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Agriculture

B.Sc · Semester 4

6 MonthsDuration 9Subjects 47Chapters OnlineTests & result
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  1. 1
    Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकात

    Enquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.

  2. 2
    Semester 4 — subject classesसेमेस्टर 4 — विषयवार कक्षाएँ

    Every theory subject of the term, unit by unit, with notes, numericals and doubt classes.

    Crop Production Technology-II (Rabi Crops)Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and LandscapingRenewable Energy and Green TechnologyProblematic Soils and their ManagementProduction Technology for Fruit and Plantation CropsPrinciples of Seed TechnologyFarming System and Sustainable AgricultureAgricultural Marketing, Trade and PricesIntroductory Agro-meteorology and Climate Change
  3. 3
    Unit tests & mid-termयूनिट टेस्ट और मिड-टर्म

    A test after every unit and a mid-term in the university / board pattern.

  4. 4
    Semester 4 mock testमॉक टेस्ट

    A full mock test of all subjects before the exam, with analysis.

  5. 5
    Semester 4 exam (university / board)सेमेस्टर / वार्षिक परीक्षा

    Previous papers, important questions and full revision.

  6. 6
    Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्ट

    Take the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.

Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम

9 subjects · 47 chapters · 226 topics

Crop Production Technology-II (Rabi Crops)5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Wheat, Barley and Oats 5 topics
  1. Origin, species and distribution of wheat
  2. Sowing time, seed rate and spacing
  3. Nutrient and irrigation management
  4. Barley including malt barley
  5. Oats
02Unit 2: Rabi Pulses 4 topics
  1. Chickpea
  2. Lentil
  3. Field pea
  4. Rajmash
03Unit 3: Rabi Oilseeds 4 topics
  1. Rapeseed and mustard
  2. Linseed
  3. Safflower
  4. Sunflower (rabi / spring)
04Unit 4: Sugarcane 4 topics
  1. Climate, soil and varieties
  2. Sett preparation and planting methods
  3. Earthing up, propping and trash management
  4. Ratoon management
05Unit 5: Rabi Fodder Crops 4 topics
  1. Berseem
  2. Lucerne
  3. Fodder oats
  4. Silage and hay making
Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Principles and Styles of Landscaping 4 topics
  1. Importance and scope of landscaping
  2. Principles: unity, balance, focal point, rhythm, scale
  3. Formal and informal gardens
  4. Mughal, Japanese and English gardens
02Unit 2: Garden Components 4 topics
  1. Lawn making and maintenance
  2. Hedges, edges and topiary
  3. Rockery, arches and pergolas
  4. Bonsai
03Unit 3: Commercial Flower Crops 5 topics
  1. Rose
  2. Marigold
  3. Chrysanthemum
  4. Gladiolus and tuberose
  5. Cut flowers and loose flowers
04Unit 4: Medicinal Plants 4 topics
  1. Importance of medicinal plants
  2. Ashwagandha, sarpagandha and isabgol
  3. Aloe and safed musli
  4. Good agricultural and collection practices
05Unit 5: Aromatic Plants 4 topics
  1. Menthol mint
  2. Lemongrass, palmarosa and vetiver
  3. Essential oil extraction by distillation
  4. Value addition and marketing
Renewable Energy and Green Technology5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Energy Sources and Green Technology 4 topics
  1. Classification of energy sources
  2. Energy scenario of India
  3. Need for renewable energy in agriculture
  4. Green technology and carbon footprint
02Unit 2: Biomass Conversion 4 topics
  1. Biomass as a source of energy
  2. Briquetting
  3. Gasification and producer gas
  4. Pyrolysis and biochar
03Unit 3: Biogas and Biofuels 4 topics
  1. Biogas production process
  2. Fixed dome and floating drum biogas plants
  3. Bioethanol
  4. Biodiesel and transesterification
04Unit 4: Solar Energy 4 topics
  1. Solar radiation and solar constant
  2. Solar cooker, water heater and dryer
  3. Solar photovoltaic cells and panels
  4. Solar pumps and PM-KUSUM
05Unit 5: Wind Energy 4 topics
  1. Wind as a source of energy
  2. Types of wind mills
  3. Power in the wind
  4. Wind pumps and wind farms
Problematic Soils and their Management6 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Problem Soils - Concept and Distribution 5 topics
  1. Soil quality and soil health
  2. Wastelands and problem soils of India and Uttar Pradesh
  3. Categories of problem soils
  4. Causes of soil degradation
  5. Institutes working on problem soils (CSSRI Karnal and others)
02Unit 2: Saline and Sodic Soils 6 topics
  1. Formation of salt-affected soils
  2. USSL classification: saline, saline-sodic and sodic soils
  3. Effect of salts and sodium on soil and plants
  4. Reclamation: leaching, drainage and amendments
  5. Gypsum requirement and other amendments (pyrite, press mud, sulphur)
  6. Salt-tolerant crops and varieties
03Unit 3: Acid Soils 5 topics
  1. Formation and distribution of acid soils
  2. Soil acidity: active and reserve acidity
  3. Aluminium, iron and manganese toxicity and nutrient problems
  4. Lime requirement and liming materials
  5. Management of acid sulphate soils
04Unit 4: Physically Degraded and Waterlogged Soils 5 topics
  1. Waterlogging: causes and effects
  2. Surface and sub-surface drainage, bio-drainage
  3. Soil crusting, compaction and hard pans
  4. Highly permeable and eroded soils
  5. Management practices for physically degraded soils
05Unit 5: Quality of Irrigation Water 5 topics
  1. Criteria of irrigation water quality
  2. Salinity hazard (EC) and sodicity hazard (SAR)
  3. Residual sodium carbonate (RSC) and boron
  4. Classification of irrigation water
  5. Management of saline and sodic water for irrigation
06Unit 6: Bio-remediation, Land Capability and Remote Sensing 5 topics
  1. Multipurpose tree species for problem soils
  2. Bio-remediation and phytoremediation of polluted soils
  3. Land capability classification
  4. Land suitability for crops
  5. Remote sensing and GIS in mapping problem soils
Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Importance, Scope and Orchard Establishment 6 topics
  1. Area and production of fruit crops in India
  2. Classification of fruit crops
  3. Site selection and orchard planning
  4. Planting systems: square, rectangle, hexagonal, quincunx, contour
  5. High density planting and meadow orcharding
  6. Rootstocks and their uses
02Unit 2: Tropical Fruits 4 topics
  1. Mango: varieties, propagation, flowering, alternate bearing, malformation
  2. Banana: varieties, suckers, tissue culture, desuckering, propping
  3. Papaya: sex forms, varieties, papain extraction
  4. Sapota and pineapple: brief production practices
