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1st in Agriculture and Horticulture 

Important Events and Facts

1.             Book in Horticulture - Fruit Growing India by W.B.Hayes(1945)- Litchi

2.             1^st President of Horticulture Society of India - G.S.Cheema 

3.             1^st Indian Horticulture Congress held - 2004

4.            1^st Regional Fruit Research station in UP - Saharanpur

5.             1^st Truly Anti-coagulant Rodenticide - Warfarin

6.             1^st Indigenously developed fungicide -  Contaf by Rallis

7.             1^st Folic acid is found in Spinach Leaves

8.             1^st Agricultural Chemist of ICAR - J.W.Leather

9.             1^st micronutrient discovered - Fe

10.          1^st Fertilizer used - Calcium Nitrate

11.          1^st ammonia plant was established in 1913 by Fritz Haber and Carp Bosch (Germany)

12.          1^st soilless cultivation introduced in Kalimpong, Darjeeling, West Bengal

13.          1^st crop raised in Hydroponics is Tomato cv. Pipo (1973)

14.          1^st Biosphere Reserve in India is Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve

15.          1^st Gene Sanctuary for conservation of Citrus Spp. -Citrus Gene Sanctuary (NOKREK Biosphere Reserve)Meghalaya

16.          1^st Haploid induction was developed by Guha and Mageshwari in 1966 - Datura innoxia

17.          1^st Successful embryo culture Cherry embryo (1993)

18.          1^st Molecular marker RFLP (1980)

19.          1^st concept of Genetic map was presented by Alfred H. Sturtevant 1913

20.          1^st Genetic map was published in 1911 by T.H.Morgan

21.          1^st Tagged QTL in plants: fw2.2 (fruit wt in tomato)

22.          1^st Bacterial Genome Sequenced - Haemophilus influenza

23.          1^st Multicellular Organism Sequenced - Caenorhabditis elegans

24.          1^st Plant Sequenced -  Arabidopsis thaliana

25.          1^st Crop Plant Sequenced - Rice

26.          1^st Non-Grassy Plant Sequenced – Banana

27.          1^st Sequenced fruit - Grapes

28.          1^st Genetic Engineering Company - GENETECH (1976)

29.          1^st Transgenic Plant - Tobacco in 1983 by Belgium Biotech Company

30.          1^st Transgenic Variety -  “Flavr Savr’’ (Tomato) Calgene Company -> Enhanced Vase of life

31.          1^st Apple orchard is 1870 by Captain lee

32.          1^st HDP - Apple ->England 1960

33.          1^st Planted kiwi - Lal bagh , Bangalore

34.          1^st Mango Introduction to USA (1833) from Brazil

35.          1^st Consignment of Mango Cvs. export to Japan : Langra & chausa

36.          1^st The word “Mangifera” was used by Bontius in 1658

37.          1^st to Emphasize Importance of Floral characters in mango classification - Hartless 1913

38.          1^st to classify varieties based on Fruit characters, Panicle Axis colour, Pubescence on panicle and No. of Embryo in seeds – Popenoe(1932)

39.          1^st Initiated Inter-varietal Hybridization in mango – Burns and Prayag in 1911 at Poona

40.          1^st Observed Spongy tissue – G.S.Cheema & Dhani in 1934

41.          1^st Observed Internal Fruit Necrosis – Sant Ram in 1972

42.          1st Observed Black Tip- Woodhouse in 1909

43.          1^st Observed Mango Malformation – Dharbanga, Bihar by maries in 1891

44.          1^st Country to exploit International Trade in cashew Kernals – India

45.          Pineapple Hybrid in India – Amritha (Kew X Ripley Queen) by Pineapple Research Centre , KAU, Thrissur

46.          1^st Coined the term ‘’Papaya Ring Spot’’ by Jensen

47.          1^st reported Heterosis in papaya cross b/w- Philippines X Solo by Dai (1960)

48.          1^st Recorded PRSV (aphids)- Western India in 1958

49.          1^st Noticed PDSD in Avocado – Nirody in 1922

50.          1^st Reported PDSD in Avocado – Bregh  in 1969

51.          1^st Processed Fruit in human civilization – Fig

52.          1^st fruit preserved by Drying – Fig

53.          1^st Plant cultivated, 1^st Food of Man, 1^st Fruit offered to Babies –Banana

