BSC Agriculture Syllabus CBCS
BSC Agriculture Syllabus CBCS
BSC Agriculture Syllabus CBCS
Part-II: AGRONOMY
a. Ground nut
b. Sunflower
c. Castor
d. Sesame
e. Mustard
Unit – V Production of Commercial crops (12 hrs)
Importance, origin, distribution, climate, variation, soil, practices, manuring,
irrigation, Plant protection, harvesting and processing of the following crops:
a. Cotton
b. Jute
c. Sugarcane
d. Tobacco
e. Berseem
f. Lucerne
g. Para grass
h. Napier grass
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I B.Sc – AGRICULTURE SYLLABUS
PAPER-II SEMESTER –II
Paper-II P: Agronomy-II
Total hours of teaching 45 hrs @ 3 hrs per week
Practical Syllabus – II
1. Identification and analysis of manures [Farm yard manure, Poultry manure, sheep
penning].
4. Hybrid seed production using male sterile lines, maintainer lines and restoral lines.
Field visits to observe the standing crops at Agriculture College and Research station in the
vicinity [Darsi, Bapatla, Lam Farm, Jangamaheswarapuram and Amaravathi]
II B. Sc – AGRICULTURE SYLLABUS THEORY
PAPER –III; SEMESTER -III
Paper-III T: Fundamentals of Entomology
Total hours of teaching 60 hrs @ 4 hrs per week
1. Important plant pathogenic organisms- different groups- fungi, bacteria, fastidious vesicular
bacteria, phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, viruses, viriods, algae, protozoa and
phanerogamic parasites with examples of diseases caused by them.
2. General Characters of fungi- Definition of fungus, somatic structures, types of fungal thalli,
fungal tissues, modifications of thallus, reproduction in fungi (asexual and sexual).
3. Plant viruses-general characteristics and examples of plant diseases caused by viruses,
viroids.
1. Terms and concepts in Plant Pathology. Survival and Dispersal of Plant Pathogens
2. Phenomenon of infection – pre-penetration, penetration and post penetration.
3. Pathogenesis – Role of enzymes, toxins, growth regulators and polysaccharides
4. Defense mechanism in plants – Structural and Bio-chemical (pre and post-infection).
1. Meaning and importance, difference between simple and compound interest diseases –
Factors affecting plant disease epidemics – host, pathogen, environment and time
factor.
2. Plant Disease Forecasting – Meaning, advantages, methods in forecasting and examples.
3. Remote sensing – Meaning, scope, objectives, advantages.
1. Diseases of crops and their management –important disease in rice, sugarcane, cotton,
tobacco, groundnut, pulses and major fruit and vegetable crops.
II B. Sc – AGRICULTURE SYLLABUS Practical
PAPER –IV; SEMESTER -IV
Paper-IV P: Fundamentals of Plant Pathology
Total hours of teaching 45 hrs @ 3 hrs per week