03Unit 3: Sub-tropical Fruits 4 topics
  1. Citrus: species, rootstocks, citrus decline
  2. Guava: varieties, crop regulation (bahar treatment)
  3. Grape: training, pruning, GA3 use
  4. Litchi, pomegranate, aonla and ber: brief production practices
04Unit 4: Temperate Fruits 4 topics
  1. Chilling requirement and dormancy
  2. Apple: rootstocks, varieties, pollinisers, training
  3. Pear, peach and plum
  4. Walnut and almond
05Unit 5: Plantation Crops 5 topics
  1. Coconut: varieties, hybrids, nutrition, copra
  2. Arecanut and cashew
  3. Tea: pruning and plucking
  4. Coffee: arabica and robusta
  5. Rubber: tapping and latex
Principles of Seed Technology5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Seed and Seed Quality 6 topics
  1. Definition of seed, seed versus grain
  2. Seed structure of monocot and dicot
  3. Characteristics of quality seed
  4. Role of seed technology in agriculture
  5. Seed dormancy, orthodox and recalcitrant seeds
  6. Seed industry in India
02Unit 2: Seed Production 6 topics
  1. Classes of seed and generation system
  2. Maintenance of nucleus and breeder seed
  3. Principles of seed production: isolation, roguing, genetic purity
  4. Seed production of self-pollinated crops
  5. Seed production of cross-pollinated crops and varieties
  6. Hybrid seed production: CMS (A, B, R lines) and other systems
03Unit 3: Seed Certification and Seed Legislation 6 topics
  1. Seed certification agency and phases of certification
  2. Field inspection and field standards
  3. Seed tags and labels
  4. Seeds Act 1966 and Seeds Rules 1968
  5. Seeds (Control) Order 1983
  6. PPV&FR Act 2001 and New Seed Policy
04Unit 4: Seed Testing 6 topics
  1. Seed sampling and ISTA rules
  2. Physical purity analysis
  3. Germination test and seedling evaluation
  4. Moisture test
  5. Viability (tetrazolium) and vigour tests
  6. Genetic purity and pure live seed
05Unit 5: Seed Processing and Storage 6 topics
  1. Seed drying
  2. Cleaning, grading and upgrading
  3. Seed treatment
  4. Bagging, labelling and marketing
  5. Factors affecting storage life; Harrington's thumb rules
  6. Storage structures and storage pests
Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Farming System - Concepts and Principles 5 topics
  1. Farming system: definition, scope and importance
  2. Farming system versus cropping system
  3. Farming systems research (FSR) and farmer participation
  4. Components of farming systems
  5. Farming systems of different agro-climatic zones
02Unit 2: Cropping Systems and Indices 5 topics
  1. Mono, multiple, inter, relay and sequential cropping
  2. Cropping intensity and multiple cropping index
  3. Land equivalent ratio
  4. Crop equivalent yield
  5. Major cropping systems of India and UP
03Unit 3: Integrated Farming System - Components and Models 5 topics
  1. Crop-dairy, crop-poultry, crop-fish and crop-goat systems
  2. Rice-fish and fish-duck farming
  3. Azolla, mushroom, apiculture and horticulture as components
  4. IFS models for small and marginal farmers
  5. Economics of IFS
04Unit 4: Resource Recycling and Waste Utilisation 5 topics
  1. Crop residues and their management
  2. Composting and vermicomposting
  3. Biogas production and slurry use
  4. C:N ratio and nutrient immobilisation
  5. Nutrient flow and recycling in IFS
05Unit 5: Sustainable Agriculture and Conservation Agriculture 5 topics
  1. Concept and indicators of sustainability
  2. HEIA, LEIA and LEISA
  3. Conservation agriculture: principles and practices
  4. Zero tillage and residue retention, Happy Seeder
  5. Sustainable yield index and other indices
Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices5 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Agricultural Marketing - Concepts and Functions 5 topics
  1. Market and marketing: definitions
  2. Marketable and marketed surplus
  3. Marketing functions: exchange, physical and facilitating
  4. Problems of agricultural marketing in India
  5. Marketing of inputs and outputs
02Unit 2: Market Structure, Channels and Efficiency 5 topics
  1. Classification of markets
  2. Market structure: perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly
  3. Marketing channels and intermediaries
  4. Price spread and producer's share in consumer rupee
  5. Marketing efficiency (Shepherd's and Acharya's methods)
03Unit 3: Market Institutions and Regulated Markets 5 topics
  1. Regulated markets and APMC Act
  2. Cooperative marketing and NAFED
  3. FCI, CWC and warehousing
  4. e-NAM and FPOs
  5. Futures trading and contract farming
04Unit 4: Agricultural Prices and Price Policy 5 topics
  1. Characteristics of agricultural prices
  2. Price fluctuations and cobweb model
  3. Agricultural price policy objectives
  4. CACP, MSP and procurement price
  5. Cost concepts used for MSP (A2+FL, C2)
05Unit 5: Agricultural Trade and WTO 5 topics
  1. Importance of international trade, comparative advantage
  2. India's agricultural exports and imports
  3. WTO and Agreement on Agriculture
  4. Market access, domestic support and export subsidy
  5. Amber, blue and green box; SPS and TRIPS
Introductory Agro-meteorology and Climate Change6 chapters · 6 Months Subject page →
01Unit 1: Agro-meteorology and the Atmosphere 5 topics
  1. Meaning and scope of agro-meteorology
  2. Weather and climate
  3. Composition of the atmosphere
  4. Layers of the atmosphere
  5. Agro-climatic zones of India and UP
02Unit 2: Solar Radiation and Temperature 5 topics
  1. Solar radiation and its spectrum
  2. Photosynthetically active radiation
  3. Energy balance of the earth
  4. Air and soil temperature, lapse rate
  5. Temperature and crop growth, growing degree days
03Unit 3: Pressure, Wind, Humidity and Precipitation 5 topics
  1. Atmospheric pressure and pressure belts
  2. Wind and its measurement
  3. Humidity, vapour pressure and dew point
  4. Evaporation and evapotranspiration
  5. Clouds, rainfall and its measurement
04Unit 4: Monsoon and Weather Hazards 5 topics
  1. South-west and north-east monsoon
  2. Western disturbances
  3. Drought, floods, cold wave, heat wave, hailstorm
  4. Frost and its protection
  5. Cyclones
05Unit 5: Weather Forecasting and Agromet Advisory 5 topics
  1. Types of weather forecast
  2. Methods of forecasting
  3. Agromet advisory services (GKMS)
  4. Agro-met observatory and instruments
  5. Use of forecasts in farm operations
06Unit 6: Climate Change and Agriculture 5 topics
  1. Climate change and global warming
  2. Greenhouse gases and their sources in agriculture
  3. Impact of climate change on crops and livestock
  4. Adaptation and mitigation strategies
  5. Climate resilient agriculture