54.          1^st Banana Breeding Work was Started in Imperial College of Agriculture Trinidad in 1922

55.          1^st Time Cv. Basrai introduced at GFE Station, Pune 1924

56.          1^st Reported “Stooling” method in 1954 in Guava

57.          1^st Research Station on Apple in 1917 – East Malling Research Station, Kent, England ; 2^nd- The John Innes Centre of Merton , London

58.          1^st Wooly Aphid Resistant Variety – Merton-793

59.          1^st Apple Cultivar of  known Parentage was Developed by T.A.Knight

60.          1^st Discovered Bacterial Disease of Plants  Erwinia amylovora introduced from England in 1940

61.          1^st Commercial Self-fertile Variety of Sweet cherry – Stella

62.          1^st Fruit Crop Micro-propagation Studied – Strawberry

63.          1^st Systematic strawberry breeding project started in England in 1817 using F.cholonensis clones

64.          1^st Triploid variety of Loquat - Kibou

65.          1^st Reported Granulation in citrus in California

66.          1^st Reported Citrus Greening – India

67.          1^st Observed – Canker at Dehradun in 1831 from USA

68.          1^st Citrus Fruit Variety Patented – Ruby (Bud sport of Thompson and Deep Red Fleshed)

69.          1^st Time cultivation of Sapota in Maharashtra in 1898 in Gholwad village

70.          1^st Commodity in which grading and marketing rules was made – Grapes

71.          1^st Central Vegetable Breeding station - katrain, kullu valley , HP

72.          1^st Project Coordinator of Vegetable - Dr.Vishnu swarup

73.          1^st Project Director of IIVR - Dr.Gowtham kalloo

74.          1^st Mention of Hybrid seeds in seed catalogue -  1945, USA

75.          1^st F1 hybrid in Public sector: Pusa meghdoot, Pusa manjari 1971 by IARI

76.          1^st F1 hybrid released in 1973 : Tomato(Karnataka), Capsicum (Bharat) by IAHS,Bangalore

77.          1^st Report of hybrid vigor of chilli - 1933 from IARI by Deshpande

78.          1^st Use of polyethylene as a Greenhouse cover-  1948 by Emery Mayers Emmert

79.          1^st Rank in Grafted Vegetable Country - Japan(81%) followed by Korea (54%)

80.          1^st Reported SI- J.G.Koelreuter in Verbascum phoenicum

81.          1^st Discovered CGMS by Jonnes and Davis (1944)

82.          1^st Reported GCMS by Jonnes and Emsweller in onion Cv. Italian Red

83.          1^st F1 Hybrid in Celery using CMS : Green Giant (1982), Taki Seed Company, Japan 

84.          1^st Employed Pure line selection by  Johannsen :To improve seed weight in French Bean

85.          1^st to Produce Single Cross Hybrid in Maize : Shull and Double Cross by D.F.Jones

86.          1^st Reported Heterosis in Tomato by Hedrick and Booth in 1907

87.          1^st Report of Hybrid vigor in brinjal -Nagai and kida (1926)

88.          1^st Interspecific Hybrid b/w Sweet William and Carnation by Thomas Fairchild in 1717

89.          1^st Intergeneric Hybridization b/w Bread Wheat and Rye by Rimpu in 1890

90.          Intergeneric Hybrid b/w Radish & Cabbage by Karpechenko in 1927 in Russia

91.          1^st Proposed “Ideotype” by Donald in 1968

92.          1^st coined “Homeostasis” by Lerner in 1954

93.          1^st suggested Use of Synthetic Hybrid in Commercial Cultivation in maize – Hayes and Garber in 1919

94.          1^st Discovered CMS in Onion – 1925 for Seed Production

95.          1^st Rank in Productivity of Garlic – Egypt

96.          1^st Indigenous variety of Leek – Palam Paushtik

97.          1^st time Reported Heterosis in carrot – Poole in 1937

98.          1^st Discovered Petaloid Cytoplasm known as Cornell Petaloid by Munger in 1953

