Subject wise Syllabus:
General Agriculture:
Importance of Agriculture in national economy; basic principles of crop production; cultivation of rice, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, potato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK and their deficiency symptoms. Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton, chickpea, sugarcane and their management: nitrate assimilation; biological nitrogen fixation and other uses of microorganisms in agriculture. Composting and biogas production, important rural development programmes in India; organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India,
Plant Physiology:
Structure and function of cell organelles; elementary knowledge of photosynthesis; respiration, and transpiration; structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes and vitamins.
Genetic and Plant Breeding:
Mitosis and meiosis; Mendelian genetics; physical and chemical basis of heredity; chromosome structure: genes/operon concept; protein biosynthesis: transformation, recombination, Heterosis; pollination/ fertilization in flowering plants;
Plant Pathology:
Differences between fungi, bacteria, Mycoplasma and viruses: Koch's postulates; etiological agents of rusts, 40 smuts, powdery/downy mildews and wilts; vitamins.
Microbiology:
Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, sterilisation, disinfection and pasteurization
Seed Technology:
Role of plant hormones in seed germination and dormancy, methods of seed testing; breeders, foundation and certified seeds; seed production in self and cross pollinated crops.
Unit wise Syllabus:
UNIT-I: Importance of Agriculture in national economy; basic principles of crop production; cultivation of rice, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, potato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK and their deficiency symptoms.
UNIT-II: Structure and function of cell organelles; mitosis and meiosis; Mendelian genetics; elementary knowledge of photosynthesis; respiration, and transpiration; structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes and vitamins. Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton, chickpea, sugarcane and their management.
UNIT-III: Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, differences between fungi, bacteria, Mycoplasma and viruses; physical and chemical basis of heredity; chromosome structure: genes/operon concept; protein biosynthesis: transformation, recombination, Heterosis; sterilisation, disinfection and pasteurization: Koch's postulates; etiological agents of rusts, 40 smuts, powdery/downy mildews and wilts; vitamins, role of plant hormones in seed germination and dormancy, pollination/ fertilization in flowering plants; methods of seed testing; breeders, foundation and certified seeds; seed production in self and cross pollinated crops, nitrate assimilation; biological nitrogen fixation and other uses of microorganisms in agriculture.
UNIT-IV: Composting and biogas production, important rural development programmes in India; organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India,