ICAR’s all India Entrance Examination
for admission to PG Degree Programmes and ICAR – JRF (PGS)
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
(Subjects: Plant Biochemistry, Plant
Biotechnology & Molecular Biology / Biotechnology, Plant Physiology/Crop Physiology)
UNIT-1
Basic Sciences & General Agriculture:
- · Importance of agriculture in national economy,
- · Basic principles of crop production, cultivation of rice, wheat, chickpea, pigen-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, and mango.
- · Major soils of India.
- · Role of NPK and their deficiency symptoms.
- · General structure and function of cell organelles
- · Mitosis and meiosis
- · Mendelian genetics
- · Elementary knowledge of growth, development, photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration.
- · General structure and function of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes and vitamins.
- · Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton, chickpea, sugarcane, and their management.
- · Organic farming
- · Biofertilizers.
- · Biopesticides.
- · Recombinant DNA technology.
- · Transgenic crops.
- · Important rural development programmes in India
- · Organizational set up of agricultural research
- · Education and Extension in India.
- · Elements of statistics.
Unit-2: Plant Biochemistry
·
Importance
of biochemistry in agriculture.
·
Acid-base
concept and buffers
·
PH
·
Classification,
structure and metabolic functions of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
·
Structure
and function of nucleic acids.
·
Enzymes
structure, nomenclature, mechanism of action.
·
Vitamins
and minerals as coenzymes and cofactors.
·
Metabolic
pathways: glycolysis, TCA cycle, fatty acid oxidation, triglyceride
biosynthesis, Electron transport chain, ATP formation.
·
Photosynthesis
: C-3, C-4, CAM pathways,
·
Nitrate
assimilation, Biological nitrogen fixation
·
Colorimetric
and chromatographic techniques
Unit-3 Plant Biotechnology & Molecular
Biology / Biotechnology
·
Characteristics
of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms
·
Difference
between fungi, bacteria, mycoplasms and viruses.
·
Physical
basis of heredity.
·
Chromosome
structure.
·
DNA
replication, transcription and translation.
·
Genetic
code
·
Operon
concept
·
Genetic
engineering, Restriction enzymes
·
Vectors,
gene cloning, gene transfer.
·
Plant
cell and tissue culture
·
Micro-propagation,
soma-clonal variation, Transformation, Recombination, Heterosis.
·
General
application of biotechnology.
·
Molecular
and immunological techniques
·
Concept
of bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics.
Unit-4 Plant Physiology/Crop Physiology
·
Plant
Physiology-importance in agriculture
·
Seed
germination, viability and vigour
·
Photosynthesis
:significance of C-3, C-4, CAM pathways,
·
Photorespiration
and its implication.
·
Translocation
of assimilates
·
Dry
matter partitioning.
·
Harvest
index of crops.
·
Growth
and development, growth analysis, crop-water relationship
·
Plant
nutrients and their functions.
·
Phytohormones
and their physiological role.
·
Photo-periodism.
·
Vernalisation
·
Pollination/fertilization
in flowering plants.
·
Post-harvest
physiology and its significance.
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