B.Sc.( Ag.) HONOURS SYLLABUS 2020-2021
II-semester
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Sl. No. |
Course code |
Course
title |
CREDIT |
MARK |
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Theory |
Practical |
Internal |
Total |
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1. |
GPB-121 |
Fundamentals of Genetics |
3(2+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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2. |
GPB-122 |
Fundamentals of Crop Physiology |
2(1+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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3. |
AECO-121 |
Fundamentals of Agricultural
Economics |
2(2+0) |
80 |
- |
20 |
100 |
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4. |
PATHO-121 |
Fundamentals of Plant Pathology |
4(3+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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5. |
ENT-121 |
Fundamentals of Entomology-I
(Insect Morphology and Taxonomy) |
2(1+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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6. |
EXT-121 |
Fundamentals of Agricultural
Extension Education |
3(2+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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7. |
PATHO-122 |
Agricultural Microbiology |
2(1+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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8. |
AGENG-121 |
Soil and Water Conservation
Engineering |
2(1+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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9. |
HORT-121 |
Production Technology for
Vegetables and Spices |
2
(1+1) |
50 |
30 |
20 |
100 |
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10. |
HVE-121 |
Human Values & Ethics
(non-gradial) |
1(1+0)** |
80 |
- |
20 |
100 |
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Total |
23(22+1**) |
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Non-gradial courses |
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GPB-121: Fundamentals of Genetics
3(2+1)
Theory
UNIT-I
Cell cycle and
cell division- mitosis and meiosis. The architecture of chromosome; chromonemata,
chromosome matrix, chromomeres, centromere, secondary constriction and
telomere; special types of chromosomes. Chromosomal theory of inheritance-
Structural and numerical variations in chromosome and their implications, Use
of haploids, dihaploids, and doubled haploids in Genetics.
UNIT-II
Pre and Post Mendelian
concepts of heredity, Mendelian principles of heredity.Dominance relationships,
Epistatic interactions with example.
UNIT - III
Probability and
Chi-square. Linkage and its estimation, crossing over mechanisms, chromosome
mapping Sex determination and sex linkage, sex-limited and sex influenced
traits,
UNIT-IV
Multiple alleles,
pleiotropism and pseudoalleles, Blood group genetics,. Mutation, classification, multiple factors
hypothesis,, Methods of inducing mutations & CIB technique, mutagenic
agents, and induction of mutation. Qualitative & Quantitative traits,
Polygenes and continuous variations,
UNIT-V
Nature, structure
& replication of genetic material. Protein synthesis, Transcription and
translational mechanism of genetic material, Gene concept: Gene structure,
function, and regulation. Cytoplasmic inheritance. Genetic disorders.
Practical
Study of the microscope.Study
of cell structure. Mitosis and Meiosis cell division. Experiments on
monohybrid, dihybrid, trihybrid, test cross and back cross, Experiments on
epistatic interactions including test cross and back cross, Practice on mitotic
and meiotic cell division, Experiments on Chi-square test. Determination of
linkage and cross-over analysis (through two-point test cross and three point
test cross data). Study on sex linked inheritance in Drosophila.
GPB-122:
Fundamentals of Crop Physiology 2(1+1)
Theory
UNIT-I
Introduction to crop physiology and
its importance in Agriculture; Plant cell:
an Overview;
UNIT - II
Diffusion and osmosis; Absorption of
water, transpiration and Stomatal Physiology; Mineral nutrition of Plants:
UNIT-III
Functions and deficiency symptoms of
nutrients, nutrient uptake mechanisms; Photosynthesis: Light and Dark
reactions, C3, C4, and CAM plants; Respiration: Glycolysis, TCA cycle and
electron transport chain;
UNIT-IV
Fat Metabolism: Fatty acid synthesis
and Breakdown; Plant growth regulators:
UNIT-V
Physiological roles and agricultural
uses, Physiological aspects of growth and development of major crops: Growth
analysis, Role of Physiological growth parameters in crop productivity.
Practical
Study of plant cells, structure and distribution of stomata, imbibitions, osmosis, plasmolysis, measurement of root pressure, rate of transpiration.
