FINAL PROGRAM The Third National Conference on Agro ...

<strong>FINAL</strong> <strong>PROGRAM</strong>
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Third</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on Agro-Informatics and Precision Agriculture 2012
(AIPA 2012) 1-3 August 2012
Venue: Saranga Hall (Room No. 119), IIIT, Hyderabad Campus
1 August 2012 08.30AM to 11.00AM Registration
10.00AM to 11.30AM Opening Ceremony
11.30AM t0 11.45AM Tea break
11.45AM to 12.45PM Key note talk 1 by Rajiv Khosla, Colorado State University, USA.
12.45 PM to 02.00 PM LUNCH
02.00 PM to 03.30 PM Research Session 1 (Six papers)
03.30 PM to 03.45 PM Tea break
03.45 PM to 05.45 PM Research Session 2 (Eight papers)
2 August 2012 08.30 AM to 11.00 AM Registration
09.00 AM to 10.00 AM Keynote talk 2 : V.K. Dhadwal, NRSC, Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO), INDIA
10.00 AM to 10.15 AM Tea break
10.15 AM to 01.00 PM Research session 3
(Eleven papers)
Research Session 4
(Eleven papers)
01.00 PM to 02.00 PM LUNCH
02.00 PM to 03.00 PM Keynote talk 3: Nick Sigrimis, Agricultural University of Athens,
Athens, Greece
03.00 PM to 03.15 PM Tea break
03.15 PM to 05.15 PM Research Session 5 (Eight papers)
05.15 PM to 05.30 PM Tea break
05.30 PM to 07.00 PM Poster session (20 posters will be displayed)
07.00 PM to 08.30 PM Dinner
3 August 2012 08.30AM to 11.00 AM Registration
09.00 AM to 10.00 AM Keynote talk 4: Kamal Alameh, Edith Cowan University,
Australia.
10.00 AM to 10.15AM Tea break
10.15 AM to 11.30 PM Research Session 6 (Five papers)
11.30 AM to 11.45AM Tea break
11.45PM to 01.15 PM Research Session 7 (Six papers)
01.15 PM to 02.00 PM LUNCH

Details of Research Sessions.
Research Session 1 (Six papers): Precision Crop Production and Protection
Date: 1 August 2012, Duration: 02.00 PM to 0330PM
AIPAOP31 Enhancing <strong>The</strong> Productivity and Economic
Returns of Field Crops With Balanced Nutrient
Application Through Site Specific Nutrient
Management Approach
AIPAOP20 Investigations on Tractor Mounted N-sensor for
Wheat Crop in India
AIPAOP30 Precision Nutrient Management of Cassava at
Field Scale by a Modeling Approach
AIPAOP13 Village-Level eSagu: A Scalable and Locationspecific
Agro-Advisory System
AIPAOP32 Precision Nutrient Management In Cotton: A
Case Study from Karnataka
AIPAOP39 Use Of Euclidian Six Point Geometry (“Seed of
Life”) for Seed Orientation , Precision Sowing
And Usable Transplants Recovery In
Cucumber.
D.P.Biradar, Y.R.Aladakatti, M.Basavanneppa
Ankit Sharma, Manjeet Singh, J. Jasper
Byju G., Hridya A.C., Suchitra C.S. and Sabitha
Soman
P.Krishna Reddy, B.Bhaskar Reddy and
M.Kumaraswamy
U. K. Shanwad, M. B. Patil, N. L. Rajesh, H.
Veeresh, G. M. Hiremath, A. Amaregouda, P. S.
Kanannavar, V. C. Patil, Raj Khosla
Rakesh C Mathad., S N Vasudevan., S B Patil.,
Kurubar A R, Shakuntala N M
Research Session 2 (Eight Papers): Precision Crop production and Protection
Date: 1 August 2012, Duration: 03.45 PM to 05.45PM
AIPAOP45 Simple Yield Prediction Models to Estimate
Wheat Production
AIPAOP56 Mechanized Sowing Of Major Rainfed Crops
Using Precision Planter Cum Herbicide
Applicator: A Case Study
AIPAOP60 Precision Nitrogen Management for Improving
Rice Yield
in Lateritic Soils
AIPAOP35 Hyper-Spectral Data for the Detection of Rice
Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) Disease
AIPAOP36 Laser Sensor Based Tractor Mounted Herbicide
Applicator
AIPAOP29 Assessment of Climate Change Effect on Water
Harvesting Structures in Rainfed Regions:
Geospatial Data Mining Approach
AIPAOP54 Precision Crop Protection – Crop Health is an
Essential Element Of Sustainable Agriculture in
A.P.
AIPAOP38 Automation Of Micro-Jet Irrigation Systems
And Production Of Nagpur Mandarin (Citrus
Reticulata Blanco)
Patil S. S., V.C. Patil, B. N. Patil, P. L. Patil
G. R. Korwar, I.Srinivas, G. Pratibha, R. V.
Adake, Atul Dange, M. Udaykumar
M. Ghosh, D.K. Swain, Madan K. Jha, V. K.
Tewari
Bhupinder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Gagandeep
Singh, Kamaljeet Suri, P. P. S. Pannu, S. K. Bal
K. N. Agrawal, Karan Singh, P. S. Tiwari, M. P.
Chandra
S. A. Nallan, L.J. Armstrong
V.Nagi Reddy, T.Ratna Sudhakar, T.Ramesh
Babu
P. S. Shirgure, G. S. Panchariya

