I need the ICAR agronomy syllabus, is there any one to provide me the same????????

As per your request here I am sharing the ICAR agronomy syllabus:

Unit 1 : Crop Ecology and Geography
Principles of crop ecology; Ecosystem concept and determinants of productivity of
ecosystem; Physiological limits of crop yield and variability in relation to ecological
optima; Crop adaptation; Climate shift and its ecological implication; Greenhouse
effect; Agro-ecological and agro climatic regions of lndia; Geographical distribution of
cereals, legumes, oilseeds, vegetables, fodders and forages, commercial crops,
condiments and spices, medicinal and aromatic plants; Adverse climatic factors and
crop productivity; Photosynthesis, respiration, net assimilation, solar energy
conversion efficiency and relative water content, light intensity, water and CO2 in
relation to photosynthetic rates and efficiency; Physiological stress in crops; Remote
sensing: Spectral indices and their application in agriculture, crop water stress
indices and crop stress detection.
Unit 2 : Weed Management
Scope and principles of weed management; Weeds’ classification, biology, ecology and
allelopathy; Crop weed competition, weed threshold; Herbicides classification,
formulations, mode of action, selectivity and resistance; Persistence of herbicides in
soils and plants; Application methods and equipment; Biological weed control, bio-
herbicides: Integrated weed management; Special weeds, parasitic and aquatic weeds
and their management in cropped and non cropped lands; weed control schedules in
field crops, vegetables and plantation crops; Role of GM crops in weed management

ICAR agronomy syllabus

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