1. Crop Production Technology-I (Kharif Crops) 2(1+1) MM:75
Theory :-
Unit-I:-Origin, geographical distribution, economic importance, soil and climatic requirements,
Varieties, cultural practices and yield of Kharifcrops. Unit-II:- Cereals – rice, maize, sorghum, pearl milletand finger millet, Unit-III:- Pulses-pigeonpea, mungbean and urdbean; oilseeds- groundnut, and soybean Unit-IV:- Fibre crops- cotton & jute; forage crops-sorghum, cowpea, cluster bean and napier Practical :- MM:25
Rice nursery preparation, transplanting of rice, sowing of soybean, pigeonpea and
mungbean. maize, groundnut and cotton, effect of seed size on germination and seedling vigour of kharifseason crops, effect of sowing depth on germination of kharif crops identification of weedsin kharif season crops, top dressing and foliar feeding of nutrients, study of yield contributingcharacters and yield calculation of kharif season crops, study of crop varieties and importantagronomic experiments at experimental farm. Study of forage experiments, morphologicaldescription of kharif season crops, visit to research centres of related crops.
2. Fundamentals of Plant Breeding 3(2+1) MM:75
Theory:-
Unit-I:- Historical development, concept, nature and role of plant breeding, majorachievements and future prospects; Genetics in relation to plant breeding, modes ofreproduction and apomixes, self-incompatibility and male sterility- genetic consequences,cultivar options. Unit-II:-Domestication, Acclimatization and Introduction; Centres of origin/diversity, components of Genetic variation; Heritability and genetic advance; Geneticbasis and breeding methods in self- pollinated crops - mass and pure line selection,hybridization techniques and handling of segregating population.Multiline concept.Concepts of population genetics and Hardy-Weinberg Law. Unit-III:-Genetic basis and methodsof breeding cross pollinated crops, modes of selection; Population improvement Schemes-Ear to row method, Modified Ear to Row, recurrent selection schemes; Heterosis and inbreedingdepression, development of inbred lines and hybrids, composite and synthetic varieties;Breeding methods in asexually propagated crops , clonal selection and hybridization. Unit-IV:-Maintenance of breeding records and data collection; Wide hybridization and prebreeding; Polyploidy in relation to plant breeding, mutation breeding-methods anduses; Breeding for important biotic and abiotic stresses; Participatory plant breeding; IntellectualProperty Rights, Patenting, Plant Breeders and & Farmer’s Rights.
Practical :- MM:25
Plant Breeder’s kit, Study of germplasm of various crops. Study of floral
structure ofself-pollinated and cross pollinated crops. Emasculation and hybridization techniquesin self & cross pollinated crops. Consequences of inbreeding on genetic structure ofresulting populations.Study of male sterility system.Handling of segregation populations. Methods of calculating mean, range, variance, standard deviation, heritability.Designsused in plant breeding experiments, analysis of Randomized Block Design.To work outthe mode of pollination in a given crop and extent of natural out-crossing.Prediction ofperformance of double cross hybrids.
Theory:- Unit-I:- Statistical Methods:- Introduction to Statistics and its Applications in Agriculture, Graphical Representation of Data, Measures of Central Tendency & Dispersion, Definition of Probability, Addition andMultiplication Theorem (without proof). Simple Problems Based on Probability. Unit-II”-Definition of Correlation, Scatter Diagram.Karl Pearson’s Coefficient ofCorrelation. Linear Regression Equations. Introduction to Test of Significance, One sample &two sample test t for Means, Chi-Square Test. Introduction to Analysis of Variance, Analysis of One Way Classification. Introduction toSampling Methods, Simple Random Sampling with andwithout replacement. Unit-III:- Elementary Mathematics:- Straight lines: Distance formula, section formula ( internal and external division), Equation of co-ordinate axes, Equation of lines parallel to axes,Slope-intercept form of equation of line, Slope-point form of equation of line, Two point formof equation of line, Intercept form of equation of line, Normal form of equation of line, Point of intersection of two st. lines, Angles between two st. lines, Parallel lines, Perpendicular lines. Unit-IV:- Derivatives of sum,difference, product and quotient of two functions,Matrices and Determinants: Definition of Matrices, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Transpose and Inverse up to 2nd order.
