Syllabus of JRF in Agronomy

Please provide me syllabus for Indian Council of Agricultural Research Junior Research Fellowship examination?

You are asking for the Syllabus of JRF in Agronomy. Here I am providing you the Syllabus for ARS/NET Examination in Agronomy. This is as follows:

Unit 1 : Crop Ecology and Geography
Principles of crop ecology; Ecosystem concept and determinants of productivity of
ecosystem; Physiological limits of crop yield and variability in relation to ecological
optima; Crop adaptation; Climate shift and its ecological implication; Greenhouse
effect; Agro-ecological and agro climatic regions of lndia; Geographical distribution of
cereals, legumes, oilseeds, vegetables, fodders and forages, commercial crops,
condiments and spices, medicinal and aromatic plants; Adverse climatic factors and
crop productivity; Photosynthesis, respiration, net assimilation, solar energy
conversion efficiency and relative water content, light intensity, water and CO2 in
relation to photosynthetic rates and efficiency; Physiological stress in crops; Remote
sensing: Spectral indices and their application in agriculture, crop water stress
indices and crop stress detection


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Here I am giving you syllabus for Indian Council of Agricultural Research Junior Research Fellowship examination below ..

MAJOR SUBJECT GROUP “E” – AGRONOMY
Importance of Agriculture in national economy;
basic principles of crop production;
cultivation of rice, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, rapeseed and mustard, potato.
Major soils of India,
role of NPK and their deficiency symptoms.
Structure and function of cell organelles; mitosis and meiosis;
Mendelian genetics: elementary knowledge of photosynthesis; respiration, photorespiration and transpiration; structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes and vitamins.
Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton,
chickpea, sugarcane and their management. Important rural development programmes in India; organizational set up of agricultural research,
education and extension in India; Elements of statistics.

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