BSc. Agriculture: 2nd Semester Syllabus

B.Sc.( Ag.) HONOURS SYLLABUS 2020-2021

II-semester

Sl. No.

Course code

Course title

CREDIT

MARK

Theory

Practical

Internal

Total

1.

GPB-121

Fundamentals of Genetics

     3(2+1)

50

30

20

100

2.

GPB-122

Fundamentals of Crop Physiology

2(1+1)

50

30

20

100

3.

AECO-121

Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics

2(2+0)

80

-

20

100

4.

PATHO-121

Fundamentals of Plant Pathology

4(3+1)

50

30

20

100

5.

ENT-121

Fundamentals of Entomology-I (Insect Morphology and Taxonomy)

2(1+1)

50

30

20

100

6.

EXT-121

Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education

3(2+1)

50

30

20

100

7.

PATHO-122

Agricultural Microbiology

2(1+1)

50

30

20

100

8.

AGENG-121

Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

2(1+1)

50

30

20

100

9.

HORT-121

Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices

2 (1+1)

50

30

20

100

10.

HVE-121

Human Values & Ethics (non-gradial)

1(1+0)**

80

-

20

100

Total

23(22+1**)

** Non-gradial courses


 

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.

 

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