General agriculture Pointers 49 ✓✓

1. Sticky bands around tree trunks provide protection against mango mealy bug.
2. Stomata are mainly found on the lower surface of leaves.
3. The spreading/Verginia runner type groundnut is Arachis hypogea procumbens.
4. The first Indian director of IARI was Dr. B. Vishvanath.
5. Sree Latha and Sree Kala are varieties of lesser yam.
6. Sree Padma is a variety of elephant foot yam.
7. Sree Prakash and Sree Sahya are varieties of tapioca.
8. Sree Rashmi is an improved variety of colocasia.
9. Sree Roopa and Sree Keerthi are varieties of greater yam.
10. Sree Subhra is a variety of white yam.
11. Plants growing in salt water are known as halophytes.
12. The Sriniketan experiment is associated with Rabindranath Tagore.
13. The crop destructive stage of Lepidopteran pests is the caterpillar stage.
14. Adults and nymphs are destructive stages in the case of thrips.
15. Stages of adoption are: Awareness > Interest > Evaluation > Trial > Adoption.
16. The Student's t-test was proposed by W.S. Gosset.
17. Reclamation disease is due to a deficiency of copper (Cu).
18. Studies on weather in relation to crop growth come under agricultural meteorology.
19. The study of algae is known as phycology.
20. The study of field crops is called agronomy.
21. The study of flowers is known as floriculture.
22. The study of fossil plants is known as paleobotany.
23. The study of fruit crops is called pomology.
24. The study of grasses is known as agrostology.
25. The study of insects is called entomology.
26. The study of the origin, classification, and morphology of soil is known as pedology.
27. Jhuming is a practice of rice cultivation in the eastern part of India.
28. Crop canopy temperature is measured using an infrared thermometer.
29. The stylet is associated with nematodes.
30. Stomata present only on the underside of leaves are found in apple and mulberry types.
31. Stone grafting is otherwise known as epicotyl grafting.
32. Stone grafting is practiced in cashew and mango.
33. The storage life of grapefruit is above 10 weeks.
34. The strain used for biological nitrogen fixation in alfalfa is Rhizobium meliloti.
35. Strawberry plants typically live for 4-5 years.
36. Striga is otherwise known as witchweed.
37. A strong solution having higher concentration is called a hypertonic solution.
38. The structural component of vitamin B12 is copper (Cu).
39. The structural formula for urea is NH2-CO-NH2.
40. Structural proteins include collagen and elastin.
41. Crumby structure and loamy texture are ideal for plant growth.
42. The Student's t-test is used when the sample size is small and the standard deviation is unknown.
43. A sufficient supply of O2 is essential for the biological processes occurring in soil.
44. Cuba is known as the sugar bowl.
45. The sugar present in milk is lactose.
46. Sugar yield from sugarcane is 10-15% from juice.
47. The biofertilizer used in sorghum and grasses is Azospirillum.
48. The Sugarcane Breeding Station was established in 1912 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
49. Sugarcane is considered mature when Brix reading is between 18-20%.
50. Sugarcane, cotton, and brassica are autopolyploids.
51. The sum of deviation values of items from the arithmetic mean is 0.
52. SUMITHION is the trade name of Fenitrihion.
53. Summer squash and winter squash are varieties of ash gourd.
54. Sun heat treatment is an example of a physical method of insect pest control.
55. The sun will be on the equator on March 21st and September 23rd.
56. Sub-humid regions normally receive a rainfall range of 750-1000 mm.
57. Sub-watersheds have an area of 10,000 to 50,000 hectares.
58. Subabul is otherwise known as Leucaena or ipil-ipil.
59. Subsoiling is a type of primary tillage.
60. Succulence and lodging in plants are due to excessive use of nitrogen.
61. Supplementary crops are neither complementary nor competitive.
62. Mulch crops are grown to conserve soil moisture through ground covering foliage.
63. Parallel cropping refers to crops that have different growth habits and zero competition with each other.
64. Obligate weeds are those that are grown in cultivated fields.
65. The sucking mouthparts of adults of moths and butterflies are known as proboscis.
66. A sudden heritable change in any characteristics of an organism is called mutation.
67. The biofertilizer used in wheat is Azotobacter.
68. Chousa is the sweetest variety of mango.
69. Swollen shoot is a virus disease affecting cocoa.
70. Symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of plants is called mycorrhiza.
71. Yellowing of tea leaves may be due to a deficiency of sulfur.
72. Symptoms of bacterial blight in the seedling stage are known as Kresek.
73. Symptoms such as young seedlings getting killed before they emerge through the soil surface are due to pre-emergence damping off.
74. Synergetic cropping occurs when the yield of both crops is higher than their pure crops on a unit area (e.g., sugarcane + potato).
75. Synthetic pyrethroids were developed in 1973.
76. A synthetic variety is maintained by self-pollination.
77. “T” budding is otherwise known as shield budding.
78. T’ budding is practised in rose and citrus.
79. Taccavi loans are loans given by government agencies.
80. Sunflower has a high-quality edible oil content of 45-50%.
81. Sunflower is also known as a non-conventional oilseed crop.
82. Sunhemp is considered a green manure crop.
83. The biofertilizer more suited for sugarcane is Azatobacter.
84. Zinc (Zn) is a micronutrient deficient in Indian soils.
85. The super rice variety is Lunishree (CRRI, Cuttack).
86. The superiority of F1 hybrids over both of its parents is termed heterosis.
87. The supernatant liquid of cow dung slurry is applied in rice fields to control bacterial blight disease.
88.  Moths and butterflies belong to the order Lepidoptera.
89. Mottle leaf of citrus is due to zinc deficiency.
90. Mound layering is also known as stool layering.
91. The mouth parts of a plant bug are piercing and sucking.
92. The most important crop variety during the Green Revolution was HD 2329.
93. The most important form of wind erosion is saltation.
94. The most important nutrients required for tomato cultivation are boron and zinc.
95. Most commercial crops were introduced to India by the Portuguese.
96. The most poisonous pollutant in water is arsenic.
97. The most popular varieties of sapota include Kali patti, Pili patti, Oval, Cricket ball, Chatri, and Barahmasi.
98. The most popular variety of mango in India is Alphonso.
99. The most popular variety of pomegranate is Ganesh and Dholka.
100. The most prominent cropping pattern of rice in India is rice-wheat.