Research Session 3 (Eleven Papers): ICT for Agricultural Research, Education and
Extension
Date: 2 August 2012, Duration: 10.15AM to 01.00PM
AIPAOP04 Role of ICT in the Climate Resilience of
Farmers: A Pilot Study in Belgaum District of
Karnataka
AIPAOP06 Micro-Level Drought Preparedness with ICT
Tools & Information Services: Experiences
From Icrisat
AIPAOP07 Agricultural Knowledge Management using an
ePlatform
AIPAOP08 AgriDaksh - A Tool for Developing Online
Expert System
AIPAOP09 Impact Analysis And Experience of Esagu
Implementation
for Cotton Crop
AIPAOP10 ICTs for Agricultural Extension: A Study In
Bagalkot District Of Karnataka State, India
AIPAOP11 KVK-NET and VKVK: Novel Approaches
for Information Communication and
Knowledge Sharing in Agriculture
AIPAOP14 Viewpoint of the farmers towards ICT in
agriculture at village level.
AIPAOP15 Factors Influencing the Use of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Tools by the
Rural Famers in Ratnagiri District of
Maharashtra, India.
AIPAOP27 A Framework to Develop Crop Specific Virtual
Labs to Impart Applied Agriculture Knowledge
AIPAOP42 Mobile Phone: A Way to Connect Farmers to
Market
H. Venkatesh, R.B. Rajput, V.U.M. Rao, J.R.
Hiremath, S. Shashikumar
G. Sreedhar, G. Dileep Kumar, P. Vijaya Raju, N.
T. Yaduraju , R. Nagarajan
Shashi Dahiya, S.N Islam, Anshu Bharadwaj
Sudeep Marwaha
B. Venkateshwar Rao, A. Sudarshan Reddy, P.
Krishna Reddy
B.S.Yenagi;K.B.Yadahalli;R.Gurumurthy;L.
Krishna Naik
L. B. Hugar, A. Prabhuraj, Nandini, Poornima
Nikulsinh M. Chauhan
L. J. Armstrong, N. Gandhi
B. Bhaskar Reddy, P.Krishna Reddy, M
Kumaraswamy
Rashmi Shrivastava, V.K. Verma
Research Session 4 (Eleven papers) ICT for Natural Resource, Livestock, and Agricultural
Supply Chain Management
Date: 2 August 2012, Duration: 10.15AM to 01.00PM
AIPAOP22 Agro-Informatics in the Service Of Rural
Development
AIPAOP03 ETL Techniques & Challenges in Agriculture
Intelligence
AIPAOP28 Disseminating Land Resource Information in
Electronic Form
AIPAOP23 ICT Based Agro-Informatics for Precision and
Climate Resilient Agriculture
AIPAOP12 Assessment of Nutrients Status In Cotton
Growing Area of Haveri District in Northern
Transitional Zone of Karnataka and Response
of Cotton to Applied Nutrients at Different
Yield Targets
AIPAOP49 NDVI Based Assessment of Regional Level
Abiotic Stress
P.P.Nageswara Rao
Tejas Ghadiyali, Kalpesh Lad, Bankim Patel
S. Srinivas, K.M. Nair, Rajendra Hegde, L.G.K.
Naidu, Dipak Sarkar
R N Sheokand, Surinder Singh
N.R.Mamaledesai, P.L.Patil, C.P.Chandrashekar,
M.P.Potdar, S.A.Astaputre, S.R.Desai and
Hanumantha Swamy
D.V.K. Nageswara Rao, L.G.K. Naidu, S.
Srinivas, K.P.R. Vittal and P.S. Minhas

