Water Science and Technology

Complete ICAR AIEEA PG Water Science and Technology syllabus covering water resources, watershed management, soil-water relations and irrigation.

ICAR AIEEA PG Water Science and Technology Syllabus

Sub-Subject: Water Science and Technology.

UNIT-I

Importance of agriculture; crop production; major crops; soils and NPK; cell biology; genetics; photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration; biomolecules; crop pests and diseases; rural development; agricultural research, education and extension.

UNIT-II

Water resources of India; surface and groundwater resources; rainfall and rainfall-runoff relationships; runoff measurement and estimation; irrigation development; command area development; watershed management; government watershed schemes; water harvesting structures including farm ponds; physical, chemical and biological properties of water quality.

UNIT-III

Soil texture, structure, density and consistency; infiltration; field capacity; permanent wilting point; available water; hydraulic conductivity; soil water flow and Darcy's law; mechanical analysis; pH and EC; colloids and clay minerals; major and trace elements; salinity and sodicity; cation exchange capacity; evaporation and evapotranspiration; crop water requirements; plant growth; soil and water conservation and tillage.

UNIT-IV

Simultaneous and quadratic equations; differentiation and integration; differential equations; statistics and probability; economics; energy and horsepower; machine efficiency; fluid flow; hydrostatic pressure; surface tension; irrigation water distribution and control; irrigation methods and efficiencies; irrigation scheduling; water lifting devices and pumps; wells; drainage; water pricing; water laws and irrigation acts.