99.          1^st Reported Petaloid Anther CMS in Cv. “Cornell Wild”

100.1^st Reported Brown Anther CMS in Cv. “Tender Sweet” by Welch and Grimbell in 1947

101.1^st Carrot fly Resistant Variety : Flyaway in  1993

102.1^st Black Coloured Variety of Carrot India : Pusa Asita

103.1^st Temperate Hybrid Developed Using CMS : Pusa Nayanjyoti- 1^st Orange coloured temperate hybrid from public sector

104.1^st Public Sector Hybrid Using CMS is : Pusa Vasudha

105.1^st Genetically Improved Variety of EFY in the world is Sree Athira

106.1^st Genetically Improved Variety of Taro – Sree Kiran

107.1^st Reported SI in Cole Crops by Bateman(1954)

108.1^st Cabbage Hybrid - Nagoka in Japan(1951)

109.1^st CMS based F1 Hybrid in Cauliflower- KTH-27

110.1^st Reported Male Sterility in Radish-Ogura 1968 in Japanese Radish Type

111.1^st Purple Fleshed Radish Variety is Pusa Sagarika

112.1^st Hybrid of Knol-khol : Roggli

113.1^st Sequenced vegetable crop – Cucumber

114.1^st Gynoecious line of Cucumber is- M.SU. 713-5 (Shogoin X Wisconsin SMR 18) developed by C.E.Peterson(1960)

115.1^st Gynoecious Hybrid in cucumber :Pusa Sanyog in 1971

116.1^st Tropical Cucumber Hybrid – Phule Prachi by MPKV, Rahuri

117.1^st Extra Early Parthenocarpic variety of cucumber – pusa Seedless

118.1^st True Mini Watermelon Cultivar : New Hampshire Midget Developed by A.F.Yeager

119.1^st Fusarium Wilt Resistant Watermelon - Conquerer Developed by W.A.Orton

120.1^st Horticultural Classification of Melons -  Naudin(1859); Modified by Munger and Robinson (1991)

121.1^st F1 Hybrid of Muskmelon- Punjab hybrid (MS-1 X Hara Madhu) in 1984-Resistant to PM

122.1^st Muskmelon Variety Grown under Net-house in N.Indian Plains – Pusa Sarda

123.1^st Early Maturing variety of Round melon - Pusa Raunak

124.1^st Early Maturing variety of Long melon – Pusa Utkarsh

125.1^st Hybrid of Pointed Gourd – CHES Hybrid-1(Resistant to Fruit Fly)

126.1^st Improved Variety of Ash Gourd – Pusa Ujjwal(Petha Preparation)

127.1^st Inter-varietal Hybrid of Greater Yam – Shree Shilpa

128.1^st Coleus Variety Grown in Kerala – Shree Dhara

129.1^st Report of Enation Leaf Curl Virus(Vector : White Fly) – IIHR

130.1^st Machine-Harvestable Tomato cultivar was developed by G.C.Hanna

131.1^st Male sterility in tomato was reported by C.M.Rick

132.1^st Tomato Resistant  Cv. Pan America

133.1^st Triple disease resistant variety of Tomato – Arka Rakshak

134.1^st Hybrid of Tomato available cultivation in 1973

135.1^st Root Knot Nematode Resistant variety of Tomato: Sel-120

136.1^st Report of Heterosis in Brinjal : Kakisaki (1931)

137.1^st Male Sterility in Brinjal : Jasmin (1954)

138.1^st Functional Male Sterile Line in Brinjal: UGA1-MS (Cv. Florida High Bush), Pathak and Jaworski (1989)

139.1^st Reported Little Leaf of  Brinjal : Thomas and Krishnaswamy

140.1^st Discovered CMS in Chilli by Peterson in PI164835

141.1^st President of Central Potato Research Institute - Dr. S.Ramanujan

142.1^st International Flower Auction Centre was launched in Bangalore

143.1^st Rank Foliage Plant in Global Market- Dieffenbachia

144.1^st Rank Cut Flower in Global Market - Rose

145.1^st Rank Pot Plant in Global Market - Hedera

146.1^st Rank Dry Flower in Global Market - Helichrysum

147.1^st Rank Cut Green in Global Market - Asparagus

148.1^st Hybrid in Ornamentals : “Primma Donna” in Begonia semperflorens in 1909 by Benery Seed Company, Germany

