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Website Link : https://icar.org.in/ SYLLABI FOR SYLLABI FOR ICAR’S ICAR’S ALL ALL INDIA INDIA ENTRANCE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION EXAMINATION FOR FOR ADMISSION TO MASTER ADMISSION TO MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMMES DEGREE PROGRAMMES AND ICAR-PG SCHOLARSHIP/NTS AND ICAR-PG SCHOLARSHIPI/NTS (PGS) (PGS) Code 01: Code 01: MAJOR MAJOR SUBJECT SUBJECT GROUP GROUP -- PLANT PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY (Sub-Subjects: 1.1: (Sub-Subjects: 1.1: Plant Plant Biochemistry/ Biochemistry/ Bio.Bio. Chem. Chem. 1.2:1.2: Plant Plant Biotechnology Biotechnology & & Molecular Molecular Biology/Biotechnology, Biology/Biotechnology, 1.3: Plant 1.3: Plant /Crop /Crop Physiology) Physiology) UNIT-I: Importance UNIT-I: Importance of of agriculture agriculture inin national national economy; economy; basic basic principles principles of of crop crop production; production; cultivation cultivation of of rice, rice, wheat, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, Sugarcane, groundnut, groundnut, tomato, tomato, andand mango. mango. MajorMajor soils soils of of India; India; role role of of NPK NPK and and their their deficiency symptoms. deficiency symptoms. General General structure structure and and function function of of cell cell organelles; organelles; mitosis mitosis andand meiosis; meiosis; Mendelian Mendelian genetics. Elementary genetics. Elementary knowledge knowledge of of growth, growth, development, development, photosynthesis, photosynthesis, respiration respiration andand transpiration; transpiration; Elements of Elements of economic economic botany. botany. General General structure structure and and function function of of carbohydrates, carbohydrates, proteins, proteins, nucleic nucleic acids, acids, enzymes and enzymes and vitamins. vitamins. Major Major pests pests andand diseases diseases of of rice, rice, wheat, wheat, cotton, cotton, chickpea, chickpea, sugarcane sugarcane and and their their management. Organic management. Organic farming; farming; bio-fertilizers; bio-fertilizers; bio-pesticides. bio-pesticides. Recombinant Recombinant DNA DNA technology; technology; transgenic transgenic crops. crops. Important rural Important rural development development programmes programmes in in India; India; organizational organizational set set up up of of agricultural agricultural research, research, education education and and extension in extension in India. India. Elements Elements of of statistics. statistics. UNIT-II: Importance UNIT-II: Importance of of biochemistry biochemistry in in agriculture. agriculture. Acid-base Acid-base concept concept and and buffers; buffers; pH. pH. Classification, structure Classification, structure and and metabolic metabolic functions functions of of carbohydrates, carbohydrates, lipids lipids and and proteins. proteins. Structure Structure and and function function of of nucleic acids. nucleic acids. Enzymes: Enzymes: structure, structure, nomenclature, nomenclature, mechanism mechanism of of action; action; vitamins vitamins andand minerals minerals as as coenzymes coenzymes and cofactors. and cofactors. Metabolic Metabolic pathways: pathways: glycolysis, glycolysis, TCA TCA cycle, cycle, fatty fatty acid acid oxidation, oxidation, triglyceride triglyceride biosynthesis. biosynthesis. Electron transport Electron transport chain; chain; ATP ATP formation. formation. Photosynthesis: Photosynthesis: C-3, C-3, C-4C-4 and and CAM CAM pathways. pathways. Nitrate Nitrate assimilation; assimilation; biological nitrogen biological nitrogen fixation. Colorimetric and fixation. Colorimetric and chromatographic chromatographic techniques techniques UNIT-III: Characteristics UNIT-III: Characteristics ofof prokaryotic prokaryotic andand eukaryotic eukaryotic organisms; organisms; differences differences between between fungi, fungi, bacteria, bacteria, mycoplasms mycoplasms and and viruses. Physical viruses. Physical andand chemical chemical basis basis ofof heredity; heredity; chromosome chromosome structure. structure. DNA DNA replication, replication, transcription transcription and and translation; genetic translation; genetic code; code; operon operon concept. concept. Genetic Genetic engineering; engineering; restriction restriction enzymes; enzymes; vectors; vectors; gene gene cloning; cloning; gene transfer. gene transfer. Plant Plant cell cell and and tissue tissue culture; culture; micro-propagation; micro-propagation; somaclonal somaclonal