Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University

Gazipur-1706
Department of Agronomy

Course Name: AGR 175: Fundamentals of Cereal Crop Production

Goal and Objectives

The goal of the course AGR 175 Fundamentals of Cereal Crop Production is to develop
knowledge base of the students in formulating cereal crop production strategies in a condition of
complex nature of agriculture.
After completion of the course the students will learn about:
1. The production constraints of cereal crops in Bangladesh, and
2. The production techniques of major cereals such as rice, wheat, maize, barley and minor
cereals.

Course Contents: Theory

1. Scope, limitation and strategies of cereal crop production
2. Origin of rice
3. Distinguished features between indica, japonica and javanica rice
4. Growth stages of rice plant
5. Ecology and classification of rice culture, and ratoon rice
6. Upland rice culture
7. Transplanted and deep water rice culture
8. Characteristics of HYVs developed in Bangladesh
9. Origin and classification of wheat
10. Growth stages of wheat
11. Distinguished characteristics between new and old wheat
12. Climate, and cultural practices for wheat production
13. Cultural practices for wheat production
14. Quality factors in wheat
15. Origin, classification and climate of maize
16. Growth stages of maize
17. Cultural practices for maize production
18. Origin and classification of barley
19. Plant morphology and growth stages of barley
20. Cultural practices for barley production
21. Origin, classification and growth stages of minor cereals
22. Cultural practices for minor cereals

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Course Content: Practical
1. Cereal production under different levels of fertilizers
2. Cereal production under different levels of moistures
3. Cereal production under different planting distance
4. Identification of growth stages of different cereals
5. Management practices for cereal production
Name of the experiment:
Expt. 1 Germination and seedling evaluation of rice, wheat and maize
Expt. 2 Identification of different growth stages of rice plant
Expt. 3 Study on yield and yield contributing characteristics of rice
Expt. 4 Morphological study of a rice plant and Leaf Area Index (LAI) measurement
Expt. 5 Study of a wheat plant and determination of growth stages
Expt. 6 Effect of irrigation and fertilizer on the growth and yield of Maize, Wheat and
Barley cultivar
Expt. 7 Effect of nitrogen and spacing on the growth and yield of rice
References:
1. Rice technology and production, 2017 editor Amanullah
2. Rice chemistry and technology, 2018 editor Jinsong Bao
3. The wheat book: principles and practice, 2018 Author Jennifer Garlinge
4. Handbook of Maize: Its Biology, 2009 author Ken wang
5. Glimpses of rice technology, 2003. Dr. R. A. Raju. Agrobios (India)
6. Techniques and Management of Field Crop Production, 1999. P.S. Rathore
Agrobios
7. Crop Management, 1998. S.S. Singh. Kalyani Publishers.
8. Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science, 1981. Shouchi Yoshida. IRRI
9. Principles and Practices of Rice Production- S K De Datta
10. Leonard and Martin. Cereal crops. The Macmillan Company.
11. .avbPv‡l K…l‡Ki cªv_wgK Ávb – Benito S. Vurgara
12. . AvaywbK av‡bi Pvl - Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Joydebpur,
Gazipur.
13. .Fundamentals of Agronomy by Gopal Chandra de
14. Introductory Agronomy by Prof. Sultan Uddin Bhuiya
Points distribution: Theory: 100
1. Midterm 1 25%
2. Midterm 2 25%
3. Term final 40%
4. Quiz 10%
Practical: 50
Total (Theory + Practical) = 150
Course Instructors:
1. Dr. M Abdul Karim, Professor, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU and
2. Dr. Md. Arifur Rahman Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, BSMRAU .