AECO-121:
Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics 2(2+0)
Theory
UNIT-I
Economics: Meaning, scope, and subject
matter, definitions, activities, approaches to economic analysis; micro and
macroeconomics, positive and normative analysis.
Basic concepts: Goods and services,
desire, want, demand, utility, cost and price, wealth, capital, income and
welfare.
Agricultural economics: Meaning,
definition, characteristics, importance and its role in economic development.
Agricultural planning and development in the country.
UNIT II
Demand: Meaning, law of demand,
demand schedule and demand curve, determinants, utility theory; law of
diminishing marginal utility, equi-marginal utility principle. Consumer’s
equilibrium and derivation of demand curve, concept of consumer surplus.
Elasticity of demand: concept and measurement of price elasticity, income
elasticity and cross elasticity.
Supply: Stock v/s supply, law of
supply, supply schedule, supply curve, determinants of supply, elasticity of
supply.
UNIT-III
Production: Process, creation of
utility, factors of production, input output relationship. Law of returns: Law
of variable proportions and law of returns to scale.
Cost: Cost concepts, short run and
long run cost curves.
Market structure: meaning and types
of market, basic features of perfectly competitive and imperfect markets. Price
determination under perfect competition; short run and long run equilibrium of
firm and industry, shut down and break-even points.
Distribution Theory: meaning, factor
market and pricing of factors of production. Concepts of rent, wage, interest
and profit.
UNIT-IV
National income: Meaning and
importance, circular flow, concepts of national income accounting and
approaches to measurement, difficulties in measurement.
Population: Importance, Malthusian
and Optimum population theories, natural and socio-economic determinants,
current policies and programmes on population control.
Money: Barter system of exchange and
its problems, evolution, functions of money, classification of money, supply,
general price index, inflation and deflation.
Banking: Role in modern economy,
types of banks, functions of commercial and central bank, credit creation
policy.
UNIT-V
Agricultural and public finance:
Meaning, micro v/s macro finance, need for agricultural finance, public revenue
and expenditure.
Tax: meaning, direct and indirect
taxes, agricultural taxation, VAT
Economic Systems: Concepts of economy and its functions, important features of capitalistic, socialistic, and mixed economies, elements of economic planning.
PATHO-121: Fundamentals of Plant Pathology 4(3+1)
Theory
Unit-I
Introduction: Importance of plant diseases, scope, and
objectives of Plant Pathology. History of Plant Pathology with special
reference to Indian work.Terms and concepts in Plant Pathology.
UNIT II
Pathogenesis. Causes /
factors affecting disease development: disease triangle and tetrahedron and
classification of plant diseases. Important plant pathogenic organisms,
different groups: fungi, bacteria,
fastidious vesicular bacteria, phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, viruses, viroids,
algae, protozoa and nematodes with examples of diseases caused by them.Diseases
and symptoms due to abiotic causes.
Unit-III
Fungi: general characters, definition of fungus,
somatic structures, types of fungal thalli, fungal tissues, modifications of
thallus, reproduction (asexual and sexual). Nomenclature, Binomial system of
nomenclature, rules of nomenclature, classification of fungi. Key to divisions,
sub-divisions, orders and classes.
Unit-IV
Bacteria and
mollicutes: general morphological
characters. Basic methods of classification and reproduction.
Viruses: nature, structure, replication and
transmission. Study of phanerogamic plant parasites.
Nematodes:General morphology and
reproduction, classification, symptoms and nature of damage caused by plant
nematodes (Heterodera, Meloidogyne, Anguina)
Unit-V
Growth and reproduction
of plant pathogens. Liberation/dispersal and survival of plant
pathogens. Types of
parasitism and variability in plant pathogens.Pathogenesis.Role of enzymes,
toxins, and growth regulators in disease development.
Practical
Acquaintance with various laboratory equipment and microscopy. Collection and preservation of disease specimens.Preparation of media, isolation and Koch’s postulates.General study of different structures of fungi.Study of symptoms of various plant diseases.Study of representative fungal genera.Staining and identification of plant pathogenic bacteria.Study of morphological features and identification of plant-parasitic nematodes. Sampling and extraction of nematodes from soil, preparation of nematode mounting.
