🌾 Syllabus - CUET UG Exam - AGRICULTURE -Original PDF.pdf

Unit-1: Agrometeorology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry and Microbiology

• Agrometeorology:
  
  

  • Elements of weather - rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind velocity, sunshine
    
    

  • Weather forecasting, climate change in relation to crop production
    
    

  • Climate classification
    
    

  • Monsoon in India
    
    

• Genetics & Plant Breeding:
  
  

  • Cell and its structure, cell division - mitosis and meiosis and their significance
    
    

  • Organization of the genetic materials in chromosomes, DNA, and RNA
    
    

  • Mendel’s laws of inheritance
    
    

  • Reasons for the success of Mendel in his experiments
    
    

  • Absence of linkage in Mendel’s experiments
    
    

  • Quantitative inheritance, continuous and discontinuous variation in plants
    
    

  • Monogenic and polygenic inheritance
    
    

  • Role of Genetics in Plant Breeding, self and cross-pollinated crops
    
    

  • Methods of breeding in field crops - introduction, selection, hybridization, mutation and polyploidy, tissue and cell culture
    
    

  • History and importance of plant breeding, objective and role of plant breeding
    
    

  • Breeding methods in self and cross-pollinated crops
    
    

  • Plant Biotechnology - definition and scope in crop production
    
    

  • Biotechnology of plant breeding
    
    

• Biochemistry:
  
  

  • pH and buffers
    
    

  • Classification and nomenclature of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, and enzymes
    
    

  • Nucleic acids
    
    

• Microbiology:
  
  

  • Microbial cell structure
    
    

  • Micro-organisms - Algae, Bacteria, Fungi, Actinomycetes, Protozoa and Viruses
    
    

  • Role of micro-organisms in respiration, fermentation, and organic matter decomposition
    
    

  • Soil flora and fauna
    
    

• Seed Science:
  
  

  • Seed structure of monocots and dicots
    
    

  • Mode of reproduction, pollination, fertilization
    
    

  • Seed dormancy, types of seeds
    
    

Unit-2: Livestock Production

• Scope and Importance:
  
  

  • Importance of livestock in agriculture and industry
    
    

  • White revolution in India
    
    

  • Important breeds - Indian and exotic
    
    

  • Distribution of cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep and poultry in India
    
    

• Care and Management:
  
  

  • Systems of cattle and poultry housing
    
    

  • Principles of feeding, and feeding practices
    
    

  • Balanced ration - definition and ingredients
    
    

  • Management of calves, bullocks, pregnant and milch animals, chicks, cockerels and layers
    
    

  • Signs of sick animals
    
    

  • Symptoms of common diseases in cattle and poultry: Rinderpest, black quarter, foot and mouth, mastitis and haemorrhagic septicaemia, coccidiosis, fowl pox and Ranikhet disease
    
    

  • Their prevention and control
    
    

• Artificial Insemination:
  
  

  • Reproductive organs
    
    

  • Collection, dilution, and preservation of semen
    
    

  • Role of artificial insemination in cattle improvement
    
    

• Livestock Products:
  
  

  • Processing and marketing of milk and milk products
    
    

• Fisheries:
  
  

  • Definition of fish, fisheries, aquaculture
    
    

  • General characteristics of fish
    
    

  • Types of fishes
    
    

Unit-3: Crop Production

• Introduction:
  
  

  • Targets and achievements in food grain production in India since independence and future projections
    
    

  • Sustainable crop production, commercialization of agriculture and its scope in India
    
    

  • Classification of field crops based on utility - cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fibre, sugar, and forage crops
    
    

• Soil, Soil Fertility, Fertilizers and Manures:
  
  

  • Soil, soil pH, soil texture, soil structure, soil organisms, soil tilth, soil fertility and soil health
    
    

  • Essential plant nutrients, their functions, and deficiency symptoms
    
    

  • Soil types of India and their characteristics
    
    

  • Organic manure, common fertilizers including straight, complex, fertilizer mixtures and biofertilizers
    
    

  • Integrated nutrient management system
    
    

  • Problem soils, soil erosion, soil pollution
    
    

  • Soil analysis for nutrient availability
    
    

• Irrigation and Drainage:
  
  

  • Sources of irrigation - rain, canals, tanks, rivers, wells, tubewells
    
    

  • Scheduling of irrigation based on critical stages of growth, time interval, soil moisture content, and weather parameters
    
    

  • Water requirement of crops
    
    

  • Methods of irrigation and drainage
    
    

  • Watershed management
    
    

  • Irrigation water quality
    
    

• Weed Control:
  
  

  • Weed classification and characteristics
    
    

  • Principles and methods of weed control - cultural, mechanical, chemical, biological and integrated weed management
    
    

• Crops:
  
  

  • Seedbed preparation, seed treatment
    
    

  • Time and method of sowing/planting
    
    

  • Seed rate, dose, method and time of fertilizer application
    
    

  • Irrigation, intercultural and weed control
    
    

  • Common pests and diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes and their control
    
    

  • Integrated pest management
    
    

  • Harvesting, threshing, post-harvest technology - storage, processing, and marketing of major field crops: Rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, groundnut, mustard, pigeon-pea, gram, sugarcane, cotton, and berseem
    
    

  • Millets and their importance
    
    

• Modern Agriculture:
  
  

  • Challenges in modern agriculture
    
    

  • Conservation agriculture
    
    

  • Precision agriculture
    
    

  • Natural farming
    
    

  • Organic farming
    
    

  • Remote sensing in agriculture
    
    

Unit-4: Horticulture

• Importance of fruits and vegetables in the human diet, crop diversification and processing industry
  
  

• Orchard - location and layout, ornamental gardening and kitchen garden
  
  

• Planting system, training, pruning, intercropping, protection from frost and sunburn
  
  

• Trees, shrubs, climbers, annuals, perennials - definition and examples
  
  

• Propagation by seed, cutting, budding, layering, and grafting
  
  

• Cultivation practices, processing, and marketing of:
  
  

  • Fruits: mango, papaya, banana, guava, citrus, grapes
    
    

  • Vegetables: radish, carrot, potato, onion, cauliflower, brinjal, tomato, spinach, and cabbage
    
    

  • Flowers: gladiolus, canna, chrysanthemums, roses, and marigold
    
    

• Principles and methods of fruit and vegetable preservation
  
  

• Preparation of jellies, jams, ketchup, chips and their packing

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