149.1^st Evidence of Ornamental Tree, The pipal (Ficus rugosa) comes from Mohan-Jo-Daro

150.1^st World (world’s 1^st) Vertica Forest – Bosco Verticale in Milan

151.1^st Islamic garden  in India was Developed by Feros shah

152.1^st Mughal garden was developed by Baber at Agra Called “Ram Bagh”

153.1^st Tomb garden made in India : Humayun’s Tomb

154.1^st Garden made by Akbar : Fatehpur Sikri (Agra); 2^nd at Sikandra (Agra)

155.1^st Botanical garden in Tropics was at Pamplemousses at Mauritius(1735); 2^nd Kolkata botanical garden (1787) (Note: Both gardens are Informal Type (i.e) English garden style)

156.1^st Botanical Garden in world was at Padua, Venice, Italy in 1543

157.1^st Professional floral designer’s : Greek

158.1^st Century A.D Topiary was started

159.1^st Bio-Aesthetically planned City : Chandigarh

160.1^st Reference of Rose Perfume : “Charaka  Samhita”

161.1^st Bonsai Garden : Kamala Nehru Park

162.1^st Colchicine Induced Tetraploid synthetic species of Day lily is Hamerocallis washingtonia

163.1^st Imported Anthuriums are Pastel Coloured

164.1^st  widely cultivated Anthurium Pot Plant : Anthurium scherzerianum

165.1^st Chrysanthemum known to USA - “Dark Purple” Imported by a Scientist John Stevens in 1798

166.1^st African Marigold Variety : Climax and Toreador

167.1^st Introduction of Dahlia in 1857 by Agri-Horticultural Society of India,Kolkata

168.1^st Gerbera was discovered by R.Jemson in South Africa in the year 1878

169.1^st Flower grown in space : Zinnia

170.1^st cultivar of Carnation : Souvenir La Malmaison in 1857

171.1^st Indian company to grow carnations in International standards – FEROZE  and also to be registered at

VBA

172.1^st GM floriculture crop having Violet Blue colour variety – Moonlight(carnation)

173.1^st person to grow gladiolus in India : Mr. Charles Gray

174.1^st fragrant variety of gladiolus : Lucky Star (2n=40;Bigeneric)

175.1^st smoky variety of gladiolus : Prince of India

176.1^st chemical used to break corm dormancy: Ethylene Chlorohydrin by Denny(1938)

177.1^st In vitro propagation of gladiolus : Ziv et al., (1970)

178.1^st species of Bougainvillea introduced in India : B.spectabilis

179.1^st Bougainvillea variety by S. Persy Lancaster in India : Scarlet Queen (1920)

180.1^st Orchid Bletia purpurea(1731) was grown by Peter Collinson

181.1^st Artificial hybrid of Orchid Calanthe domini (C.mausacata x C.frucata) by Dr. J.Dominy (1852)

182.1^st Ornamental Orchid : Cypripedium reginae

183.1^st Bigeneric hybrid of Orchid : Phaius gradiflorus X Calanthe vesita

184.1^st Sexageneric hybrid of Orchid : ‘Brilliendeara Gary’ registered in 1982

185.1^st Meristem tip culture in Orchid is Cymbidium Sp. by Morel (1960)

186.1^st Tissue culture in Orchids was done by ‘Morel’

187.1^st Tissue culture laboratory for Orchids by A.V.Thomas in 1984

188.1^st hybrid of Snapdragon(Antirrhinum majus) – Christmus Cheer

189.1^st consignment of Rose was sent by IARI to Paris, Rotterdam and Furkfurt in 1959

190.1^st World’s (World’s 1^st) blue rose : Applause

191.1^st HT Rose : La France by Gulliot (1867)

192.1^st HT Yellow Rose : Soleild

193.1^st Hybrid Perpetual: Princess Helene

194.1^st Floribunda : Rodhatte by Poulsen (1912)