ENT-121:
Fundamentals of Entomology-I(Insect Morphology and Taxonomy) 2(1+1)
Unit-I
History of Entomology in India. Classification of phylum Arthropoda up to classes. Relationship of class Insecta with other classes of Arthropoda.
Unit-II
Morphology: Body segmentation. Structure of Head, thorax and abdomen.
Structure and modifications of insect antennae, mouth parts, legs, Wing
venation, modifications and wing coupling apparatus. Major sensory organs like
simple and compound eyes, chemoreceptor.
Unit-III
Structure and functions of digestive, circulatory, excretory, respiratory,
nervous, secretary (Endocrine) and reproductive system, in insects. Structure
of male and female genital organ Types of reproduction in insects.
Unit-IV
Systematics: Taxonomy –importance, history and development and binomial
nomenclature. Definitions of Biotype, Sub-species, Species, Genus, Family and
Order. Classification of class Insecta up to Orders, basic groups of present day
insects with special emphasis to orders and families of Agricultural importance
like Orthoptera: Acrididae, Tettigonidae, Gryllidae, Gryllotalpidae;
Dictyoptera: Mantidae, Blattidae; Odonata; Isoptera: Termitidae; Thysanoptera:
Thripidae; Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Coreidae, Cimicidae, Pyrrhocoridae,
Lygaeidae, Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Aphididae, Coccidae, Lophophidae,
Aleurodidae, Pseudococcidae; Neuroptera: Chrysopidae; Lepidoptera: Pieridae,
Papiloinidae, Noctuidae, Sphingidae, Pyralidae, Gelechiidae, Arctiidae,
Saturnidae, Bombycidae; Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae,
Curculionidae, Bruchidae, Scarabaeidae; Hymenoptera: Tenthridinidae, Apidae.
Trichogrammatidae, lchneumonidae, Braconidae, Chalcididae; Diptera:
Cecidomyiidae, Tachinidae, Agromyziidae, Culicidae,Muscidae, Tephritidae.
Unit-V
Structure and functions of insect cuticle and molting. Metamorphosis and
diapause in insects. Types of larvae and pupae.
Practical
Methods of collection and preservation of insects including immature stages; External features of Grasshopper/Blister beetle; Types of insect antennae, mouthparts and legs; Wing venation, types of wings and wing coupling apparatus. Types of insect larvae and pupae; Dissection of digestive system in insects (Grasshopper); Dissection of male and female reproductive systems in insects (Grasshopper); Study of characters of orders Orthoptera, Dictyoptera, Odonata, Isoptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and their families of agricultural importance.
EXT-121: Fundamentals
of Agricultural Extension Education 3(2+1)
Theory
Unit-I
Education: Meaning, Definition & Types;
Extension Education- meaning, definition, scope and process; objectives and
principles of Extension Education; Extension Programme planning-Meaning,
Process, Principles, and Steps in Programme Development.
Unit-II
Extension systems in India:
extension efforts in the pre-independence era (Sriniketan, Marthandam, Firka
Development Scheme, Gurgaon Experiment, etc.) and post-independence era (Etawah
Pilot Project, Nilokheri Experiment, etc.); various extension/ agriculture
development programmes launched by ICAR/Govt. of India (IADP, IAAP, HYVP, KVK,
IVLP, ORP, ND,NATP, NAIP, etc.). New trends in agriculture extension:
privatization extension, cyber extension/ e-extension, market-led
extension,farmer-led extension, expert systems, etc.
Unit-III
Rural Development: concept, meaning,
definition; various rural development programmes launched by Govt. of India.
Community Dev.-meaning, definition, concept & principles, Philosophy of
C.D.
