General Agriculture Most Important One Liners Questions Series Part - 3

 General Agriculture Most Important One Liners Questions Series Part - 3

• Azotobacter is used for - Rice, Cotton, Sugarcane etc.
• Azospirillum bio fertilizer used for - Sorghum.
• The cytoplasm and nucleus combinedly called - Protoplasm
• Cell theory was proposed by-  M.J. Schleden and Theodo Schwann
• The term Lysosomes was first used by - Dave in 1955
• The main function of Golgi bodies are - Packaging of food materials such as Protein, Lipids etc.
• Mitosis occurs in -  Somatic cells
• Segregation occurs during - Meiosis
• The longest mitotic phase is - Prophase
• Absorption Spectrum of photosynthesis is - Blue and Red
• Action Spectrum of photosynthesis is - Red and Blue
• The function of ribosomes are - Protein Synthesis
• C4 Plants proposed by -  Hatch and Slack (1970)
• The Dark reaction process of photosynthesis has been named variously - Calvin cycle or Blackman Reaction.
• Light reaction is also known as -  Hill reaction
• In photosynthesis, the solar energy converts into - Chemical energy
• The OSMOSIS term was given by - Abble Nollet (1748)
• The term “Diffusion pressure deficit” was introduced by - Meyer in 1938.
• The term “Imbibition” was coined by - Sachs
• Imbibition Pressure is also known as - Matric Potential
• Root pressure word was coined by - Stephan Hales
• Father of  Physiology - Stephan Hales
• Soil les cultivation of plants is known as - Hydroponics
• Rate of transpiration is determined by – Potometer
• The term “Mitochondria” was given by - C Benda (1897)
• The “Simple Microscope” was invented by - Galileo (1610)
• The shortest phase of all mitosis phase is - Anaphase
• Meiotic division is also known as - Reductional Division
• The term mitosis was coined by -  Fleming (1882)
• Dark reaction was discovered by - Blackman
• Dark reaction is also known as - Blackman Reaction or C3 – cycle
• The main site for dark reaction of photosynthesis is – Stroma
• The evaporation of water from plants is called - Transpiration
• Evaporation from soil and transpiration combined are called – Evapotranspiration (ET)
• The loss of sap (water) from the injured parts of plants is called - Bleeding
• Approximately 90% of the world photosynthesis is carried out by - Marine and fresh water algae.
• Net production of ATP in Glycolysis is - 2
• Growth rate is measured by - Auxanometer & Cresco Graph
• “Photoperiodism” term was coined by - TD Lysenko (1920)
• Apical Bud dominance is caused by which hormone - Auxin
• Which hormones is used as a herbicide - Auxin
• Which hormone is related to drought tolerance - Absicic Acid (ABA)
• Main auxin is also known as - IAA
• Root promoting hormones is - IBA
• The precursor of IAA is - Tryptophane
• Dormancy break by which hormone - Cytokinis
• Stress hardening in plants can be active by which hormone - ABA
• Fruit ripening hormone is - Ethylene
• The term “Auxin” was used by - Frits went (Holland) 1905
• Went’s auxin is now known as - Indole -3-acetic acid (IAA)
• Which hormones are the Auxin - IAA, IBA, NAA, 2-4-D, 2,4,5-T MCPA, IPA. TIBA etc
• Shedding of plant parts is due to - ABA hormones
• Cycocel (CCC) is a - Growth Retardant
• The most widely used auxin herbiceds are - 2-4-D, 2,4,5-T MCPA
• Gibberellins were first discovered in - Japan
• The hormones also known as - Phyto Hormones, Growth hormones and  Growth substances.
• Synthesis of IAA in plants requires - Zinc
• The term “Phytohormone” for hormones of plants is suggested by - Thimann (1948)
• The term genetic resources was coined by - Frankel
• Mendel began his famous experiments on Pea in - 1857
• Mendel Paper entitled “Experiments in Plant Hybridization” was presented in German Language in two papers in 1865 (Feb, 8 and March, 8).
• First time gene was divided into Cistron, Muton and Recon by -  Benzer (1955)
• Sex chromosomes are also known as - Allosomes
• Crossing over occurs in - Pachytene stage
• The tendency of two or more genes to remain together in the same chromsome during inheritance is referred to as - Linkage
• Chiasma type theory of crossing over was proposed by - Janssens
• Genic balance system of sex determination was proposed by- Bridge in 1922
• Mendel Paper published in the annual proceeding of society in - 1866
• The term “Genetics” was coined by - Bateson (1905)
• The term Gene, Genotype and Phenotype were used by - Johannsen in 1903
• Germplasm theory was proposed by - Weismann
• Crossing over term was used first time by - Morgan and ctell in 1911
• Operon model of gene regulation was discovered by - Jacob and Monad 1961
• The term “Chromosome” was coined by - Waldeyer in 1888
• One gene one enzymes hypothesis was proposed by - Beadle and Tatum In 1941
• Monogenic sex determination is found in - Asparagus, Papaya, Maize, Spinach etc.
• The homozygous progeny of a self - pollinated homozygous plant is known as - Pure lines
• The concept of purelines theory was developed by - Johannsen (1903), Danish biologist
• Breeding method for self-pollinated crops are - Pure Line selection, Mass Selection, Progeny selection, Bulk Method, Pedigree method, Single Seed Descent Method (SSD), Back cross Method
• A multiline variety is a mixture of - Several pure lines.
• Bulk method was first used by- Nelson Ehle in 1908
• The modification of bulk method is - Single seed descent
• In pure line Theory, Johannsen was working on - Princess variety of  Rajmah.
• Synthetic varieties are maintained by - Open Pollination
• A synthetic variety can be developed from - Inbreeds, Clones and Open pollinated varieties.
• The general or basic concept in the development of synthetic varieties is - Exploitation of Hybrid Vigour
• The concept of disruptive mating and selection was developed by - Mather (1953) and Thody (1958)
• Mass Pedigree Method was proposed by - Harrington in 1937
• The oldest method of selection is - Mass Selection
• Progeny test was developed by - Louis de Vilmorin
• Progeny Test is also known as - Vilmorin Isolation Principle
• Single seed Descent method applied for the first time in oat in 1965 by – Graphius
• The term recurrent selection was coined by - Hull in 1945
• The use of synthetic varieties for commercial cultivation was first suggested in maize by - Hayes and Garber, 1919
• The Concept of dialled selective mating system was originally develped by - Johnsen in 1970
• The hetrosis is also known as - Hybrid Vigour
• The term “Heterosis” was first used by - Shull in 1914
• Dominance theory was proposed by - Devenport in 1908
• The cross between inbred line and open pollinated variety was done in - Top Cross method
• The resistance of host to the particular race of a pathogen is known as - Vertical resistance.

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