195.1^st Grandiflora : Buccaneer (1952)

196.1^st Polyantha : La paquerette (1875)

197.1^st Rose variety by Dr.B.P.Pal is Sherbet

198.1^st Indian Rose breeder who raised Cv. Dr.S.D.Mukherjee in 1935 by B.K.Roy Choudhary

199.1^st Climate controlled green houses established in India by Indo-American Hybrid Seed Company in 1965

200.1^st Chief scientific officer of UPASI(valparai) – Dr. W.S.Shaw

201.1^st Tea Research Station : Jorhat (1904)

202.1^st Rank in Tea production : China

203.1^st Report on Hybrid vigor or Heterosis in Coconut : J.H.Patel in 1937

204.1^st observed Coconut root wilt in 1882

205.1^st appeared Tatipaka disease of Coconut in Tatipaka village of East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in 1949

206.1^st Dwarf Tenera(Dura x Pisifera) from Nigerian germplasm collection: Indian Dwarf

207.1^st Industrial park for rubber and rubber wood based industries : Kerala

208.1^st Fortified tea with vitamin  A,B2,Niacin : “Brooke Bond A1” by Hindustan Lever Limited

209.1^st Consignment of Assam was sent to London in 1839

210.1^st Auction centre of tea in India- Kolkata in 1861

211.1^st World (World’s 1^st) Tea Company : The Assam Company

212.1^st step of tea processing is ‘withering’

213.1^st Pepper research scheme was initiated by Govt. of Madras at Panniyur

214.1^st AGMARK specification formulated for Curry powder in 1956

215.1^st Spice park in India – Chhindwara, M.P

216.1^st Fruit product research laboratory in India : Kodur

217.1^st Fruit &Vegetable Processing Industry in India : Mumbai (1935)

218.1^st Fruit Preservation & Canning Institute : Lucknow (1949)

219.1^st carotenoid pigment was found in Carrot

220.1^st Bioagent for controlling Post Harvest Diseases : Bacillus subtillis

221.1^st Commercial flexible film : Cellophane

222.1^st Synthetic colour : Coaltar

223.1^st Fruit harvested by machine : Cranberry

224.1^st British Patent on canning of foods in tin container was received by Peter Durand in 1810

225.1^st Fruit &Vegetable processing started in 1857

226.1^st Explained cause of spoilage of stored food – Needham(1749)

227.1^st to describe canning method : Saddington(1807)

228.1^st Described Hypobaric storage by Burg and Burg (1966)

229.1^st Rank state under Drip Irrigation: Andhra Pradesh (2017)

230.1^st Rank state under Sprinkler Irrigation: Rajasthan (2017)

231.1^st Rank in Milk Production: India

232.1^st Rank state under Irrigation Coverage % - Punjab (98.7%)

233.1^st Rank state under Cropping Intensity % - Punjab (190.8%)

234.1^st Rank state under Fertilizer use – Punjab (249kg/ha)

235.1^st Rank state under Credit – 2,18,339 Rs/ha

236.1^st Rank state under Land holding – Nagaland (5.06/ha)

237.1^st Rank state under AMFFRI – Maharastra

238.1^st Indigenous bred  Bio-fortified for beta carotene variety Pusa Betakesari developed by IARI 

239.1^st Rank state under rice production: West Bengal

240.1^st International Okra Workshop at NBPGR, Newdelhi 1990

241.1^st To develop Heat tolerant cabbages by Japanese Breeders varieties (i.e) KK cross & KY cross – popular in SE Asia

242.1^st YVMV tolerant variety : Pusa Sawani

243.1^st Improved varieties of Potato started releasing from the year 1958 (i.e.,)Kufri kishan, K.kuber,K.Kumar

244.1^st In vitro culture of Pepper : Smith & Heiser (1957)

245.1^st DG of ICAR : B.P.Pal (He initiated AICRP’s)

246.1^st Director of IARI : Dr.B.Vishwanath

247.1^st Inter-specific hybrid of cotton is Varalaxmi  cross b/w G.hirsutum X G.barbadence – released from