Practical :- MM:25
Graphical Representation of Data.Measures of Central Tendency (
Ungrouped data) withCalculation of Quartiles, Deciles& Percentiles.Measures of Central Tendency (Grouped data)with Calculation of Quartiles, Deciles& Percentiles.Measures of Dispersion (Ungrouped Data).Measures of Dispersion (Grouped Data).Moments, Measures of Skewness& Kurtosis (UngroupedData).Moments, Measures of Skewness& Kurtosis (Grouped Data).Correlation &RegressionAnalysis. 4. Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops 2(1+1) MM:75
Theory:-
Unit-I:- Importance and scope of fruit and plantation crop industry in India; Importance of rootstocks. Production technologies for the cultivation of major fruits-mango, banana, and citrus.
Unit-II:- Production technologies for the cultivation of major fruits-grape, guava,litchi, papaya, sapota, apple, pear, peach, walnut, and almond. Unit-III:- Production technologies for the cultivation of minor fruits- date, ber, pineapple, pomegranate, jackfruit and strawberry.
Unit-IV:- Production technologies for the cultivation of plantation crops-coconut, arecanut,
cashew, tea, coffee and rubber.
Practical:- MM:25
Seed propagation.Scarification and stratification of seeds. Propagation
methods for fruit and plantation crops. Description and identification of fruit. Preparation of plant bio regulators and their uses, Important pests, diseases and physiological disorders of above fruit and plantation crops, Visit to commercial orchards.
5. Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry 3(2+1) MM:75
Theory:-
Unit-I:- Importance of Biochemistry. Properties of water, pH and Buffer. Colloidal state,
osmosis and osmotic pressure, membrane phenomena, Carbohydrate: Importanceand classification. Structures of monosaccharides, Reducing and oxidizing properties ofmonosaccharides; Structure of disaccharides and Polysaccharides.
Unit-II:- Lipids:importance and classification; Structures and properties of fatty acids; storage lipids and membranelipids. Proteins and amino acids: importance and classification; Structures, titration and zwitterionsnature of amino acids; Structural organization of proteins; Biological oxidation;Elementary knowledge of Plant pigments.
Unit-III:- Enzymes: General properties;Classification; Mechanism of action of enzymes. Nucleic
acids: Importance and classification; Structureof Nucleotides, A, B & Z DNA; RNA: Types and Secondary & Tertiary structure. Phytohormones and Growth regulators.
Unit-IV:- Vitamins: classification, chemistry and biochemical functions and requirements.
Metabolism ofcarbohydrates: Glycolysis, TCA cycle, Electron transport chain. Metabolism oflipids: Beta oxidation, Biosynthesis of fatty acids. Protein metabolisms and their biosynthesis. Biological changes during germination, growth, ripening of fruits, vegetables and crops. Practical:- MM:25
Preparation of solution, pH & buffers, Qualitative and qualitative tests of
carbohydrates, proteins and amino acids.Titration methods for estimation of aminoacids/lipids, Effect of pH, temperature and substrate concentration on enzyme action, Paperchromatography/ TLC demonstration for separation of amino acids/ monosaccharides. Composition of various tissue culture media. Callus induction from various explants. Demonstration of gelelectrophoresis techniques .
6. Agricultural Finance and Co-Operation 3(2+1) MM:75
Theory:-
Unit-I :- Agricultural Finance:- Meaning, scope and significance, credit needs and its role in Indianagriculture. Agricultural credit: meaning, definition, need, classification. Credit analysis: 4 R’s,and 3C’s of credits.
