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Bundelkhand University B.SC (AG.)HONS. Degree Course Syllabus

SEMESTER I
PRINCIPLES OF AGRONOMY
1. Definition and scope of Agronomy.
2. Classification of Crops or different basis.
3. General principles of Crop production: Climate, soil, soil preparation, seed and
sowing, post sowing-tillage, water management, nutrient management, plant
protection measures, harvesting, threshing and storage.
4. Crop sequences and systems with special emphasis on mixed and inter-cropping.
5. Nutritional management of crops including application of manures, fertilizers and
bio-fertilizers.

Practical
1. Study of weather and weather forecasting.
2. Identification of crops, manures and fertilizers.
3. Framing of crop rotations and preparation of cropping schemes for varying agroclimatic
conditions.
4. Preparation of seed bed based on important inter-cropping systems.
5. Calculation of fertilizer requirement, fertilizer mixtures and unit values.
6. Methods of fertilizer application.
7. Framing of crops rotations and cropping intensity.
8. Preparation of practical record.

FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL SCIENCE
1. Soil : Pedological and Edaphological concept and components of soil.
2. Important soil forming minerals and rocks, weathering of rocks and minerals. Soil
forming factors and processes.
3. Development of soil profile.
4. Physical properties of soil and their significance.
5. Chemical properties of soil, cation and anion exchange phenomenon and their
importance in agriculture.
6. Soil air : Definition, composition and factors affecting the composition of soil air.
7. Soil water : Retention, potential, soil moisture constant, movement of soil water.
8. Soil colloids- Nature, structure, properties, types, chemical composition and their
importance.
9. soils reaction - Factors controlling of soil PH and influence of soil reaction on
availability of nutrients.
10. soil organic matter – composition and their maintenance in soil, humus formation
and its importance in soil fertility management.
11. Biofertilizers : Definition, types and their potential, nitrogen fixing bacteria,
symbiotic and non symbiotic nitrogen fixation, nutrient solublizing bacteria, merits
of biofertilizers.
12. Important soil types of India with special reference to the U.P. soil.
Practical:
1. Analytical chemistry : Basic concepts, techniques and calculation.
2. Collection and processing of soil sample for analysis of organic carbon, soil pH and
electrical conductivity
3. Preparation of HCl extract of soil.
4. Determination of Iron oxide sesquieoxide, Ca, and P in HCl extract of soil.
5. Estimation of CO3= and HCO3- in irrigation water.
6. Study of soil profile and identification of rocks and minerals.

ELEMENTS OF GENETICS 2+1=3
1. Definition, significance and historical development in genetics.
2. Mendel's Law's of heredity .
3. Chromosomal theory of inheritance, meiosis and mitosis.
4. Linkage and crossing over - types, mechanism and significance,
5. Nucleic acid as genetic material - structure, replication, genetic code,and translation.
6. Mutation - spontaneous and induced.
7. Chromosomal changes - molecular, structural and numerical.
8. Multiple factor inheritance and multiple alleles, blood groups in man and body coat
colour in rabbits.
9. Sex chromosomes and its determination in man and droisophila, sex linked
characters.
10. Cytoplasmic inheritance - plasma and nuclear, gene interaction.
Practical
1. Preparation of temporary cytological slides (mitosis and meiosis)
2. Genetical problems on mono and dihybrid ratios with their modifications.
3. Chi-square test and goodness of fit of Mendelian modified ratios.
4. Preparation of practical record

FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE
1. Introductory knowledge of main branches of horticulture and their importance.
2. Botanical classification of fruits.
3. Climatic fruit zones of Uttar Pradesh and fruits grown therein.
4. Establishment of orchards; Selection of site, systems of planting.
5. Orchard soil management.
6. Systems of irrigation.
7. Principles of pruning and systems of training of fruit plants.
8. Unfruitfulness - its causes and measures to overcome it.
9. Fruit drop - its causes and measures to control it.
10. Rejuvenation of orchards.
11. Brief studies of Polyembryony, Parthenocarpy and incompatibility.

Practical
1. Identification of garden tools and plants.
2. Preparation of orchard layouts for different climatic zone of U.P..
3. Practice of propagation of major fruit plants.
4. Preparation of seed beds and raising of seedlings.
5. Practice of lifting and packing of nursery plants.
6. Visit to nurseries, gardens and research stations.
7. Preparation of practical record.

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