General agriculture pointer - 105

 

1. Catkin is an inflorescence of Cauliflower.
2. Black heart of Potato is due to poorly drained soil.
3. The Arka series of varieties are released from IIHR, Bangalore.
4. The major agricultural import in India is edible oils.
5. The program also known as a package program is IADP (Integrated Agricultural Development Programme).
6. Whip tail of cauliflower is due to the deficiency of molybdenum (Mo).
7. The gross cropped area in India is 193 million hectares.
8. Yellow rust in wheat is caused by Puccinia striformis.
9. The seedless mango variety is Sindhu.
10. The pink revolution refers to Onion.
11. The correlation coefficient ranges between -1 to +1.
12. Pusa Snowball is a variety of cauliflower.
13. CRIDA (Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture) is located at Hyderabad.
14. India’s share in the world fruit production is 10%.
15. The fertilizers that are completely imported are potassic fertilizers.
16. The contribution of agriculture to India's GDP is 22.2%.
17. The moisture content for the safe storage of cereals is 12-14%.
18. Lunishree is a variety of super rice.
19. The highest cotton production in India is in Maharashtra.
20. Minimum support price is formulated by CACP (Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices).
21. Central Agricultural University is located at Imphal.
22. The constituent of wheat affecting its baking quality is Gluten.
23. IGFRI (Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute) is situated at Jhansi.
24. The CRI (Crown Root Initiation) stage occurs in wheat in 21 days.
25. Bulk density is high in sandy soil.
26. Suicidal bags of the cell are lysosomes.
27. The fertilizer also called nitro chalk is CAN (Calcium Ammonium Nitrate).
28. The regression coefficient varies between -a to +a.
29. Soil transported through wind is called aeolian soil.
30. The formation of mRNA from DNA is called transcription.
31. The ion generally dominant in soil solution is Ca²⁺.
32. Fixation in soil is a problem in the case of phosphatic fertilizers.
33. Luxury consumption is generally associated with potassium.
34. The journal Indian Farming is published by ICAR.
35. The pride fruit of India is Mango.
36. The solar constant is 1.94 cal/cm²/sec.
37. The coefficient of variation (C.V.) of rainfall is more in the Thar desert.
38. Striga is a semi-root type parasite.
39. The ladybird beetle is a predator.
40. A monophagus pest is the yellow stem borer.
41. The maximum production of potato is in Uttar Pradesh.
42. CIPHET (Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology) is situated at Ludhiana.
43. 70% of solar radiation reaches the Earth.
44. The average size of a raindrop is 2 mm in diameter.
45. The earwig Cheisoches moris preys on Oryctes rhinoceros.
46. Aerosol bomb is an easy insecticide application technique for households.
47. Extension is the educational process that brings about desirable changes.
48. Respiratory roots are called pneumatophores.
49. Cobalt is an essential element in Vitamin B12.
50. Boron is needed for nodule formation in leguminous crops.
51. Silicon is useful, though not essential, to rice.
52. Aluminium changes the flower color of Hydrangea.
53. Photorespiration is an energy-spending process.
54. Desertification is land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas.
55. Amritmahal is a draught breed of cattle.
56. Chlorobenzilate is an acaricide effective against red spider mites and bee mites.
57. Clouds are aggregations of minute water droplets suspended in the air at high altitudes.
58. A Phytosanitary Certificate indicates that plant material is free of certain pathogens.
59. A pathogen is an organism capable of causing disease.
60. A parasite lives at the expense of a host without usually killing it.
61. Knowledge is understood information possessed by a person.
62. A weed is an unwanted plant growing where it’s not desired.
63. Anabaena azollae is a bio-fertilizer.
64. Anabaena is a type of blue-green algae.
65. Anabasine is an alkaloid found in tobacco.
66. Anaerobic decay of organic matter produces CO2 and organic acid.
67. Denitrification causes nitrogen loss in anaerobic rice soils.
68. Anakkayam-1, Madakkathara-1, Kanaka, and Dhana are cashew varieties.
69. A clone is an exact genetic replica of a gene or organism.
70. Hand atomizer or flit pump is an example of a blast sprayer.
71. Bhindi around cotton is an example of trap cropping.
72. Epistasis occurs when the expression of one gene depends on another.
73. Extension teachers help farmers achieve desirable changes in behavior.
74. Kurtosis describes the flatness or peakedness of a curve.
75. Medium-textured soil is ideal for crop growth.
76. Ficus is an ideal plant for indoor gardening.
77. Water, plants, and rocks are key components of a Japanese garden.
78. Tift 60 is an important male sterility source for sorghum.
79. Diazinon is an insecticide with strong contact and fumigant action.
80. Dacus cucurbitae is an insect controlled by male sterilization in the South Pacific Island.
81. A pest is any organism detrimental to man or his property with significant economic damage.
82. A plant in the wrong place is called a weed.
83. Aonla is commercially propagated by inarching (softwood grafting).
84. Aparajitha and Chandrama are varieties of Chrysanthemum.
85. Apis cerana indica is commonly known as the Indian honeybee.
86. Apis florea is the red dwarf honeybee.
87. Apis mellifera is domesticated in the Langstroth bee box.
88. Apis mellifera is known as the European or Italian honeybee.
89. Apoenzyme plus prosthetic group forms a holoenzyme.
90. Himachal Pradesh is known as the Apple Bowl of India.
91. Apple is commercially propagated by tongue grafting, shield budding, and whip budding.
92. Bordeaux paste is applied to control bud rot in coconut.
93. Biotechnology refers to the applied use of molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology.
94. Latitude is the angular distance measured from the equator.
95. Gelatin, an animal by-product, is used to prepare ice cream.
96. Annapoorna is a short-duration rice variety (95-100 days).
97. Annual carnations are propagated by seeds.
98. Chhattisgarh receives an annual rainfall of 1190 mm.
99. Anther or pollen culture technique is used to obtain haploid plants.
100. Anthracnose of guava is caused by Collectotrichum psidii.