AGRICULTURE
Paper-I :
Agricultural Botany (Plant cytology, genetics, breeding and physiology, morphology of crop plants).
Agricultural Entomology and Plant Pathology. Life history of crops and stored grains, pests and methods of their control. Classification of insects up to orders. Insecticides and their use. Principles of plant quarantine regulations. Insect ecology. Life History of economic insects and methods of rearing them. Classification, taxonomy and nomenclature of Fungi. Major diseases of crops and methods of their prevention and control. Plant viruses and bacteria. Fungicides and their use.
Paper-II :
Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science (Properties of important carbo-hydrates, proteins, lipids, organic acids, plant pigments and alkaloids) Chemistry of Fertilisers, Pesticides and Herbicides, Chemistry of simple and compound fertilisers and measures. Nitrification and nitrogem fixation. Soil development and their composition. Soil structures. Physical properties of soil. Soil-water relationship. Soil-plant relations soil fertility and plant growth. Soil Microbiology.