AIPAOP50 Soil Resource Appraisal Towards Land Use
Planning Using Satellite Remote Sensing and
GIS – A Case Study IN Medak Nala Watershed
In Northern Karnataka
AIPAOP40 Effect of Feeding Maize Silage Supplemented
With Concentrate and Legume Hay On Nutrient
Utilisation in Nellore Ram Lambs
AIPAOP41 Scope of Precision Tools in Livestock
Management
AIPAOP43 Demand Forecasting for Fertilizers – A
Tactical Planning Framework for Industrial Use
AIPAOP59 Leverage Agro-Investments by Integrated ICT
Technology and Chain Partner Cooperation
U. K. Shanwad, V. C. Patil, H. Honne Gowda,
K. Ashoka Reddy
M.Venkateswarlu; Y.Ramana Reddy;
D.Nagalakshmi; D.Srinivasa Rao; M.Mahender
and A.Rajasekhar Reddy
K. Sarjan Reddy
Viswanath kumar Ganesan, Sumit Raut
DI Walter H
Research Session 5 ( Eight papers): Sensor Technologies, Wireless Sensor Networks and
Internet of Things in Precision Agriculture
Date: 2 August 2012, Duration: 03.15PM to 05.15PM
AIPAOP26 Internet of Things (IOT) and Cloud Computing
for Agriculture: An Overview
AIPAOP16 Application of Sensor Networks for Monitoring
of Wheat Plants Under Permanent Raised Bed
Cultivation in Vertisols
AIPAOP17 Mobile Cognitive Wireless Sensor Networks:
Precision Agriculture
AIPAOP18 Fuzzy Logic Based Irrigation Control System
using Wireless Sensor Network for Precision
Agriculture
AIPAOP19 Wireless Sensor Network for the Management
of Bacterial Blight of Pomegranate
AIPAOP24 Soil Property Monitoring Using 6LoWPAN-
Based Wireless Sensor Networks
AIPAOP34 Comparison Of Real Time Sprinkler Irrigation
Scheduling Based On Soil Moisture Sensor,
Sprinkler Irrigation And Flood Irrigation Of
Wheat In Vertisols
AIPAOP25 Cloud Computing Based Image Processing
Applications for Agro Informatics Using ‘Self
Learning System’ Approach
V.C. Patil, K.A. Al-Gaadi, D.P. Biradar, M.
Rangaswamy
C. D. Singh, R. C. Singh, K. P. Singh
Sujeethnanda M, Rama Murthy Garimella
Prakashgoud Patil, Umakant Kulkarni, B.L.Desai ,
V.I.Benagi , V..B.Naragund
Prakashgoud Patil, Umakant Kulkarni, B.L.Deasi,
V.I.Benagi, V.B.Naragund
A.Paventhan, Sai Krishna Allu, Sameer Barve,
V.Gayathri, N.Mohan Ram
R. C. Singh, C. D. Singh, K. P Singh and
Ramadhar Singh
Santosh Bothe, R M Jadhao, Subhagi Shinde

Research session 6 (Five papers) Geospatial Technologies in Precision Agriculture
Date: 3 August 2012, Duration: 10.15AM to 11.30AM
AIPAOP21 GeoSense: An Information, Communication and
Dissemination System for Decision Support In
Precision Farming
AIPAOP46 Geospatial Technologies In Characterization Of
Land Use Systems And Analysis Of <strong>The</strong>ir
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics In Sub-Humid
Ecosystem Of Central India
AIPAOP47 Diversity Analysis of Agriculturally Important
Microorganisms in the Central Western Ghats
AIPAOP48 Geoinformatics in Precision Agriculture:
Statistical Aspect
AIPAOP58 User Acceptance of Cloud Based Online
Evaluation . A Case Study at NAARM
J. Adinarayana, D. Sudharsan, A. K. Tripathy, S.
Sawant, S. N. Merchant, U. B. Desai, S.
Devasekhar, K. Karandikar, S. Ninomiya, M.
Hirafuji, T. Kiura
G.P. Obi Reddy, Dipak Sarkar
Alagawadi, A.R., Doddagoudar, C.K., Mudenoor,
M.G. and Krishnaraj, P.U.
Anshu Bharadwaj, Shashi Dahiya
V.V. Sumanth Kumar, G.R.K Murthy, Sreekanth
PD, Zubair Ahmad Md
Research session 7 ( Six papers) Geospatial Technologies in Precision Agriculture
Date: 3 August 2012, Duration: 11.45AM to 01.15PM
AIPAOP51 Precision Agriculture Model for Small Farms:
A Case Study of Rajankollur Village in
Gulbarga District of Karnataka,India
AIPAOP52 Identification of Soil Fertility Constraints by
Geographic Information System (Gis)
Technique and Response of Crops to Identified
Nutrient Constraints in Northern Transitional
Zone Of Karnataka
AIPAOP53 Identifying Stress Prone Villages Using Time
Series Satellite Imagery: A Case Study on
Odisha
AIPAOP55 Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in Basaltic
Terrain For Precision Agriculure Using
Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study in Savli
Village of Wardha District of Maharashtra
AIPAOP37 Geo-Spatial Tools To Identify And Estimate
<strong>The</strong> Teak Plantation Productivity.
AIPAOP61 SING and GIS for Identification and
Assessment of Crop Growth in Wazirabad
Command Area by Calculation of Irrigation
Losses and Demand to Improve the Farming
V.C. Patil, K.A. Al-Gaadi, and M. Rangaswamy
P.L.Patil, P.H.B.Pulakeshi, G.S.Dasog
Murali Krishna Gumma; Andrew Nelson;
Samarendu Mohanty
Yogita D. Gore, M.S.S. Nagaraju, Rajeev
Srivastava, R.A. Nasre
A. G. Koppad and A. R. Alagawadi
Ch.Ramesh Naidu, M.V.S.S. Giridhar,
Sanghamitra Ghosh

