FOR CROPS, CROPPINGS AND SITUATIONS WITH MULTIPLE CROPPING SYSTEMS
9.1 Tillage for special crops
9.2 Tillage for croppings and situations
9.3 Tillage for multiple cropping systems
CHAPTER 10. TILLAGE, CROP–PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION-ECONOMICS
10.1 Crop production under tillage
10.2 Tillage and production-economics
CHAPTER 11. FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF TILLAGE AND CROP MANAGEMNT
11.1 Tillage information
11.2 Crop management information
11.3 Terms used in crop management (in respect of financial aspects)
PART - II
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND TERMINOLOGY
1. Requirement of NPK-fertilizers for unit area of crop production
2. Yield estimation of some crops
3. Classified arable crops in seasons and water-crops with scientific, English and local names under different families
4. Paira/Utera (no-tillage relay) crops in seasons
5. Climatological data
6. Soil analytical data (Mechanical, Chemical and Physical properties)
7. Soil moisture status in rice-fallows in different dry months (rabi)
8. Rainfed crops in different seasons (Rabi, Pre-kharif and Kharif reasons) alongwith rainfall
9. Terms commonly used in agriculture
10. Terms used in tillage operation
11. Tillage implements
12. Types of crops
13. Measuring instruments in crop research
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
A. Soil fertility in rainfed rice-based paira cropping system (3-crop system)
B. Production economies of rainfed rice-based 3-crop system
C. Production of irrigated crops in wheat-based 3-crop system