Unit-II:- Sources of agricultural finance: institutional and non-institutional sources,commercial
banks, social control and nationalization of commercial banks, Micro financingincluding KCC. Lead bank scheme, RRBs.
Unit-III :-An introduction to higherfinancing institutions–RBI, NABARD, ADB, IMF, World bank, Insurance and Credit GuaranteeCorporation of India. Cost of credit. Recent development in agricultural credit.
Unit-IV:- Agricultural Cooperation:–Meaning, brief history of cooperative development in India
,objectives, principles of cooperation, significance of cooperatives in Indian agriculture. Agricultural Cooperation in India- credit, marketing, consumer and multi-purpose cooperatives, farmers’ service cooperative societies, processing cooperatives, farming cooperatives, cooperativewarehousing; role of ICA, NCUI, NCDC, NAFED.
Practical:- MM:25
Determination of most profitable level of capital use.Optimum allocation of
limited amountof capital among different enterprise. Analysis of progress and performance of cooperatives using published data. Analysis of progress and performance of commercial banks and RRBsusing published data. Visit to a commercial bank, cooperative bank and cooperative society toacquire firsthand knowledge of their management, schemes and procedures. Estimation of creditrequirement of farm business – A case study.Preparation and analysis of balance sheet – A casestudy.Preparation and analysis of income statement – A case study. Appraisal of a loan proposal– A case study.Techno-economic parameters for preparation of projects.Seminar on selectedtopics.
7. Communication Skills and Personality Development 2 (1+1) MM:75
Theory:-
Unit-I:- Communication Skills: Structural and functional grammar; meaning and process of Communication. Unit-II:- Verbal and nonverbal communication; listening and note taking, writing skills,oral presentation skills; field diary and lab record; indexing, footnote and bibliographic procedures.
Unit-III:- Reading and comprehension of general and technical articles, precise writing, summarizing,abstracting; individual and group presentations, impromptu presentation, public speaking.
Unit-IV:- Groupdiscussion. Organizing seminars and conferences.
Practical:- MM:25 Listening and note taking, writing skills, oral presentation skills; field diary and lab record; indexing, footnote and bibliographic procedures. Reading and comprehension of general and technical articles, precise writing, summarizing, abstracting; individual and group presentations.
8. DAIRYING SCIENCE 3(2+1) MM:75
Theory:-
Unit-I:- Concept of Dairying, Dairying in India, Dairy development in different five year plans. Dairy production statistics, Cleaning and sanitization of dairy equipment..
Unit-II:- Dairy cooperatives, Functioning of dairy cooperatives societies, Functioning of Anand
Pattern, White revolution, Objectives and achievements of operation flood. Unit-III:- Milk and its secretion, Transportation and milk distribution, pricing policy of milk, platform tests, Filtration, Straining and Clarification of milk, Standardization, Milk adulteration and its detection, Common preservatives of milk and their detection, Legal standards of milk. Factors affecting the quality and quantity of milk, Nutritive value of milk and milk product. Unit-IV:- Basic principles of refrigeration and cold storage of milk and milk product. Common adulterants of ghee, khoa and their detection. Practical:- MM:25 1. Sampling of milk. 2. C.O.B. Test 3. M.B.R. Test 4. Sediment test. 5. Problems on Standardization. 6. Detection of adulterants viz. water, starch, sucrose, urea, detergent and refined oil 7. Problems on adulteration. 8. Hansa Test. 9. Detection of preservatives. 10.Alcohol test. 11. Acidity of milk.
9. Diseases of Field & Horticultural Crops & their Management-I 3(2+1) MM:75
Theory:- Unit-I:- Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle and management of major diseases of following crops: Field Crops: Rice: blast, brown spot, bacterial blight, sheath blight, false smut, khaira andtungro;Maize: smut, downy mildew, leaf spots; Sorghum: anthracnose,Bajra:downy mildew and ergot; Groundnut: early and late leaf spots, wilt Pigeonpea.