variation. variation. Transformation; Transformation; recombination; Heterosis. recombination; Heterosis. General General application application of of biotechnology. biotechnology. Molecular Molecular and and immunological immunological techniques. techniques. Concept of Concept of bioinformatics, bioinformatics, genomics genomics andand proteomics. proteomics. UNIT-IV: Plant UNIT-IV: Plant Physiology/ Physiology/ Crop Crop Physiology: Physiology: Plant Plant physiology– physiology— importance importance in in agriculture. agriculture. Seed Seed germination, germination, viability viability and vigour. and vigour. Photosynthesis- Photosynthesis- significance significance of of C-3, C-3, C-4 C-4 and and CAMCAM pathway; pathway; photorespiration photorespiration and and its its implications. implications. Translocation of Translocation of assimilates; assimilates; dry dry matter matter partitioning; partitioning; Harvest Harvest index index of of crops. crops. Growth Growth and and development; development; growth growth analysis; crop-water analysis; crop-water relationship. relationship. Plant Plant nutrients nutrients and and their their functions. functions. Phytohormones Phytohormones and and their their physiological physiological role. Photo-periodism, role. Photo-periodism, vernalisation; vernalisation; pollination/ pollination/ fertilization fertilization in in flowering flowering plants. plants. Post-harvest Post-harvest physiology physiology and and its its significance. significance. Code 02: Code 02: MAJOR MAJOR SUBJECT SUBJECT GROUP GROUP -- PLANT PLANT SCIENCES SCIENCES (Sub-Subjects: 2.1: (Sub-Subjects: 2.1: Plant Plant Breeding Breeding & & Genetics, Genetics, 2.2: 2.2: Plant Plant Pathology, Pathology, 2.3: 2.3: Agricultural Agricultural Microbiology/Microbiology, Microbiology/Microbiology, 2.4: Seed Science & Technology, 2.5: Plant Genetic Resources) 2.4: Seed Science & Technology, 2.5: Plant Genetic Resources) UNIT-I: Importance UNIT-I: Importance of of Agriculture in national Agriculture in national economy; economy; basic basic principles principles of of crop crop production; production; cultivation cultivation of of rice, rice, wheat, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, potato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, potato and mango. Major soils of India, role of NPK and and their deficiency their deficiency symptoms. symptoms. UNIT-II: Structure UNIT-II: Structure and and function of cell function of cell organelles; organelles; mitosis mitosis and and meiosis; meiosis; Mendelian Mendelian genetics; genetics; elementary elementary knowledge knowledge of of photosynthesis; respiration, photosynthesis; respiration, and and transpiration; transpiration; structure structure and and functions functions of of carbohydrates, carbohydrates, proteins, proteins, nucleic nucleic acids, acids, enzymes and enzymes and vitamins. vitamins. Major Major pests pests and and diseases diseases of of rice, rice, wheat, wheat, cotton, cotton, chickpea, chickpea, sugarcane sugarcane andand their their management. management. UNIT-III: Characteristics UNIT-III: Characteristics ofof prokaryotic prokaryotic and and eukaryotic eukaryotic organisms, organisms, differences differences between between fungi, fungi, bacteria, bacteria, mycoplasmas mycoplasmas and viruses; and viruses; physical physical and and chemical chemical basis basis of of heredity; heredity; chromosome chromosome structure; structure; genes/operon genes/operon concept; concept; protein protein biosynthesis; transformation, biosynthesis; transformation, recombination, recombination, Heterosis; Heterosis; Elements Elements of of economic economic botany; botany; integrated integrated diseases diseases management; management; sterilisation, sterilisation, disinfection disinfection and and pasteurization; pasteurization; Koch’s Koch’s postulates; postulates; etiological etiological agents agents of of rusts, 1  smuts, powdery/downy smuts, powdery/downy mildews,mildews, wilts, wilts, yellows, yellows, mosaic, mosaic, necrosis, necrosis, enations, enations, blights blights and and witches- broom; pH, witches- broom; pH, buffer, buffer, vitamins, role vitamins, role of of plant plant hormones hormones in in seed seed germination germination andand dormancy; dormancy; pollination/ pollination/ fertilization fertilization inin flowering flowering plants; plants; methods of methods of seed seed testing; testing; breeders, breeders, foundation foundation andand certified certified seeds; seeds; seed seed production production in in self self and and cross cross pollinated pollinated crops, nitrate crops, nitrate