UAS,Dharwad

248.1^st Hybrid of hirsutum – Maru vikas/raj in Rajasthan

249.1^st AICRP – Maize (1957)

250.1^st NRC-Groundnut Junagarh, Gujarat

251.1^st Agricultural University in India - G.B.Pant,Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (On the pattern of Land Grant system of USA)

252.1^st KVK was started : Pondicherry (1974) – Recommendation of Mohan Singh Mehta

253.1^st Chairman of National Commission on Farmers – Dr. M.S.Swaminathan

254.1^st position in Transgenic Plants : USA

255.1^st Hybrid Rice developed by China (Prof. Long PingYuan) in 1974

256.1^st Mustard hybrid NRC-HB-506 by DRMR (Directorate of Rapeseed and Mustard Research, Bharatpur,Rajasthan)

257.1^st Rice variety introduced in India is TN-1 (1964-65)

258.1^st man made cereal : Triticale

259.1^st product of Urea hydrolysis : Ammonium Carbamate

260.1^st weed biologically controlled : Lantana Camara

261.1^st country to develop Pearl millet hybrid - (HB-1(Tift-23A x Bil 3B)from Ludhiana in 1965)- India

262.1^st Rank in sugar production and consumption-India

263.1^st Indian Rice variety – Jaya (TN-1 X Type 141) developed by Dr.shastry

264.1^st time the words “Weeds”& “Zero tillage” used by Jethro tull

265.1^st person to attempt “climate: based on vegetation” - De candolle(1900 A.D)

266.1^st High yielding dwarf variety developed in the world is IR-8(Dee-Gee-Woo-Gen X Peta) by IRRI in 1966

267.1^st hybrid basmati in the world – PRH-10

268.1^st hybrid rice variety in India – CORH-1

269.1^st reported Khaira disease in rice (nursery stage)- Y.L.Nene in 1966 at pantnagar, Uttarkhand

270.1^st time wheat introduced in India by Norman Ernst Borlaug(Mexico)

271.1^st time in India four double cross hybrid was released (i.e.,) Ganga-1,Ganga-101,Deccan and Ranjeet

272.1^st Male sterile line of Pearl Millet is Tift-23A

273.1^st Inter-specific hybridization in bajra – Pusa Napier-1(P.purpureum X P.glauccum)

274.1^st Sorghum hybrid- CSH-1

275.1^st Spinning variety of Egyptian cotton (G.barbadence) – Sujata

276.1^st Commercial cotton hybrid (Intra hirsutum) –H-4(G -67 X American Nectorless) by C.T.Patel of GAU, Surat in 1970

277.1^st Variety of Mustard developed by V.L.Chopra, biotechnological somatic hybridization  Pusa Jai Kisan

278.1^st Tobacco variety in India is GTH-1

279.1^st report on Congress Grass( Parthenium hysterophorus) in pune it was Controlled by Zygrogamma biocolorata introduced in 1983 from Mexico

280.1^st Irrigation of crop is known as “Kor watering”; Depth applied in 1^st watering is known as “Kor Depth”

281.1^st manufactured fertilizer in India is SSP

282.1^st country to introduce Zero tillage is USA

283.1^st Antibiotic Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Flemming in 1929

284.1^st stage of water erosion is Splash

285.1^st stage of movement of soil particles in series of jump is known as Saltation

286.1^st seedless mango variety in the world Sindhu (Ratna X Alphanso)

287.1^st dwarf pea variety : Aparna/HFP-4

288.1^st development of photostable pyrethroid – Permethrin

289.1^st Discovered pulse beetle : China

290.1^st Microscope was developed by Anton van leeuwen hoek (1675) – Father of Microbiology

291.1^st Bacterial etiology of  anthrax disease discovered by Robert Koch (1876)

292.1^st report on Double stranded DNA in Cauliflower Mosaic Virus – Sheperd et al.,(1968)

293.1^st Scientist collected and identified fungi in India K.R.Kritikar

294.1^st discovery of Copper sulphate by prevost in 1807 used against bunt of wheat

295.1^st systemic fungicide Carboxin was developed by Van Schmeing and Kulka in 1966

296.1^st Solar energy treatment to control loose smut of wheat developed by Luthra & Sattar in 1934

