Smart Classes - ICAR AIEEA PG/JRF Exam (AGRONOMY)

1.1 Agronomy – meaning and scope

1.2 National and international agricultural research institutes

1.3 Tillage

1.4 Crop stand establishment and planting geometry

1.5 Effect of planting geometry on crops

1.6 Organic farming and natural farming

1.7 Precision farming

1.8 Integrated farming systems

1.9 Principles of field experimentation

1.1 Agronomy – meaning and scope

1.2 National and international agricultural research institutes

1.3 Tillage

1.4 Crop stand establishment and planting geometry

1.5 Effect of planting geometry on crops

1.6 Organic farming and natural farming

1.7 Precision farming

1.8 Integrated farming systems

1.9 Principles of field experimentation

1.1 Agronomy – meaning and scope

1.2 National and international agricultural research institutes

1.3 Tillage

1.4 Crop stand establishment and planting geometry

1.5 Effect of planting geometry on crops

1.6 Organic farming and natural farming

1.7 Precision farming

1.8 Integrated farming systems

1.9 Principles of field experimentation

2.1 Principles of crop ecology and crop adaptation

2.2 Climate shift and its ecological implications

2.3 Physiological limits of crop yield and ecological optima

2.4 Agro-climatic zones of India, agro-ecological regions of India

2.5 Geographical distribution of crop plants

2.6 Weather and climate

2.7 Earth’s atmosphere

2.8 Solar radiation

2.9 Atmospheric temperature

2.10 Crops and atmospheric humidity

2.11 Weather forecasting

2.12 Greenhouse effect and global warming

2.13 Climatic factors affecting plant processes and crop productivity

2.14 Role of GIS and GPS in agriculture

3.1 Cereals (Kharif)

3.2 Cereals (Rabi)

3.3 Pulses (Kharif)

3.4 Pulses (Rabi)

3.5 Oilseeds (Kharif)

3.6 Oilseeds (Rabi)

3.7 Fibre crops

3.8 Sugar crops

3.9 Fodder and forage crops

3.10 Medicinal and aromatic plants

3.11 Commercial crops

4.1 Classification, biology and ecology of weeds

4.2 Crop–weed competition and allelopathy

4.3 Concepts and methods of weed control

4.4 Integrated weed management

4.5 Herbicides – classification, formulations, selectivity and resistance

4.6 Herbicide persistence in soil and plants

4.7 Herbicide application methods and equipment

4.8 Weed flora shifts in cropping systems

4.9 Special and problematic weeds and their management

4.10 Weed management in field crops

5.1 Water resources and irrigation development in India

5.2 Water and irrigation requirements

5.3 Concepts and approaches of irrigation scheduling

5.4 Methods of irrigation

5.5 Measurement of irrigation water

5.6 Water application, distribution and use efficiencies

5.7 Conjunctive use of water

5.8 Irrigation water quality and its management

5.9 Water management in major field crops

5.10 Agricultural drainage

6.1 Essential plant nutrients and their deficiency symptoms

6.2 Concept of essentiality of plant nutrients

6.3 Indicators of soil fertility and productivity

6.4 Fertiliser materials and their availability to plants

6.5 Slow-release fertilisers and nitrification inhibitors

6.6 Principles and methods of fertiliser application

6.7 Integrated nutrient management and site-specific nutrient management

7.1 Characteristics of dryland farming and delineation of dryland tracts

7.2 Constraints of dryland farming in India

7.3 Types of drought and their management

7.4 Contingency crop planning and mid-season corrections

7.5 Watershed management

8.1 Problem soils and their distribution in India

8.2 Characteristics and reclamation of problem soils

8.3 Crop production techniques in problem soils

9.1 Sustainable agriculture – parameters and indicators

9.2 Conservation agriculture

9.3 Safe disposal of agri-industrial waste for crop production

9.4 Agroforestry systems and shifting cultivation

9.5 Alternate land use systems

9.6 Wastelands and their remediation for crop production