Introduction class

1. AGRO 301 Geoinformatics and Nanotechnology
for Precision Farming (1+1)
Dr. H.A. ARCHANA
Assistant Professor

2. CO 1
1.Precision agriculture: concepts and techniques-Issues and
concerns for Indian agriculture
2. Principles and practices of precision agriculture.
3.Geo-informatics- definition, concepts, tools and techniques and
their use in Precision Agriculture.
4. Crop discrimination and Yield monitoring techniques

3. CO 2
5. Geodesy and its basic principles
6. Spatial data and their management in GIS
7. Global positioning system (GPS) –Components and its
application in agriculture
8. Application of nanotechnology in agriculture - tillage, seed, water,
fertilizers, plant protection for scaling-up farm productivity

4. CO 3
9. Cartography, units of cartography, map scale, various symbols
used in cartography, Soil mapping techniques
10. Remote sensing- concepts, Spectral reflectance of various earth
features, atmospheric windows
11. Applications of remote sensing techniques in the field of
agriculture and allied sciences including drones.
12. Spatial variability of soil fertility, its determination, fertilizer
recommendation using geospatial technologies in precision farming

5. CO 4
13. Image processing and interpretation - geo referencing -
supervised and unsupervised classification of RS images. STCR
approach for precision agriculture - principles and computations
14. Nanotechnology, definition, concepts and techniques – Nano
scale definition – Nano-particles , materials - occurrence –
properties
15. Characterization of nano-materials - structural characterization
- Nano sensors
16. Nano-fertilizers , nano-pesticides - importance and advantages –
synthesis – strategies

6. CO 5
1. SSAC GIS software, spatial data creation and editing.
2. SSAC Image processing software.
3. SSAC Visual and digital interpretation of remote sensing images.
4. SSAC Generation of spectral profiles of different objects.
5. AGRO Supervised and unsupervised classification and acreage
estimation.
6. SSAC Multispectral remote sensing for soil mapping.
7. SSAC Creation of thematic layers of soil fertility based on GIS.
8. AGRO Creation of productivity and management zones.

7. 9. AGRO Fertilizers recommendations based of VRT and STCR techniques.
10. AGRO Crop stress (biotic/abiotic) monitoring using geospatial technology.
Use of drones for assessing crop damage.
11. AGRO Conduct of agricultural survey using GPS.
12. AGRO Use of GPS for watershed management
13. AGRO Use of GPS for crop yield estimation
14. SSAC Formulation, characterization of nanoparticles
15. SSAC Applications of nanoparticles in agriculture.
16. AGRO Projects formulation and execution related to precision farming.