Agriculture E -Study Notes for FCI AG III Technical 2022 | Complete English Medium eBook by Adda247

PART 1. General Agriculture

• Introduction
• Branches of Agriculture
• Important National and International Bureaus/Institutes and Research Centres
• Revolutions in Agriculture
• Important Years and Days in Agriculture
• Scientists and their contributions.
• India’s rank on world (Cereal, Pulses and Horticultural Crops)
• General introduction to crops (Botanical name, family, fruit type, type of inflorescence, edible parts of fruits, etc)
• Classification of crops
• Major toxins/compounds of plants and their effects.
• Important terminologies

PART 2. Entomology 

• Important Terminologies
• Insect Morphology
• Pest Management
• Insect Taxonomy
• Agriculturally Important Insect Orders and their Families
• General Concept of Entomology
• Pest and Concept of Population
• Integrated Pest Management
• Kinds of Insecticides
• Plant Protection Equipments
• Insect Pests of Field and Horticultural Crops
• Storage Pests and Their Management
• Introduction to Sericulture
• Types of Silk Worm
• Pest, Disease and Nematodes in Sericulture and their Management
• Introduction to Apiculture
• Honey bees-Types and Castes
• Pest and Diseases of Honeybees and their Management
• Important terminologies

PART 3. Plant Pathology

• Basics of Plant Pathology
• History of Plant Pathology- India and Abroad
• Classification of Disease
• General Description of Plant Pathogens
• Principles of Plant Disease Control
• Types of Fungicide
• Classification of Plant Diseases
• Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management
• Important terminologies

PART 4. Agriculture Economics and Agricultural Marketing

• Definition and Types of Economics
• Basic Assumption in Economics
• Economic Principles Related to Farm Management
• Theories in Economics
• Types of Farmers Based on Land Holdings
• Cost Concepts
• Important Formulas
• List of Institutions Related to Agricultural Economics
• Introduction of Agriculture and agricultural products (including agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, floriculture, aquaculture- genetic culture and dairy product)
• Agricultural Marketing
• Role of marketing - Concepts - Goods and services - Movement of product from farm to consumer –Middlemen – Moneylenders
• Types of agricultural markets (basic classification).
• Basic structure and facilities of an agricultural market – Primary, secondary and tertiary markets.
• Important terminologies