GENERAL AGRICULTURE

CONTENTS Preface 1. Soil Science 1 2. Agriculture/Agronomy 17 3. Genetics and Plant Breeding 39 4. Bio Technology 55 5. Economics 61 6. Agricultural Engineering 83 7. Horticulture 95 8. Bio Chemistry 117 9. Microbiology 123 10. Plant Physiology 127 11. Practice Papers 139 Agricultural College, Bapatla SC, ST, OBC & Minority Coaching Cell 1 Soil Science Introduction: · The term soil is derived from Latin word “Solum” means ‘Floor’ or ‘Ground’. · Soil is the interph...

Total Geographical Area of the country- 329 Mha  Net sown area of the country- 140 Mha (42.57% of total area)  Gross sown area of the country- 194.4Mha  Total Forest area in the country- 79.42 Mha (24.16% of total geographical areaS)  State with highest forest area in the country is- Madhya Pradesh, followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh  For maintaining ecological balance percentage of the land area should be under forest is- 33  Irrigated area in India- 68.10 Mh...

INTRODUCTION COP621: General agriculture I is a one -semester, two units, 600 level course. The course is designed for Post-Graduate Diploma students of Cooperative Studies. This course will expose you to an understanding of many of the concepts in general agriculture. It will assist you to be able to have wider knowledge of the various fields of agriculture such as crop science, soil science and animal science. The course which consists of twenty (20) units includes: Concepts of agricu...

INTRODUCTION COP621: General agriculture I is a one -semester, two units, 600 level course. The course is designed for Post-Graduate Diploma students of Cooperative Studies. This course will expose you to an understanding of many of the concepts in general agriculture. It will assist you to be able to have wider knowledge of the various fields of agriculture such as crop science, soil science and animal science. The course which consists of twenty (20) units includes: Concepts of agricu...

CONTENTS PAGES Module 1…………………………………………………... 1 Unit 1 Introduction to Agriculture………………….. 1 - 8 Unit 2 Agricultural Development…………………… 9 - 14 Unit 3 Essentials of Agricultural Development……... 15 - 21 Unit 4 Problems of Agricultural Development……… 22 - 28 Unit 5 Land Use in Nigeria………………………….. 29 - 36 Module 2………………………………………………….… 37 Unit 1 Method o...

Indian Agriculture 3 - 6 2. ICAR Institutes in Agriculture 7 – 11 3. AICRP 12 – 14 4. Network Projects 15 – 16 5. National Research Centers 17 – 18 6. International year related to agriculture 19 – 20 7. Important days in Agriculture 21 – 37 8. Revolution in Agriculture 38 – 40 9. Famous name of crops 41 – 42 10. Important Publication related to Agriculture 43 – 44 11. Instruments used in Agriculture 45 – 46 12. Vitamins 47 – 48 13 Terms related to specifi...

India's geographical area—32,87,263 km2; only 2·4% of World surface area of 135·79 million sq. km; provides shelter to nearly 16·7% of human & 14% of cattle of World population. ● India is the ‘7th’ largest country in the world. ● India lies entirely in the northern hemisphere. ● India's mainland extends between latitudes 8°4′ and 37°6′ north; longitudes 68° 7′ and 97°25′ east. ● India's length—about 3,214 km (North to South) between extreme latitudes...

DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURE Agriculture can be defined as the art, the science, and business of cultivating crops and rearing livestock for economic purposes. At certain stages of human development, agriculture used to be the only known means of living. It is derived from the Latin terms ager referring to the soil and cultura its cultivation. Agriculture is a broad term encompassing all aspects of crop production, horticulture, livestock farming, forestry etc. Agriculture is the most comprehensi...

This article describes the development of agriculture in East Germany, both the Soviet occupation zone of Germany as well as the German Democratic Republic (GDR) between the years 1945 and 1990. The agricultural policy in the GDR occurred in three phases. The first of which was the so-called Bodenreform ("land reform"), where around 40% of the land used for cultivation was expropriated and redistributed without compensation. In 1952 the second phase of collectivization coincided with the a...