SST 503 Question Paper

FINAL EXAMINATION SST 503
Time: 3 hours                  Marks: 80

Q1. Course title of SST 503 is……………………… (1 mark)

Q2. Answer briefly (2 marks each)

1. Major problems in groundnut seed

2. Advantages of moisture proof packaging material

3. Advantages and disadvantages of single cross hybrids

4. Limitations of conventional system of seed potato production in India

5. Differentiate between crop breeding and maintenance breeding

6. How is sett moisture content tested in sugarcane?

Q3. Short notes (3 marks each)

1. Floral biology and pollination mechanism in sesame

2. Diagnostic characters of linseed

3. Anthesis and pollination in sunflower hybrid seed production

4. Seed production in safflower

5. Tuber indexing in case of nucleus seed tuber production of potato

6. Moist hot air treatment of sugarcane seed

7. Plant row method of variety maintenance in soybean

8. Sex reversion in castor

9. Importance of diagnostic characters in variety maintenance

Q4. Write in detail (5 marks each)

1. Describe the floral biology, pollination behavior, seed rate, fertilizer and irrigation schedule with respect to any one crop: JUTE or MESTA.

2. Compare and contrast the morphological variation with respect to various cotton species. Also discuss the acid delinting of seed along with precautions to be taken.

3. Write in detail about sunflower hybrid seed production.

4. Write in detail about seed plot technique of potato seed tuber production in India.

5. What are designated diseases and insect pests of sugarcane seed crop?

6. Discuss harvesting and threshing of soybean seed crop.

7. What are the factors influencing nucleus and breeder seed production in castor varieties?

8. Indicate ploidy level, genome and chromosome number in oilseed brassica species.

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