General Agriculture Most Important One Liners Questions Series Part - 2

• Mustard fruit is known as - Siliqua 
• Pungency of mustard is done to - Isothiocynate
• National seed corporation was established in March – 1963
• Agro -Climatic Zones are formed in India during 7th five year plan (1988).
• The green House gases are - CO2 , CFC , CH4 etc.
• Indian meteorological Dept. was established in the year of - 1875
• Wind velocity is measured by - Anemometer
• Father of Agro - Climatology is - Koppen
• Koppen classified the climate based on - Temperature & Precipitation
• The study of weather is called – Meteorology
• The term “Weed” was firstly used by - Jethrotull
• National Research centre for Weed Science is situated at - Jabalpur (MP) Seed Act was passed in – 1966, 29 Dec
• Tetrazolium Test is done for - Viability and Vigour
• The Indian seed Act came into force on 2 oct 1969.
• NSC started functioning in July 1963
• The head quarter of NSC is - Pusa campus, ND
• National Seed project was launched in – 1976
• National Horticulture Board was established in the year - 1984
• Who was the first deputy director general of  Horticulture, ICAR - Dr. K.L. Chadha
• Which vegetable rank first among vegetable crops in production in the world – Potato
• In India, potato was introduced by Portuguese in - 1965
• Research on potato was stared at IARI New Delhi in – 1935
• The International potato centre was established in - 1971 at Lima (Peru)
• Central potato Research Institute was est. in – 1949
• Seed plant technique was developed by - Dr. Pushkarnath
• The Head quarter of CPRI was Shifted from Patna to Shimla in - 1956
• True potato seed concept was first realize to raise commercial crop in India by - Dr. S.Ramanujam (First director of CPRI)
• Cauliflower was introduced in India by Dr. Jemson from Kew Garden, London in the year 1822.
• The world “Meteorology” is derived from- Greek language
• International Meteorological Organization was est. in – 1873
• Division of Agri. Meteorology at Pune , Maharashtra was est. in 1932
• Solar radiation is measured by – Pyranometer (Total Incoming Radiations)
• Agro Ecological Zones in India is 8 (by NARP ICAR),  and 21(by NBSSLUP) - but now only 20
• Commercial mycoherbices first appeared in market USA in early - 1980s
• National Horticulture Board (NHB) was established at Gurugram (Haryana ).
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• First all India coordinated Floriculture Improvement Project was started in 1971.
• Central Temperate Horticulture Research Institute is situated at - Srinagar (J&K)
• International Institute of Horticulture is situated in – Brazil
• The regular bearing varieties of mango are - Neelum , Banglora, pairi etc .
• Mosambi a sweet orange cultivar was introduced from - Mozambi
• The edible portion of citrus fruits is - Juicy placental hairs
• The first record of the name grape fruit in Jamaica was in – 1814
• The Banana breeding was first started at - Imperial college of tropical agriculture in Trinidad (1922).
• Who is the father of “Pomology” – Decandolle
• Male sterility in cauliflower was introduced by- Peerson (1981)
• The toxic substance of cucurbits is – Cucurbitacin
• Which hormones are used in cucurbits to modify sex and to induce femaleness - GA & NAA
• Seedless variety of mango is - Sindhu (devloped at FRS vengurula )
• Most exported variety of mango is - Alphonso
• Black tip in mango is a physiological disorder due to brick clins fumes mostly CO, SO₂ or deficiency of   Boron.
• Which type of incompatibility is found in mango - Gametophytic
• Mango variety, most suitable for high density planting is - Amrapali
• Mango inflorescence contains, which type of flowers - Male and Hermaphrodite
• The off season mango variety is - Niranjan
• The only mutant cultivarr of mango is – Rosica
• Mangifera contains about  - 41 species
• Banana Breeding was started in India in 1949 at Central Banana Research Station, Aduthurai (TN)
• Banana can be stored at - 13 C and 85 % RH
• Banana initiate flowering 9-12 months after Planting.
• The  native of papaya is Tropical America.
• The yellow pigment in papaya is Caricaxanthin.
• Papaya is the richest source of vitamin A, next to mango it contains 2020 IU/ 100 g fruit
• The vertical section of the soil showing the various layers from the surface to the unaffected parent material is known as - Soil Profile.
• The arrangement of soil particles and their aggregate into certain defined is called - Soil Structure
• Particle density of soil is also known as - True density
• Generally the particles density of normal soil is - 2.65 gram/cm3
• The bulk density of normal soil is - 1.33 g/cm 3
• The formula of porosity of soil is,  Porosity =100 - (Bulk density/Particle density)
• King of temperate fruit is - Apple
• Family of apple is Rosaceae
• Mother of all delicious group of cultivars is - Red Delicious
• The king of arid fruit is - Ber
• The commercial propagation method off grape is - Hard wood cutting
• In India the black soil is mostly fond in - Maharashtra
• Red soil is mostly found in – Tamilnadu
• The soil which is most suitable for most crops is - Sandy Loam
• Red colour in the red soils is due to presence of - Various oxides of irons
• The certain exchange capacity (CEC) of Montmorillonite is - 60-100 me / 100 gm
• The first soil classification system was developed by - Russion scientist Dokuchaev (1880)
• The U.S classification system the soil orders are – 10
• Formula of Bulk density is= Weight of soil / Volume of solids and pores
• Law of minimum was given by - Von Liebig (1840)
• Top most mineral horizon is - A horizon
• Exchangeable Sodium percentage is also known as Soluble percentage.
• The term pH was introduced by Sorensen (1909).
• Energy exchange elements are H & O.
• K & Na is determined by Flame Photometer
• Micro nutrient is also known as - Trace element , Oligo-element or Spurned elements.
• Crop Logging Technique was given by - H. F. Clements
• Metal nutrients are - K, Fe, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zn, Cu.
• Highly mobile nutrients are - N, P, K.
• Criteria of essentiality was proposed by - Arnon & Stout (1939)
• The term fictional nutrient was proposed by - Nicholas (1961)
• Moderate mobile nutrient is -  Zn
• FYM contains - 0.5% N, 0.2 % P2O5 & 0.5 % K2O
• The P is available at -  6-7 pH
• Bio fertilizers are - Rhizobium , Azotobacter, Azospirillum, PSB, VAM, BGA etc.
• Approx. 20 gram of Rhizobium Culture is required to treat - 1 kg seed.
• One packet of Rhizobium Culture contains - 20 gram of rhizobium culture.

 
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