297.1^st Journal of Nematology in the world is Nematologia

298.1^st Experimented CS-2 for control of sugar beet cyst nematode is Kuhn

299.1^st report on virus transmission by nematode (Xiphinema index) transmission of grape fan leaf  viral disease in USA by Hewitt, Raskhi & Goheen

300.1^st reported PPN RKN infesting in tea in Kerala by Barber

301.1^st time Indian Journal of Nematology Published in 1971

302.1^st report Ear cockle nematode : J.T.Needham,1743

303.1^st Report of Golden Cyst Nematode (Globodera rostrochinensis) in India by FGW Jones in 1961 from Nilgiri hills, Tamil Nadu

304.1^st nematode reported to cause damage on mushroom Ditylenchus myceliophagus

305.1^st time Ribosome was reported by palade(1953)

306.1^st RNA was synthesized by S.Ochoa in 1969

307.1^st mutation was defined by Hugi De varies

308.1^st described Mitotic cell division by van Beneden in 1883 in Round worm

309.1^st described Chromosome by Strausberger in 1875

310.1^st term Chromosome was used by Waldeyer  in 1888

311.1^st case of Cytoplasmic Inheritance- Four O clock plant (Mirablis jalaba) was reported by Correns in 1909

312.1^st stable product in Calvin Cycle is PGA

313.1^st & common stage in respiration is called as Glycolysis or EMP pathway

314.1^st step of summarizing data is classification

315.1^st central moment is always Zero

316.1^st used the term Regression by Francis Galton

317.1^st Chi-square test was used by Karl Pearson (1900)

318.1^st In vitro fertilized Buffalo calf is Pratham

319.1^st year canes of blackberry is called as primocanes

320.1^st formal citrus breeding programme was started by USDA in Florida in 1893

321.1^st Indication regarding the presence of citrus in china by the book ‘Tribute of Yu’

322.1^st description of Citron with the name of  ‘Kuo han’

323.1^st Citrus fruit known to Europeans is Citron

324.1^st literacy mention of lemon as well as sour orange in Arabian language is ‘The Book of Nabatian Agricuture’

325.1^st description of sour orange was given by Albertus Marginus(1193-1280)

326.1^st European country to grow the small loose skinned mandarin was England

327.1^st  time the pummelo was described in Jamaica by Sloane (1696)

328.1^st The fruit was mentioned time by Griffith Hughes in his The Natural History of Barbados (1750); he writes of a ‘forbidden fruit’.

329.1^st  descriptions and classifications of citrus species and varieties date back to the 17th century

330.1^st the word ‘’Watermelon” appeared in the dictionary in early 1600s

331.1^st seedless watermelon developed by Kihara (1951)

332.1^st time the word “Heterosis” was used by Shull in 1914

333.1^st Single seed decent method was proposed by Goulden

334.1^st Technique to detect the polymorphism at DNA sequence level is RFLP

335.1^st World’s pepper hybrid Panniyur-1(Uthirankotta X Cheriyakaniakkadan) in 1971

336.1^st introduction of rubber from Brazil in 1873

337.1^st introduction of cinchona from Peru into Nilgiris hills in 1860

338.1^st introduction of coffee into India by Muslims in 1700

339.1^st apomixis discovered by Leuwenhock in 1719

340.1^st cocoa was brought to India in 1798

341.1^st introduction of cashew from Portuguese in 16^th century

342.1^st germplasm collection of oil palm was established at Nigerian Institute of Oil-Palm Research(NIOPR) during 1961-1964

343.1^st betel vine variety released by TNAU is SGM-1

344.1^st commercial  production of contraceptive pills –Diosgenin from  Dioscorea

345.1^st commercial level production of plantlets in spice crops was achieved in Cardamom

346.1^st largest seed spice is Corriander

347.1^st wilt resistant variety of cumin is Gujarat cumin-1

348.1^st cultivated food plant in France is celery in 1623

349.1^st Quality vanilla is Bourbon like vanilla : Mexican vanilla

350.1^st time Vanillin (C8H8O3) was isolated by Globley

Thank you

Vikas Kashyap :)