assimilation; assimilation; biological biological nitrogen nitrogen fixation fixation and and other other uses uses of of microorganisms microorganisms in in agriculture. agriculture. UNIT-IV: Food UNIT-IV: Food and and industry; industry; composting composting and and biogas biogas production. production. Important Important rural rural development development programmes programmes in in India; organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India. India; organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India. Code 03: Code 03: MAJOR MAJOR SUBJECT SUBJECT GROUP GROUP -- PHYSICAL PHYSICAL SCIENCE SCIENCE (Sub-Subjects: 3.1: (Sub-Subjects: 3.1: Agricultural Agricultural // Agro. Meteorology, 3.2 Agro. Meteorology, 3.2 :: Soil Soil Science Science & & Agricultural Agricultural Chemistry/ Chemistry/ Soil Soil Conservation and Conservation and Water Water Management/ Management/ SWC/ SWC? Irrigation Irrigation and and Water Water Management, Management, 3.3: 3.3: Agricultural Agricultural Physics, Physics, 3.4: Agricultural 3.4: Chemicals, 3.5 Agricultural Chemicals, 3.5: : Organic Organic Farming, Farming, 3.6: 3.6: Environmental Environmental Science.) Science.) UNIT-I: Importance UNIT-I: Importance of of Agriculture Agriculture in in national national perspective; perspective; basic basic principles principles of of crop crop production, production, diversification, diversification, diversification of diversification of Agriculture, Agriculture, principle principle of of nutrient nutrient and and water water management, management, packagepackage of of practices practices for for rice, rice, wheat wheat sorghum, maize, sorghum, maize, chickpea, chickpea, pigeon pigeon pea, pea, potato, potato, sugarcane, sugarcane, groundnut, groundnut, major major vegetable vegetable crops. crops. Role Role ofof essential essential plant nutrients, plant nutrients, their their deficiency deficiency symptoms symptoms and and management management options. options. Structure Structure and and function function of of plant plant cells, cells, cell cell division, Basic division, Basic concept concept of of plant plant physiology physiology relating relating toto crop crop production- production- Biochemical Biochemical compounds compounds viz, viz, carbohydrates, proteins, carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, enzymes, fats, fats, liquid liquid vitamins vitamins and and their their function, function, developmental developmental programmes programmes relatingrelating to rural to rural upliftment upliftment and and livelihood livelihood security; security; organisational organisational set set upup ofof agricultural agricultural education education research research and and extension and extension and future strategies for future strategies for up up gradation. gradation. UNIT-II: Volumetric UNIT-II: Volumetric and and gravimetric gravimetric analysis analysis including including complexmetric complexmetric methods, methods, periodic periodic classification classification ofof element, element, Basic Basic principle of principle of instrumental instrumental analysis analysis including including spectro-photometry spectro-photometry (Absorption (Absorption and and emission emission spectrography), spectrography), Atomic Atomic structure –elementary concept structure —elementary concept ofof radioactivity, radioactivity, element element and and compound compound common common ion ion effect, effect, solubility solubility product— hydrolysis product— hydrolysis of of salts, salts, buffer buffer solution solution indicates indicates equivalent equivalent weights weights and and standard standard solution. solution. Elementary concepts Elementary concepts ofof organic organic compounds- compounds- nomenclature nomenclature and and classifications classifications including including hydrocarbons, hydrocarbons, alcohol, alcohol, aldehydes, acids aldehydes, acids and and esters, esters, carbohydrates, carbohydrates, fats fats and and liquids, liquids, amino amino acids, acids, nucleic nucleic acids. acids. Pesticides, Pesticides, their their classification and classification and uses; uses; biopesticides biopesticides and and botanical botanical pesticides. pesticides. UNIT-II: Soil UNIT-III: Soil as as aa medium medium for for plant plant growth, growth, composition composition of of earth’s earth’s crust, crust, weathering weathering of of rocks rocks and and minerals, minerals, components components of soil- of soil- their their importance, importance, soil soil profile, profile, soil soil partials- partials- physical physical mineralogical