Unit-II:- Phytophthora blight, wilt and sterility mosaic; black & greengram: Cercospora leaf spot and anthracnose, web blight and yellow mosaic;Tobacco: mosaic.
Unit-III :- Horticultural Crops: Guava: wilt andanthracnose; Banana: Panama wilt, bacterial wilt, Sigatoka and bunchy top;Papaya: foot rot, leafcurl and mosaic, Pomegranate: bacterial blight; Cruciferous vegetables: Alternaria leaf spot andblack rot; Brinjal: Phomopsis blight and fruit rot and Sclerotinia blight.
Identification and histopathological studies of selected diseases of field and
horticulturalcrops covered in theory. Field visit for the diagnosis of field problems. Collection and preservationof plant diseased specimens for Herbarium; Note: Students should submit 50 pressed and wellmountedspecimens.
10.InsectSystematic and IPM 2(1+1) MM:75
Theory:-
Unit-I:- Categories of pests.Concept of IPM, Practices, scope and limitations of IPM.
Classification of insecticides, toxicity of insecticides and formulations of insecticides. Chemical controlimportance,hazards and limitations. Unit-II:- Recent methods of pest control, repellents, anti feed ants,hormones, attractants, gamma radiation. Insecticides Act 1968- Important provisions. Applicationtechniques of spray fluids.Symptoms of poisoning, first aid and antidotes. Unit-III:- Systematics: Taxonomy –importance, history and development and binomial nomenclature. Definitions of Biotype, Sub-species, Species, Genus, Family and Order. Classification of class Insectaupto Orders, basic groups of present day insects with special emphasis to orders and families of Agricultural importance like Orthoptera: Acrididae, Tettigonidae, Gryllidae, Gryllotalpidae; Dictyoptera: Mantidae, Blattidae; Odonata; Isoptera: Termitidae; Thysanoptera: Thripidae. Unit-IV:- Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Coreidae, Cimicidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Lygaeidae, Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Aphididae, Coccidae, Lophophidae, Aleurodidae, Pseudococcidae; Neuroptera: Chrysopidae; Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Papiloinidae, Noctuidae, Sphingidae, Pyralidae, Gelechiidae, Arctiidae, Saturnidae, Bombycidae; Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae, Bruchidae, Scarabaeidae; Hymenoptera: Tenthridinidae, Apidae. Trichogrammatidae, lchneumonidae, Braconidae, Chalcididae; Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Tachinidae, Agromyziidae, Culicidae,Muscidae, Tephritidae.
Practical :- MM:25
Study of characters of orders Orthoptera, Dictyoptera, Odonata, Isoptera,
Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and theirfamilies of agricultural importance. Insecticides and their formulations.Pesticide appliances andtheir maintenance.Sampling techniques for estimation of insect population and damage.
Paper-11- NSS/NCC/P.E. & Y.P. (non-gradial)
IV Semester:- Paper-1 Crop Production Technology –II (Rabi Crops) 2(1+1) Paper-2 Production Technology of Vegetables and Spices 2(1+1) Paper-3 Renewable Energy and Green Technology 2(1+1) Paper-4 Problematic Soils and their Management 2(1+1) Paper-5 Fundamental of Biotechnology 2(1+1) Paper-6 Agricultural Marketing Trade and Prices 3(2+1) Paper-7 Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology 2 (2+0) Paper-8 Agricultural Microbiology 2 (1+1) Paper-9 Principles of Food Science and Nutrition 2(2+0) Paper-10 Water Management for Crops 2 (1+1) Paper-11 Diseases of Field & Horticultural Crops & their Management–II 3 (2+1) Paper-12Elective Course- (A) Highi-tech-horticulture 3(2+1) OR (B)Biopesticides and Bifertilizers OR (C)Weed Management Paper-13- NSS/NCC/Physical Education & Yoga Practices (non-gradial) Educational Tour (Compulsory) (Non gradial) 2 (0+2) TOTAL 17 + 10 =27+ (0+2)