Unit-IV
Rural Leadership: concept and
definition, types of leaders in the rural context. Monitoring and evaluation:
concept and definition, monitoring and evaluation of extension programmes;
Unit-V
Transfer of technology: concept and
models, capacity building of extension personnel; extension teaching methods:
meaning, classification, individual, group, and mass contact methods, ICT
Applications in TOT (New and Social Media), media mix strategies;
Practical
To get acquainted with university extension system. Group discussion- exercise; handling and use of audio visual equipments and digital camera and LCD projector; preparation and use ofAV aids, preparation of extension literature – leaflet, booklet, folder, pamphlet news stories andsuccess stories; Presentation skills exercise; micro teaching exercise; A visit to village to understandthe problems being encountered by the villagers/ farmers; to study organization and functioningof DRDA and other development departments at district level; visit to NGO and learning from their experience in rural development; understanding PRA techniques and their application invillage development planning; exposure to mass media: visit to community radio and televisionstudio for understanding the process of programme production.
AGENG-121:
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering 2(1+1)
Theory
UNIT I
Introduction to Soil and Water
Conservation causes of soil erosion. Definition and agents of soil erosion,
UNIT II
Water erosion: Forms of water
erosion. Gully classification and control measures. Soil loss estimation by
universal Loss Soil Equation.Soil loss measurement techniques.
UNIT III
Principles of erosion control:
Introduction to contouring, strip cropping. Contour bund. Graded bund and bench
terracing.Grassed water ways and their design.
UNIT IV
Water harvesting and its techniques.
Wind erosion: mechanics of wind erosion, types of soil movement.
UNIT V
Principles of wind erosion control
and its control measures.
Practical
General status of soil conservation in India.Calculation of erosion index.Estimation of soilloss.Measurement of soil loss.Preparation of contour maps.Design of grassed water ways.Design of contour bunds.Design of graded bunds.Design of bench terracing system.Problem on wind erosion.
PATHO-122: Agricultural Microbiology 2(1+1)
Theory
Unit-I
Introduction Microbial
world: Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes. Bacteria: cell structure,
chemoautotrophy, photo autotrophy growth.
Unit-II
Bacterial genetics:
Genetic recombination- transformation, conjugation and transduction, plasmids,
transposon.
Unit-III
Role of microbes in soil
fertility and crop production: Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur cycles.
Unit-IV
Biological nitrogen
fixation- symbiotic, associative, and asymbiotic. Azolla, blue-green algae, and
mycorrhiza.
Unit-V
Rhizosphere and
phyllosphere. Microbes in human welfare: silage production, biofertilizers, and
biodegradation of agro-waste.
Practical
Introduction to microbiology laboratory and its equipments; Microscope- parts, principles of microscopy, resolving power, and numerical aperture.Methods of sterilization.Nutritional media and their preparations.Enumeration of microbial population in soil- bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes.Methods of isolation and purification of microbial cultures.Isolation of Rhizobium from legume root nodules.Staining and microscopic examination of microbes.
HORT-121: Production Technology
for Vegetable and Spices 2 (1+1)
Theory
Unit-I
Importance of vegetables
& spices in human nutrition and national economy, kitchen gardening.
Unit-II
Production technology of Tomato,
Brinjal, Chilli and Capsicum.
Unit-III
Production technology of
Cucumber, Melons, Gourds, Pumpkin, French bean and Peas.
Unit-IV
Production technology of Cole
crops such as Cabbage, Cauliflower, Knol-khol; Bulb crops such as Onion, Garlic
& spices crops such as coriander, turmeric, and ginger, etc.
UNIT - V
Production technology of
root crops such as Carrot, Radish, Beetroot, Tuber crops such as Potato; Leafy
vegetables such as Amaranth, Palak.Perennial vegetables.
Practical
Identification of vegetables & spice crops and their seeds. Nursery raising. Direct seed sowing and transplanting.Study of morphological characters of different vegetables & spices.Fertilizers applications.Harvesting & preparation for market.Economics of vegetables and spices cultivation.
HVE-121: Human Value and Ethics 1(1+0)
Theory
Unit-I
Values and Ethics-An
Introduction.Goal and Mission of Life.The vision of Life.
Unit-II
Principles and Philosophy. Self
Exploration.
Unit-III
Self Awareness. Self Satisfaction. Decision
Making and Motivation.
Unit-IV
Sensitivity.Success.Selfless
Service.Case Study of Ethical Lives.
Unit-V
Positive Spirit.Body, Mind and soul.Attachment and Detachment.Spirituality Quotient.Examination.