mineralogical and and chemical chemical nature. nature. Mechanical Mechanical analysis, Stokes analysis, Stokes law, law, assumptions, assumptions, limitations limitations and and applications. applications. Soil,Soil, physical physical properties- properties- density, density, porosity, porosity, texture, soil texture, soil structure structure and and their their brief brief descriptions. descriptions. Rheological Rheological properties properties in in soils, soils, calculations calculations of of porosity porosity and and bulk density. bulk density. Soil Soil air-Aeration, air-Aeration, causes causes of of poor poor aeration, aeration, factors affecting aeration, factors affecting aeration, importance importance for for plant plant growth. growth. Soil temperature Soil temperature -- sources sources and and losses losses of of soil soil heat. heat. Factors Factors affecting affecting soilsoil temperature, temperature, its its importance importance in in plant plant growth. Soil growth. Soil water- water- structure structure of of water, soil-water-energy relationship, water, soil-water-energy relationship, classifications, classifications, surface surface tension tension andand movement in movement in soil. soil. Soil Soil colloids- colloids- properties, properties, structure structure ofof silicate silicate clay clay minerals, minerals, sources sources of of negative negative charges, charges, properties, kaolinite, properties, kaolinite, illite, illite, montmorillonite montmorillonite and and vermiculite vermiculite clay clay minerals, minerals, milli-equivalent milli-equivalent concept concept ,, cation cation exchange capacity, anion exchange capacity, buffering of soils. Problem soils- acid, saline, sodic exchange capacity, anion exchange capacity, buffering of soils. Problem soils- acid, saline, sodic and and acid acid sulphate soils sulphate soils —– their their characteristics, characteristics, formation, problems and formation, problems and management. management. Irrigation,Irrigation, water water quality quality and and its its evaluation. Waterlogged evaluation. Waterlogged soils- soils- basic basic features, features, distinction distinction with upland soils. with upland soils. UNIT-IV: Essential UNIT-IV: Essential plant plant nutrients- nutrients- criteria criteria ofof essentiality, essentiality, functions functions for for plant plant growth, growth, mechanisms mechanisms for for movement movement and and uptake of uptake of ions ions in in soils soils andand plants, plants, FormsForms of of nutrients nutrients inin soils, soils, deficiency deficiency symptoms symptoms on on plants, plants, luxury luxury consumption, nutrient consumption, nutrient interactions interactions and and chelated chelated micronutrients. micronutrients. Soil Soil fertility, fertility, evaluation evaluation andand management management for for plant growth, plant growth, soil soil testing testing and and fertilizer fertilizer recommendations. recommendations. Soil Soil classifications- classifications- diagnostic diagnostic surface surface and and sub- sub- surface horizons, surface horizons, soil soil survey- survey- types, types, objectives, objectives, uses, uses, land land capability capability classifications. classifications. Remote Remote sensing sensing and and its its application in application in agriculture, agriculture, SIS, SIS, GIS GIS and and GPS- GPS- basic basic features features andand uses uses in in agriculture, agriculture, Elementary Elementary concepts concepts of of radio isotopes radio isotopes and and usesuses in in agriculture. agriculture. Soil Soil micro-organisms, micro-organisms, Classifications Classifications and and their their roles. roles. Organic Organic matter- matter- decomposition, C:N decomposition, C:N ratios, ratios, mineralization mineralization and and immobilization immobilization processes, processes, humus,humus, rolerole of of organic organic matter matter in in soil soil quality. Soil erosion, types and control measures. Fertilizers and manures- classifications, NPK fertilizers, their quality. Soil erosion, types and control measures. Fertilizers and manures- classifications, NPK fertilizers, their reactions in reactions in soils, soils, green green manuring, manuring, recycling recycling ofof organic organic wastes, wastes, composting. composting. Soil Soil and and water pollution- sources, water pollution- sources, brief idea about different pollutants in soils and their brief idea about different pollutants in soils and their managements. 