Unit-1
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Horticulture
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Unit-2
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Animal Production
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(a) The significance of livestock in agriculture and industry and the White Revolution in India
(b) Poultry distribution in India and essential foreign and Indian breeds, like buffalo, cow etc.
(a) Housing systems for livestock and poultry
(b) Techniques and principles for feeding.
The definition of the ratio and the elements are in sync.
(d) The management of lactating and pregnant animals, chicks, crocks, layers, calves, and bullocks.
(e) signs of ill animals and common diseases in poultry and cattle, such as rinderpest, black quarter, foot-and-mouth disease, mastitis, and hemorrhagic septicemia. The prevention and treatment of coccidiosis, fowl pox, and Ranikhet sickness.
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Unit-3
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Plant Production
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(a) Soil and its pH, texture, structure, organisms, soil tilth, soil fertility, and soil health.
(b) Plant nutrients, their functions, and symptoms of lack.
(c) India's soil types and their characteristics.
(d) Organic manure, conventional fertilizers including simple, complex, and biofertilizers, and an integrated nutrient management system.
(a) Targets and accomplishments in foodgrain production in India since independence, as well as projections for the future, sustainable crop production, commercialization of agriculture, and its application in India.
(b) Classification of field crops according to their utility, including cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre, sugar, and pasture crops.
(a) Irrigation sources (rain, canals, tanks, rivers, wells, tubewells).
(b) Irrigation scheduling is based on essential growth stages, time intervals, soil moisture content, and meteorological conditions.
(c) The water needs of plants.
(d) Irrigation and drainage techniques.
(e) Watershed management
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Unit-4
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Agriculture and Meteorology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry and Microbiology
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