Civil Service Main Exam Agriculture Paper Two Syllabus
Cell Teory,cell structure , cell organelles and their function, cell division, nucleic acids structure and function, gens structure and function, Laws if heredity, their significance in plant breeding Chromosome structure, chromosomal aberrations, linkage and cross-over and their significance in recombination breeding. Polyploidy, euploids and an euploids. Mutation-micro and macro-and their role in crop improvement. Variation, components of variation. Heritability, sterility and incompatibility. Classification and their application in crop improvement.Cytoplasmic inheritance, sex-linked, sex-influenced and sex-limited characters
History of plant breeding. Modes of reproduction, selfing and crossing techniques.Orign and evolution of crop plants, centre of origin, law of homologous series, crop genetic resources-conservation and utilization .Application of principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major field crops. Pure-line selection, pedigree, mass and recurrent selections, combining ability, its significance in plant breeding. Hybrid vigour and its exploitation, backcross method of breeding for disease and pest resistance, role of interspecific and intergeneric hybridization. Role of biotechnology in plant breeding improved varieties, hybrids, composites of various crop plants
Seed technology, its importance. Different kinds of seeds and their seed production and processing techniques. Role of public and private sectors in seed production, processing and marketing in India
Physiology and its significance in agriculture,lmbibition, surface tension, diffusion and osmosis .Absorption and translocation of water, transpiration-of water economy
Enzymes and plant pigments; photosynthesis-modern concepts and factor affecting the process, aerobic ad non-aerobic respiration;C,C and CAM mechanisms.Carbohydrate,protein and fat metabolism.
Growth and development; photoperiodism and vernalization.Auzins, hormones, and other plant regulators and their mechanism of action and importance in agriculture. Physiology of seed development and germination; dormancy
Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruits, pamts, vegetable crops and flower plants; the package of practices and their scientific basis. Handling and marketing problems of fruits and vegetables. Principle methods of preservation of important fruits and vegetable products, processing techniques and equipment. Role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition. Raising of ornamental plants and design ad layout of lawns and gardens
Diseases and pests of field vegetables, orchard and plantation crops of India. Causes and classification of plants pests and diseases. Principles of control of plant and diseases. Biological control of pests and diseases. Integrated pest and disease management. Epidemiology and forecasting
Pesticides, their formulations and modes of action. Compatibility with rhizoidal inoculants. Microbial toxins
Storage pests and diseases of cereals and pulses, and their control
Food production and consumption trends in India, national and international food policies .Production, Procurement, distribution and processing constraints. Relations of food production to national dietary pattern, major deficiencies of calorie and problem
Cell Teory,cell structure , cell organelles and their function, cell division, nucleic acids structure and function, gens structure and function, Laws if heredity, their significance in plant breeding Chromosome structure, chromosomal aberrations, linkage and cross-over and their significance in recombination breeding. Polyploidy, euploids and an euploids. Mutation-micro and macro-and their role in crop improvement. Variation, components of variation. Heritability, sterility and incompatibility. Classification and their application in crop improvement.Cytoplasmic inheritance, sex-linked, sex-influenced and sex-limited characters
History of plant breeding. Modes of reproduction, selfing and crossing techniques.Orign and evolution of crop plants, centre of origin, law of homologous series, crop genetic resources-conservation and utilization .Application of principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major field crops. Pure-line selection, pedigree, mass and recurrent selections, combining ability, its significance in plant breeding. Hybrid vigour and its exploitation, backcross method of breeding for disease and pest resistance, role of interspecific and intergeneric hybridization. Role of biotechnology in plant breeding improved varieties, hybrids, composites of various crop plants
Seed technology, its importance. Different kinds of seeds and their seed production and processing techniques. Role of public and private sectors in seed production, processing and marketing in India
Physiology and its significance in agriculture,lmbibition, surface tension, diffusion and osmosis .Absorption and translocation of water, transpiration-of water economy
Enzymes and plant pigments; photosynthesis-modern concepts and factor affecting the process, aerobic ad non-aerobic respiration;C,C and CAM mechanisms.Carbohydrate,protein and fat metabolism.
Growth and development; photoperiodism and vernalization.Auzins, hormones, and other plant regulators and their mechanism of action and importance in agriculture. Physiology of seed development and germination; dormancy
Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruits, pamts, vegetable crops and flower plants; the package of practices and their scientific basis. Handling and marketing problems of fruits and vegetables. Principle methods of preservation of important fruits and vegetable products, processing techniques and equipment. Role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition. Raising of ornamental plants and design ad layout of lawns and gardens
Diseases and pests of field vegetables, orchard and plantation crops of India. Causes and classification of plants pests and diseases. Principles of control of plant and diseases. Biological control of pests and diseases. Integrated pest and disease management. Epidemiology and forecasting
Pesticides, their formulations and modes of action. Compatibility with rhizoidal inoculants. Microbial toxins
Storage pests and diseases of cereals and pulses, and their control
Food production and consumption trends in India, national and international food policies .Production, Procurement, distribution and processing constraints. Relations of food production to national dietary pattern, major deficiencies of calorie and problem
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