I want to give the exam of CSIR UGC NET JRF and for that I want to get the details of CSIR UGC NET JRF syllabus of Plant Sciences so can you please make it available for me?

As you want to get the CSIR UGC NET JRF syllabus of Plant Sciences so here it is for you:


UNIT-I:
Importance of Agriculture in national economy; basic principles of crop production; cultivation of rice,
wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, potato and mango. Major soils of India,
role of NPK and their deficiency symptoms.


UNIT-II:
Structure and function of cell organelles; mitosis and meiosis; Mendelian genetics; elementary knowledge
of photosynthesis; respiration, and transpiration; structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic
acids, enzymes and vitamins. Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton, chickpea, sugarcane and
their management.


UNIT-III:
Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, differences between fungi, bacteria, mycoplasmas
and viruses; physical and chemical basis of heredity; chromosome structure; genes/operon concept;
protein biosynthesis; transformation, recombination, Heterosis; Elements of economic botany; integrated
diseases management; sterilisation, disinfection and pasteurization; Koch’s postulates; etiological agents
of rusts, smuts, powdery/downy mildews, wilts, yellows, mosaic, necrosis, enations, blights and witchesbroom;
pH, buffer, vitamins, role of plant hormones in seed germination and dormancy; pollination/
fertilization in flowering plants; methods of seed testing; breeders, foundation and certified seeds; seed
production in self and cross pollinated crops, nitrate assimilation; biological nitrogen fixation and other
uses of microorganisms in agriculture.


UNIT-IV:
Food and industry; composting and biogas production. Important rural development programmes in India;
organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India.