2  Code 04: Code 04: MAJOR MAJOR SUBJECT SUBJECT GROUP GROUP -- ENTOMOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY AND AND NEMATOLOGY NEMATOLOGY (Sub-Subjects: 4.1 (Sub-Subjects: 4.1: : Entomology, Entomology, 4.2 4.2 :: Nematology, Nematology, 4.3: 4.3: Sericulture) Sericulture) UNIT-I: Importance UNIT-I: Importance of of Agriculture Agriculture in in national national economy; economy; basic basic principles principles of of crop crop production; production; cultivation cultivation of of rice, rice, wheat, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, sugarcane, groundnut, groundnut, tomato, tomato, cole cole crops, crops, mango, mango, grapes, grapes, banana, banana, oilseeds oilseeds other other than than groundnut, soybean groundnut, soybean and and mustard. mustard. MajorMajor soils soils of of India, India, role role ofof NPK NPK and and their their deficiency deficiency symptoms. symptoms. Mendelian Mendelian genetics; elementary genetics; elementary knowledge knowledge of of photosynthesis; photosynthesis; respiration, respiration, and and transpiration; transpiration; Major Major cropping cropping systems systems (rice-wheat cropping, (rice-wheat cropping, crop rotations, mixed crop rotations, mixed cropping); cropping); soil degradation-soil soil degradation-soil salinity and acidity and salinity and acidity and management; some aspects of post-harvest technology; varietal improvement; importance of management; some aspects of post-harvest technology; varietal improvement; importance of Heterosis Heterosis in in crop crop production; crop production; crop protection protection principles principles in in field field and and storage. storage. Major Major insect insect pests pests and and diseases diseases of of agricultural agricultural cropscrops like rice, like rice, cotton, cotton, pulses, pulses, oilseed oilseed crops crops likelike groundnut, groundnut, soybean soybean and and mustard, mustard, vegetables vegetables like like tomato, tomato, colecole crops; crops; fruit crops like fruit crops like mango mango and and banana banana and and their their management management principles.principles. Transgenic Transgenic crops. crops. Important Important rural rural development programmes development programmes in in India; India; organizational organizational set set upup ofof agricultural agricultural research, research, education education and and extension extension in in India; Elements India; Elements of of statistics. statistics. UNIT-II: Classification UNIT-II: Classification ofof animal animal kingdom kingdom up up toto class; class; distinguishing distinguishing characters characters up up to to orders orders in in class class Insecta; Insecta; general general organization of an insect external morphology with special reference to lepidopteran larvae, coleopteran adults; organization of an insect external morphology with special reference to lepidopteran larvae, coleopteran adults; and honeybee; and honeybee; metamorphosis metamorphosis and and moulting; moulting; different different physiological physiological systems; systems; insect- insect- plant plant relationship; relationship; insect insect pests of pests of agricultural agricultural andand horticultural horticultural crops, crops, andand their their stored/processed stored/processed products, products, insectinsect vectors vectors of of plant plant diseases-identification, biology, diseases-identification, biology, nature nature of of damage, damage, and and their their management management tactics; tactics; and and pests pests ofof household, household, medical and medical and veterinary veterinary importance importance and and their their control; control; useful useful and and beneficial beneficial insects insects like like honeybee, honeybee, lac lac insect, insect, silkworm and pollinators; Nematode taxonomy, biology of important plant parasitic nematodes and their control; silkworm and pollinators; Nematode taxonomy, biology of important plant parasitic nematodes and their control; entomopathogenic nematodes, entomopathogenic nematodes, basic basic principles principles ofof insect insect and and nematode nematode pestpest management-cultural, management-cultural, biological, biological, insecticidal, insecticidal, quarantine, quarantine, and and regulatory aspects; regulatory aspects; insecticide classification and insecticide classification and insecticide insecticide resistance resistance management; and management; and insect insect protective protective transgenic transgenic crops. crops. Code 05: Code 05: MAJOR MAJOR SUBJECT SUBJECT GROUP GROUP -- AGRONOMY AGRONOMY (Sub-Subjects: 5.1: (Sub-Subjects: 5.1: Agronomy)