Department of Agronomy

          The Department of Agronomy at the College of Agriculture, Dharwad is one of the oldest major departments to start along with the establishment of the College itself in 1947 the year of Independent India. The department was headed by eminent personalities and teachers like Dr. H.R. Arakeri who later became the Chairman, ASRB New Delhi; Dr. S.V. Patil, Dr. K. Krishnamurthy and Dr. M.N. Sheelavantar who occupied the position of Vice Chancellors of UAS, Bangalore. Dr. D.P. Biradar from the department also occupied the position of Vice Chancellor, UAS Dharwad.

Two unique courses are offered in the Department to impart training to the students in Practical Crop Production where each student is allotted with 500 sq m for two seasons with prime objective of “Earn while Learn”. In the second course on “Experimental Techniques in Agricultural Research” wherein the students conduct micro plot experiments to acquaint with research techniques like layout, recording observations and preparation of research report which develops the confidence among the students to conduct the field experiments at PG level and field assignments in future at different organizations.

PG Programmes in the Department

1	M.Sc. Agriculture in Agronomy	Since 1956
2	Ph.D. Agronomy	Since 1965

PG Students admitted in last five years

Sl. No.	Course No.	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
1	M.Sc. (Agri.)	20	24	23	17	17
2	Ph.D.	8	9	7	5	3

Faculty

Sl No	Name	Designation	Specialization
1	Dr. S. S. Hallikeri	Professor and Head	Commercial Crops
2	Dr. S. S. Angadi	Professor	Irrigation water management
3	Dr. V. S. Kubsad	Professor	Oilseed, Cereal and Fodder Agronomy
4	Dr. Rajkumara, S.	Professor	Weed management and Cropping systems
5	Dr. P.S. Pattar	Professor	Agrometerology and Dry Land Agriculture
6	Dr. R. H. Patil	Assistant Professor	Crop modelling and Agrometerology

Supporting Staff:

Sl No	Name	Designation
1	Krishnaraj Hutagi	Field Assistant
2	Davalsab Valikar	Lab Assistant
3	Irayya Malagimani	Messenger (Kshemabhivruddi)
4	Uttam Mali	Field Assistant
5	Devendra Gudadur	Messenger
6	Parvati Kelageri	Farm Labour
7	Chandru Bhushannavar	Farm Labour
8	Manjunath Niranjan	Animal attendar
9	Subani Nadaf	Messenger
10	Shankaravva Kurubett	Farm Labour (Kshemabhivruddi)
11	Arjun Holeppanavar	Farm Labour (Kshemabhivruddi)

B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons.) courses

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR 101	Fundamentals of Agronomy	3+1
2	AGR 201	Crop production technology I – Kharif crops	2+1
3	AGR 202	Practical crop production – Kharif crops	0+1
4	AGR 203	Crop production technology II – Rabi crops	1+1
5	AGR 204	Practical crop production – Rabi crops	0+1
6	AGR 205	Geoinformatics and Nanotechnology for Precision Farming	1+1
7	AGR 301	Experimental techniques in agricultural research	0+1
8	AGR 302	Principles of Organic Farming	0+1
9	AGR 303	Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management	1+1
10	AGR 304	Farming Systems and Sustainable Agriculture	1+0
11	AGR 311	Weed Management – Elective	1+1

B.Sc. Agriculture Business Management (Hons.) courses

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR 103	Introduction to Agronomy and Crop Production Technology	2+1
2	AGR 202	Practical Crop Production – I (Kharif crops)	0+1
3	AGR 305	Sustainable Farming Systems and Precision Agriculture	1+1

B.Sc. Community Science (Hons.) courses

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR 104	Introduction to Agronomy	1+1
2	AGR 202	Practical Crop Production – I (Kharif crops)	0+1

B.Tech. Food Technology (Hons.) courses

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR 104	Introduction to Agronomy	1+1

Experiential Learning Modules offered

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AEL 410	Agriculture Residue Management	0+3
2	AEL 414	Natural Resource Management	0+4

