ANVESH AGRICULTURE COACHING INSTITUTE : RAIPUR

“RAEO SYLLABOUS” (TOTAL 150 MARKS)

UNIT-1 Current affairs (10 marks)
 History of agricultural development, Agricultural related revolutions,
 Area production and productivity of different crops,
 Fertilizer consumption, Irrigation in India and Chhattisgarh,
 National and International Agricultural Research Organization in India and Chhattisgarh.
UNIT-2 Agronomy (20 marks)
 Definition, scope, and importance and its relationship with other sciences, Agro climatic zone in India
and Chhattisgarh, Classification of crops, Tillage, cropping system, farming system, Crop
diversification, Sustainable Agriculture,
 Rain fed farming, Dry farming, Agronomical methods of water conservation, contingent plans for
aberrant weather conditions,
 Package and practices of field crops: origin, geographical distribution, economic importance, soil and
climatic requirement, varieties, cultural practices, yield and fertilizer,
 Weed insect pest and disease management of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, major fibre crops, major forage
crops, cash crops.
UNIT-3 Water management (10 marks)
 Irrigation: definition and objectives, Water resources and irrigation development in India and
Chhattisgarh. Soil plant water relationship, Methods of soil moisture estimations.
 Evapotranspiration, and crop water requirement, effective rainfall. Scheduling of irrigation, methods of
irrigation, Measurement of irrigation water, irrigation efficiency and water use efficiency
 Water requirement for different crops, Watershed management: definition and concept.
 Drainage: importance and methods.
UNIT-4 Agricultural meteorology and crop physiology (10 marks)
 Definition, scope and practical utility. Atmosphere, its composition and properties
 Weather and Climate, Global warming, cyclone and anti-cyclones, weather hazards.
 Seed physiology, physiological maturities, Harvestable maturity. Seed viabilities and vigor,
germination, Crop water relation, transpiration, photosynthesis, respiration. C3 and C4 plants
UNIT-5 Entomology and pathology (10 marks)
 Morphology, systematics ecology of insects and Integrated pest managements (cereals, pulses and
oilseeds) Beneficial insects, Stored grains pest and storage structures
 Plant pathogen and their classification
 Introductory nematology, Basic concept of Pisciculture and Livestock management
UNIT-6 Soil science(10 marks)
 Pedological and edhaphological concepts, Weathering, soil formation, component of soils, soil profile,
soil physical properties, Soils of India and Chhattisgarh, Land capability classification.
 Soil water relationship, humus, C:N ratio. Essential plant elements, role available form, mobility,
deficiency and toxicity. Problematic soil and their management.
 Soil fertility and productivity , Factors affecting fertilizer use efficiency
 Different types of fertilizer and manure.
 UNIT-7 Genetics and plant breeding (10 marks)
 Mendels law of inheritance and exceptions to be laws
 Types of gene action, multiple alleles, pleiotropism, penetrance and expressivity
 Cytoplasmic inheritance, mutation. Concepts of DNA and RNA
 Classification of plants, botanical description, floral biology, emasculation and pollination technique
 Mode of reproduction and mode of pollination, Hybridization, heterosis, mutation breeding
 Introduction and importance of seed production
UNIT-8 Biotechnology(10 marks)
 Introduction and importance, nature of genetic material, nucleic acid, DNA replication.
 Sex determination, linkage, mapping, chromosome, hereditary defects, mutation, plant cell,
 Biochemistry and metabolism of carbohydrate, lipid and protein, enzyme, and vitamin
 Biosynthesis metabolism, introduction of terpenoids, alkaloids, phenols and their application in food
and pharmaceutical industries
UNIT-9 Extension education and Agricultural extension (10 marks)
 Meaning, definition, scope and importance, Social stratification, social value and attitudes in
agricultural extension. Difference between community development and extension education.
 Agricultural development programmes, communication
UNIT-10 Economics (10 marks)
 Meaning, definition, division of economics. Agricultural economics, meaning definition, basic concept,
 Principles of demand and supply, Production economics and farm management
UNIT-11 Horticulture (20 marks)
 Definition and importance of horticulture, division of horticulture
 Package and practices (origin, climate, economic importance, soil, varieties, water fertilizer, weed,
disease, insect management and yield) of fruit, vegetable, plantation crops, vegetables crops, roots
crops, tubers crops, perennial vegetables, flower, aromatic, and medicinal plants with reference to
Chhattisgarh. Protected cultivation and post-harvest technology of horticultural crops.
 Principles and methods of training and pruning of fruits crops. Types and use of growth regulators in
horticulture, ornamental garden, rejuvenation of old orchards. Cropping system, intercropping, multitier
cropping, mulching. Concept of seed production and plant propagation methods- their merit and
demerits. Nursery technique, apomixes, propagation structures. Principles of landscape, gardening and
orchard management. Importance of water management in horticultural crops, irrigation scheduling,
methods of irrigation, irrigation management in different types of soil, water requirement of
horticultural crops
UNIT-12 Agricultural enginnering (10 marks)
 Surveying and leveling- types, equipment and methods. Irrigation- methods and types
 Classification of projects, water resources, water lifting devices, irrigation measurement and
instruments.
 Soil erosion and their types and engineering control measures,
 Equipment and machine- tillage, intercultural, plant protection and harvesting, land development and
soil conservation. Post harvest management for agricultural and horticultural products.