101. Mustard fruit is known as - siliqua
102. Pungency of mustard is done to - isothiocynate
103. National seed corporation was established in March – 1963
104. Seed Act was passed in 1966 (29 dec)
105. Tetrazolium Test is done for - viability and vigour
106. The Indian seed Act came into force on 2 oct 1969
107. NSC started functioning in July 1963
108. The head quarter of NSC is - Pusa compus , ND
109. National Seed project was launched in – 1976
110. The world meteorology is derived from- Greek language
111. International meteorological organization was est. in – 1873
112. Division of Agri. Meteorology at pune , Maharashtra was est. in 1932
113. Solar radiation is measured by – pyranometer(total incoming radiations)
114. Agro Ecological Zones in India is 8( by NARP ICAR), 21(by NBSSLUP)—but now only 20 115. Agro -climatic zones (15 nos.) are formed in India during 7th five year plan (1988) 116. The green Ouse gases are - CO2 , CFC , CH4, etc. 117. Indian meteorological Dept. was est. in the year of -1875 118. Wind velocity is measured by -Anemometer .
119. Father of agro- climatology is - Koppen
120. Koppen classified the climate based on - temperature & Precipitation
121.The study of weather is called – meteorology
122.The term weed was firstly used by - jethrotull
123.National Research centre for weed science is situated at-Jabalpur (MP)
124.Commercial mycoherbices first appeared in market USA in early 1980s
125.National horticulture board was est.at Gurgaon (Haryana )
126.First all India coordinated floriculture Improvement project was started in 1971
127.Central temperate Horticulture Research institute is situated at - Srinagar (J&K)
128.International institute of horticulture is situated in – Brazil
129.Who is the father of pomology – Decandolle
130.National horticulture board was est. in the year 1984
131.Who was the first deputy director general of horticulture , ICAR - dr. K.L. Chadha
132.Which vegetable rank first among vegetable crops in production in the world – potato
133.In India , potato was introduced by Portuguese in 1965
134. Research on potato was stared at IARI New Delhi in – 1935
135. The International potato centre was est.in 1971 at lima (Peru)
136. Central potato Research Institute was est. in – 1949
137. Seed plant technique was developed by - Dr. Pushkarnath
138. The Head quarter of CPRI was Shifted from Patna to Shimla in 1956
139. True potato seed concept was first realize to raise commercial crop in India by Dr. S.Ramanujam (Fist director of CPRI)
140. Cauliflower was introduced in India by Dr. Jemson from Kew Garden, London in the year 1822
141. Male sterility in cauliflower was introduced by Peerson (1981)
142. The toxic substance of cucurbits is – cucurbitacin
143. Which hormones are used in cucurbits to modify sex and to induce femaleness - GA & NAA
144. Seedless variety of mango is - Sindhu (devloped at FRS vengurula )
145. Most exported variety of mango is - Alphonso
146. Black tip in mango is a physiological disorder due to brick clin fumes mostly CO, SO2 or deficiency of boron
147. Which type of incompatibility is found in mango - gemtophytic
148. Mango variety , most suitable for high density planting is Amarpali
149. Mango inflorescence contains , which type of flowers - male and hermaphrodite
150. The off season mango variety is - Niranjan
151. The only mutant cultivarr of mango is – Rosica
152. Magnifera contains about 41 species
153. The regular bearing varieties of mango are - neeum , Banglora , pairi, etc .
154. Mosambi a sweet orange cultivar was introduced from - Mozambi ue
155. The edible portion of citrus fruits is -juicy placental hairs
156. The first record of the name grape fruit in jamaica was in – 1814
157. The Banana breeding was first stared at - Imperial college of tropical agriculture in Trinidad (1922)
158. Banana Breeding was stared in India in 1949 at central Banana Research station , aduthurai (TN)
159. Banana can be stored at - 13 C and 85 % RH
160. Banana initiate flowering 9-12 months after Planting
161. The notice is papaya is tropical America
162. The yellow pigment in papaya is caricaxanthin
163. Papaya is the richest source of vitamin A next to mango it contains 2020 IU/ 100 g fruit
164.King of temperate fruit is - Apple
165.Family of apple is Rosaceae
166.Mother of all delicious group of cultivars is - red delicious
167.The king of arid fruit is ber
168.The commercial propagation method off grape is - hard wood cutting
169.In India the black soil is mostly fond in - Maharashtra
170.Red soil is mostly found in – Tamilnadu
171.The soil which is most suitable for most crops is - sandy loam
172.Red colour in the red soils is due to presence of various oxides of irons
173.The vertical section of the soil showing the various layers from the surface to the unaffected parent material is known as - soil profile .
174.The arrangement of soil particles and their aggregate into certain defined is called - soil structure
175.Particle density of soil is also known as - true density
176. Generally the particles density of normal soil is - 2.65 gram/cm3
177. The bulk density of normal soil is - 1.33 g/cm 3
178. The formula of porosity of soil is - porosity =100-(bulk density / Particle density )
179. The certain exchange capacity (CEC) of montmorillonite is - 60-100 me / 100 gm
180. The first soil classification system was developed by - russion scientist Dokuchaev (1880)
181. The U.S classification system the soil orders are – 10
182. Formula of bulk density is= wt. of soil / volume of solids and pores
183. Law of minimum was given by - Vn Liebig (1840)
184. Top most mineral horizon is - A horizon
185. exchangeable sodium %age is also known as soluble %age
186. The term pH was introduced by Sorensen (1909)
187. Energy exchange elements are H & O
188. K & Na is determined by Flame Photometer
189. Micro nutrient is also known as - trace element , Oligo -element or spurned elements
190. Crop logging techniqueue was given by - H. F. Clements
191. Metal nutrients are - K, fe, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu.
192. Highly mobile nutrients are - N,P,K.
193. Criteria of essentiality was proposed by Arnon & Stout (1939)
194. The term fictional nutrient was proposed by - Nicholas (1961)
195. Moderate mobile nutrient is Zn
196. FYM contains - 0.5% N , 0.2 % P2O5 & 0.5 % K2O
197. The P is available at 6-7 pH
198. Bio fertilizers are - Rhizobium , Azotobacter, Azospirillum , PSB, VAM,BGA, etc.
199. Approx. 20 gram of rhizobium culture is required to treat one kg seed
200. One packet of rhizobium culture contains 20 gram of rhizobium culture
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