M.Sc. Agriculture in Agronomy courses

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	Agron 501*	Modern concepts in Crop Production	3+0
2	Agron 502 *	Principles and Practices of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management	2+1
3	Agron 503 *	Principles and Practices of Weed Management	2+1
4	Agron 504*	Principles and Practices of Water Management	2+1
5	Agron 505	Conservation Agriculture	1+1
6	Agron 506	Agronomy of Major Cereals and Pulses	2+1
7	Agron 507	Agronomy of Oilseed Fiber and sugar crops	2+1
8	Agron 508	Agronomy of Medicinal, Aromatic & Underutilized Crops	2+1
9	Agron 509	Agronomy of fodder and forage crops	2+1
10	Agron 510	Agrostology and Agroforestry	2+1
11	Agron 511	Cropping systems and Sustainable Agriculture	2+0
12	Agron 512	Dry land Farming and Watershed Management	2+1
13	Agron 513	Principles and Practices of organic farming	2+1
14	Agron 514	Research techniques in Agronomy	1+1

Ph.D. Agronomy courses

Sl. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	Agron 601 *	Current trends in Agronomy	3+0
2	Agron 602	Recent trends in crop growth and productivity	2+1
3	Agron 603	Irrigation management	2+1
4	Agron 604	Recent trends in weed management	2+0
5	Agron 606	Soil conservation and watershed management	2+1
6	Agron 607	Stress crop Production	2+1
7	Agron 608*	Research and Publication Ethics	2+0

On going Externally funded adhoc Projects:

Sl No	Name of Adhoc Project	PI/Co-PI/Associate	Duration	Funding agency	Project Outlay	Objectives of Project	Expected Outcome
1	DST-FIST	Dr S S Angadi	Five Years	DST	48.5 lakhs	Strengthening of the Department with advanced laboratory equipments, library and computer facilities	Quality staff and PG research with high impact publications and better teaching

Major Projects completed(Last five years):

Sl No	Name of Adhoc Project	PI/Co-PI/Associate	Duration	Funding agency	Project Outlay	Objectives of Project	Major Outcome
1	RKVY Project on Enhancing Water Productivity	Dr Rajkumara, S.	10 years	GoK	146 lakhs	Demonstration of Water management practices in different crops for Command areas of North Karnataka in participatory mode	Increase in the yield of crops, saving of irrigation water was observed by the farmers

Technologies Developed:(Last Five Years)

Sl. No.	Technology	Name of the Scientist
1	Organic cotton production	Dr. S. S. Hallikeri
2	Organic maize production	Dr. S. S. Hallikeri
3	Oxyflurofen and metribuzin recommendation in maize crop.	Dr. S. S. Hallikeri
4	Effect of fortification of iron and zinc with organics in rabi sorghum	Dr. V. S. Kubsad
5	Effect of fortification of iron and zinc with organics in kharif sorghum	Dr. V. S. Kubsad
6	Effect of different plant geometries on growth and yield of sesamum	Dr. V. S. Kubsad
7	Weed management in soybean through pre-emergence herbicide- Diclosulam 84 WDG	Dr. J. A. Hosmath
8	Enhancing water stress tolerance in soybean through foliar application of KNO3 1%.	Dr. J. A. Hosmath

Awards/Recognitions

Sl. No.	Name	Institute	Award	Year
1	G R Korwar	ICAR	Nehru Award	1993
2	V S Korikantimath	ICAR	Nehru Award	1996
3	Basavaraj Patil	IPNI	IPNI Scholar	2015
4	V V Angadi	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	1998
5	H B Babalad	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	1999
6	U K Shanwad	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	2006
7	G S Yadahalli	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	2008
8	C P Chandrashekar	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	2009
9	H M Halli	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	2017
10	S S Nooli	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	2019
11	S N O Sadashivanagouda	ISA	Best PhD Thesis	2020
12	Dr V. S. Kubsad	UAS Dharwad	Incentive Award	2021
13	Dr V. S. Kubsad	ISOR	Fellow	2017
14	Dr J. A.Hosmath	ISOR	Fellow	2019
15	Dr Rajkumara S.	ISOR	Fellow	2019