About this course

You will be able to

  • Complete Crop Production Technology-II (Rabi Crops) syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Renewable Energy and Green Technology syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Problematic Soils and their Management syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Principles of Seed Technology syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture syllabus with regular tests
  • Complete Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices syllabus with regular tests

Who it is for

  • B.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture students of Semester 4 (ICAR 5th Deans' Committee syllabus)
  • Students of UP agriculture colleges preparing for semester exams or back papers
  • Aspirants revising basics for ICAR / state agriculture exams

What you need

  • Fundamentals of Agronomy and Crop Production Technology-I
  • Calculator for seed rate and fertiliser numericals
Online tests & result Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre. Student login →

Questions

Which syllabus does this course follow?

It follows the ICAR 5th Deans' Committee syllabus of B.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture, Semester 4, used by UP agricultural universities and agriculture colleges.

What if my university syllabus is different?

The centre follows your own university's syllabus and previous papers; units missing here are added for your batch.

Does it help for competitive exams?

Yes - the same topics are asked in ICAR AIEEA PG, JRF, state agriculture officer and banking AFO exams.

Are calculations asked in the exam?

Yes. Gypsum requirement, SAR and RSC numericals are common and are practised step by step in class.

Is this useful after graduation?

It helps in ICAR-JRF, agriculture officer and soil testing laboratory jobs, and in advising farmers of usar (sodic) areas of UP.

Do you give notes and tests?

Yes. Unit-wise notes, a question bank and chapter tests are given.

Are spacing and plant population numericals asked?

Yes. Plants per hectare for square, hexagonal and high density systems are practised in class.

Are crop calendars covered?

Yes. Month-wise operations for mango, guava, banana and other crops of UP are explained.

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