Details of Posters Displayed during Poster Session (20 posters)
Date: 2 August 2012, Duration: 530PM to 07.00PM
I. ICT for Agricultural Research, Education and Extension
AIPAPP05 Farmers Perception about the Interactive Multimedia
Module on Integrated Pest Management in Cotton
AIPAPP08 ICT Mediated Aquaculture Extension- Need for
Replication
P.B.Pradeep Kumar, K.Dhanasree
H K De, G S Saha, A S Mahapatra, S
Pal, T S Satpati
AIPAPP09 ICT for Transfer of Technology in Livestock Management B. S. Sheokand, Neeraj Pawar, Sube
Singh
AIPAPP13 Information Need and Problems Associated With the Use
of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Among the Progressive and NonProgressive Farmers of
Punjab.
AIPAPP14 Mobile Advisory for Farmers
AIPAPP15 Web Service Based System for Frontline Demonstration of
Technology In Maize
AIPAPP17 ICT and Agricultural Extension For Transfer of
Technology
AIPAPP33 Demonstration of a Speech Based Interface for Accessing
Price Information of Agricultural Commodities Over
Mobile Phones
II. ICT for Natural Resource and Agricultural Supply Chain Management
AIPAPP10 Farmers’ Perception on ICT Based Weather Forecast
Outreach in Dharwad District of Karnataka
AIPAPP23 Temporal Variability of Levelling Indices as Influenced by
Different Land Levelling Methods
AIPAPP25 Precision Levelling: It’s Impact on Slope Variation in
Vertisols of Karnataka
AIPAPP11 Astute Farming for Western Vidarbha and Some Part of
Marathwada
Vister Joshi, R.K.Dhaliwal
Ashish Kumar Bajpai and Rajendra
Pratap Singh
Preeti Marwaha, Hema Banati,
V.K.Yadav
Sube Singh, Joginder S. Malik, B. S.
Sheokand
Gautam Varma Mantena, S.
Rajendran, Suryakanth V.
Gangashetty, B. Yegnanarayana,
Kishore Prahallad, Karthik Venkat
Sridaran, B. Rambabu, P. Vishala
H. Venkatesh, Savita B. Nashi,
Vijayendra B. Nargund and Hema C.
Rao
P. S. Kanannavar, N. L. Rajesh, B.
Anuraja, Y. Ravindra and R. S. Chilur
Rudragouda,C, Ravindra.Y,
Kanannavar,P.S., Vasantagouda,B.R.
and Manojkumar
S. A. Bothe, R.M. Jadhao, S. M.
Jadhao
AIPAPP16 Kerala Model for Agro Machinery Operation Services U Jaikumaran, Shyla Joseph
III. Precision Crop Production and Protection
AIPAPP22 Polymer Film Coating for Precision Seeding In Sunflower N. M. Shakuntala, S. N. Vasudevan, I.
Shankergoud, Rakesh Mathad
AIPAPP24 Precision Irrigation and Fertigation to Enhance the Y.R.Aladakatti, S.S.Hallikeri, R.A.
Productivity and Economic Returns of Bt Cotton In Nandagavi, D.Shivamurthy, Malik
Vertisols.
Rehan
AIPAPP26 Precision Foliar Application of Zinc to Improve the Growth
and Yield of Gladiolus
G.Venkata Subba Reddy, M.B.
Nageswara Rao

AIPAPP30 Impact of ICT on the Yield of Sugarcane in Northern
Karnataka
AIPAPP31 Site Specific Nutrient Management Strategies in Tribal
Dominant Rainfed Regions of Andhra Pradesh: On-farm
Experiences
AIPAPP18 Mobile based Automated Agro-Advisory Services on Pests
and Diseases to Farmers
AIPAPP21 Auto-Drip Irrigation Scheduling with E-6 Hybrid Station
Controller and Production of Nagpur Mandarin (Citrus
Reticulata Blanco)
BS Yenagi, K.B. Yadahalli, R. B.
Belli, L. Krishna Naik
Ch. Srinivasarao, B. Venkateswarlu,
Sreenath Dixit, Sumanta Kundu and
Sharanbhopal Reddy
G. Bhaskar
P. S. Shirgure, G. S. Panchariya