WORLD AGRICULTURAL SCENARIO AND POSITION OF INDIA RICE: CHINA > INDIA > INDONESIA MAIZE: USA >CHINA >BRAZIL (INDIA 6th) WHEAT: EUROPE UNION> CHINA > INDIA >USA GROUNDNUT: CHINA > INDIA>NIGERIA SUGARCANE: BRAZIL > INDIA>CHINA TOTAL CEREALS: CHINA > USA > INDIA COARSE CEREALS: USA > CHINA > BRAZIL > INDIA TOTAL PULSES: INDIA – 1st […]
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ICAR & Agricultural Research Institutes Deemed to be universities: IARI: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa (NewDelhi) IVRI: Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (UP) NDRI: National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana). CIFE: Central Institute of’ Fisheries Education,Mumbai, MH AAI: _ Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad (UP) Agricultural Research Institute: CARI Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair (Andaman […]
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Important Vitamins their source & Diseases : S. No. Vitamin Name Source Symptoms and disease 1. A (Retinol) Mango, Papaya, Japanese Persimmon,milk, carrot, papaya, etc. Xerophthalmia or dry Deonatosis (dry scaly skin) Night: blindness because of reduction in red cone cells 2. B1 (Thiamine) Almond, Apricot, Cashew,Rice polishing, leafy) veg. fish, egg, meat BERI-BERI (Extreme weakness, […]
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Here the complete list of Agricultural Important days or event which generally asked in agricultural exams S. N Event/Day Day 1. AIDS 1 December 2. Agriculture Education 3 December 3. World soil 5 December 4. Farmer 23 December (Birthday of Choudhary Charan Singh) 5. Farmer week 23 to 30 […]
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Nutrient Deficiency disorders in different crops : S.No. Deficiency Symptoms and disease 1. Molybdenum Whip tail in cauliflower Browning in cauliflower Downward cupping in radish Scald of leaves Yellow spot in citrus 2. Potassium Drying black tips of shoots 3. Manganese Grey speck of oats Speckled yellows of sugar beet Marsh spots of peas. Pahala […]
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Instruments used for measurements in Agriculture S. No. Device/Instrument Use/Measure 1. Anemometer Wind speed/velocity 2. Seismograph Earth quake 3. Pyranometer Total incoming solar radiation 4. Albedometer Reflectivity 5. Net radiometer Net radiation 6. Quantam Sensor PAR (Photosynthetic activr radiation) 7. Pyraheliometer Direct solar radiation 8. Spectrometer Solar radiation in narrow wave bands 9. Thermometer Temprature […]
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JRF SOCIAL SCIENCE PREPARATION (EXTENSION AND ECONOMICS) JRF SOCIAL SCIENCE IS THE MINOR SUBJECT GROUP IN ICAR JRF AND SRF EXAM BUT THEIR SCOP ARE HIGH IN CASE AGRI-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT . If you prepare jrf social science most important things is what kind of syllabus prefer – and study material so don”t worry great news […]
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Code No. Name of Subject 1 Genetics & Plant Breeding 2 Seed Science & Technology 3 Economic Botany and Plant Genetic Resources 4 Plant Pathology 5 Nematology 6 Agricultural Entomology/Entomology 7 Sericulture 8 […]
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History Of Nematology 1594 First time PPN mentioned by William Shakespeare in his ‘Love’s Labor Lost’ act IV, Scene -3 and wrote in ‘Sowed cockles reaped no corn’ 1743 J.T. Needham: discovered first PPN Anguina tritici and it was named as ‘Vibrio tritici 1855 Berkeley, reported root knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) from roots of green […]
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Major Insect-Pest Of Cotton Cotton jassid: Amrasca biguttula F:Cicadelidae O: Hemiptera. Destructive pest of American cotton Nymphs – wedge shaped Adults – winged form. Symptoms: Adult and nymph cause injury to crop because of loss of sap and probably also due to the injection of toxins. Yellowing and downward rolling/cupping of leaves . Cotton whitefly: Bemisia […]
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