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The proposed book is contained the recent general agriculture awareness plus 10 subject in the volume 1 namely Recent General Agriculture, Soil Science, Agricultural Meteorology, Agronomy, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Environment & Ecology, Agro-forestry, Statistics, Economics and Extension Education. This books is cover the all topics of concerned subject in to the lines as detailed information as summery sheet and 150 objectives questions additionally to cover all the syllabus of each subjects. The level of this book is for all kind of national and state level competitive examination like PSCs, Universities PG & Ph.D. entrance examinations, ICAR-JRF, SRF, NET and ARS; Banking AO and other competitive examinations for agriculture sectors.

Dr WS Dhillon

Former ADG Hort. Sci., ICAR, New Delhi Former Director PHPTC, Govt. of Punjab Former Director PAU-Fruit Research Station

Subjects	Content
Recent Indian agriculture	History, Currant affair about agriculture, about of ICAR, development of agriculture in India, important terms, revaluations and programme
Soil science	Soil origin, Weathering morphology and formations; rocks; Soil colour; Soil colloids; Soil water; Soil air; Soil temperature; Soil formation, Classification survey, LCC and soil of India; Soil reactions and buffering; Problematic soil of India and Its management; Soil fertility, manures and fertilizers; Soil erosion and conservations; Soil and water conservation measures; and MCQ
Agricultural meteorology	Atmosphere and Solar radiation; Air temperature and pressure; wind; Humidity and evaporation; Condensation and precipitation; Clouds and their classification; Monsoons; Climatic requirements of different crops; drought; Weather forecasting; Climate change and MCQ
Agronomy	Basic concept of agronomy like tillage, seed and sowing, plant population, mineral nutrition’s, water management, soil conservation, dry land agriculture, sustainable agriculture, weed and its management, harvesting and storage; Crop production – cereal crops, pulse crops, oil seed crops, fiber crops, fodder crops, cash crops; important facts and MCQ
Environment and ecology	Environment; ecosystem; ecology; Photoperiodism; vegetations; biodiversity; biofertilizers; pollutions; climate change; biodiversity conservations and MCQ
Agro- Forestry:	Introduction and history of agro-forestry; Traditional Agro-forestry Systems in India; Systems for soil conservation or amelioration; Benefits from Agro-forestry; Classification of Agro-forestry System; Agro-forestry Diagnosis & Design (D & D) and MCQ
Entomology	Introduction and history of entomology; Factors for insect dominance; Insect taxonomy; Insect structure (external and internal); Beneficial insect; Polyphagous pests; Insect of crops; IPM; HPR; Chemical insecticides; Insect hormones; Insect pheromones; Biological control; Insect ecology; Mites; Rodent pests and MCQ
Plant Pathology	Terminology; Important famines; History of plant pathology; Plant pathogenic organisms (Eukaryotic - Algae, Fungi, Protozoa, Nematodes, Phanerogamic Parasites, Insects; Prokaryotic – Mycoplasma, Bacteria, BGA, Spiroplasma, Phytoplasma; Acelluar- Virus, Viroid, Virusoid, Satellite Viruses and Prions), Important diseases of crops, Forecasting and its integrated management, and MCQ
Agricultural Statistics	Data; Mean; Mode; Medium; Quartiles; Dispersion; Test of Significance; Regression and Correlation; Probability; Design of Experiments and MCQ
Economics	Economic history, Utility, Supply and Demand , Tax and Inflation; Farm management- Farming types, System of farming, Cost of cultivation, Relationship between Factor- Product and Enterprise; Agricultural Finance and Cooperation; Agricultural Marketing, and MCQ
Agricultural Extension	Extension Education, Objective and Principle of Agricultural Extension, Rural Sociology and Psychology, Communication; Diffusion and Adoption; Programme Planning and MCQ.