General agriculture pointer - 93

 

1. KM-1 and PKM-1 are varieties of moringa.
2. Mycoherbicides include Devine, Collego, and ABG-5003.
3. Indian hemp and opium are narcotic crops.
4. D D mixture, EDB, Vapam, and Nemagon are nematicides.
5. Organophosphorous compounds and carbamates are nerve poisons.
6. Imidacloprid (Confidor) is a nicotinoid insecticide.
7. Red rot is a major disease of sugarcane.
8. Coconut eriophyid mite is a major non-insect pest of coconut nowadays.
9. Pseudostem weevil is a major pest of banana.
10. Sweet potato weevil is a major pest of sweet potato.
11. Newspapers, television, radio, magazines, and bulletins are mass contact methods of extension.
12. A mature ovule containing an embryo is called a seed.
13. Medicinal crops include asparagus, sida, neela, and amari.
14. Neela amari (Nili) is a medicinal plant that promotes hair growth.
15. Leghorn, Minorca, Ancona, Spanish, and Andalusian are Mediterranean class poultry.
16. Marble is a metamorphic rock formed from limestone.
17. Slate is a type of metamorphic rock.
18. Soil solarization is a method of hydrothermal disinfection of soil.
19. Banana rhizome weevil is a pest of banana that attacks its rhizome.
20. Rice Gandhi bug is a pest of rice that can cause severe damage in the milky stage by making grains chaffy.
21. Rice weevil, khapra beetle, red flour beetle, and lesser grain borer are pests of stored products.
22. Pesticide adjuvants include wetter, spreader, and sticker.
23. Phanerogamic parasites include Loranthus, Cuscuta, Striga, and Orobanche.
24. Ferroloure is a pheromone trap used against red palm weevil.
25. I.R.8 and Jaya are photo-insensitive rice varieties.
26. A watershed is a physical hydrological unit in which water from all over the area flows to a common drainage channel or outlet.
27. The “A” value concept was given by Dean and Fried.
28. Ethylene is a plant hormone in gaseous form.
29. Plantation crops include tea, coffee, rubber, and cocoa.
30. Marigold is a popular annual flowering plant.
31. Rhizobium is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
32. Azotobacter and blue-green algae are non-symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
33. M-4 is a non-branching variety of tapioca.
34. Nematodes, snails, and rats are non-insect pests.
35. Glyphosate and paraquat are non-selective herbicides.
36. Ketosis is a nutritional deficiency disease in cattle.
37. Carbaryl, carbofuran, and aldicarb are organo-carbamate insecticides.
38. Goniozus nephantidis, Elasmus nephantidis, and Bracon brevicornis are parasites of leaf-eating caterpillars of coconut.
39. A parasitoid is a parasite that kills its host.
40. Beauveria bassiana is a parasite with broad-spectrum activity.
41. Cocinnia (Koval) is a perennial cucurbit.
42. Cyperus is a perennial weed plant.
43. 2,4-D, Dalapon, and Butachlor are selective herbicides.
44. Uzi-fly is a serious pest of silkworm.
45. Colocasia is a shade-tolerant vegetable.
46. Aruna, Asha, Arathi, and Remya are sheath rot-resistant varieties of rice.
47. Rice, soyabean, tobacco, and maize are short day plants.
48. Rock phosphate is not suitable for alkaline soil.
49. Rodenticides are used to kill rats.
50. Rodents belong to the phylum Chordata and class Mammalia.
51. Rogor is the trade name of dimethoate.
52. Rohini is a short-duration variety of paddy.
53. Root and collar rot of sunflower is caused by Sclerotium rolfsii.
54. Rice inflorescence is called a panicle.
55. The book "Nature and Properties of Soil" is written by N.C. Brady.
56. Rice prefers nitrogen uptake in ammonical form (NH₄).
57. Rice protein is known as oryzein.
58. Rice varieties suitable for saline-alkaline soil include CSR-10, CSR-13, and CSR-27.
59. Rice, wheat, buckwheat, and oat are self-pollinated crops.
60. The richest source of iron is karonda.
61. The richest source of protein is beans.
62. The richest source of vitamin B2 is bael.
63. The ridge and furrow method is mostly used in South India.
64. Ridge gourd is classified as a minor vegetable.
65. Ridge plough is used for earthing-up and forming ridges and furrows.
66. Rinderpest disease in cattle is caused by a virus.
67. The ring basin method is suitable for fruit trees.
68. Rotary plough is used to cut and pulverize light soil.
69. Rotenone is a potent insecticide prepared from Derris and Lonchocarpus.
70. Rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is associated with ribosomes.
71. Round revolution is related to potato production.
72. A round table discussion is called a panel.
73. Roundup is the trade name of glyphosate.
74. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are known as small man’s banks.
75. RRBs were set up under the recommendation of the Narasimham Committee.
76. RRII 105 and PB 260 are clones of natural rubber.
77. Rubber plants are propagated by a method of budding known as forked budding.
78. The Rubber Research Institute of India is located in Kottayam, Kerala.
79. Runner shoots are used for propagation in pepper.
80. The rural development program started in 1935.
81. Root galls in vegetable crops are formed due to infestation by Meloidogyne spp. (root knot nematode).
82. Root knot disease of tobacco is effectively controlled by carbofuran.
83. Wind speed is measured by an anemometer.
84. Root pruning is a part of bonsai cultivation.
85. The rootstock of mandarin orange is rangpur lime.
86. Roses can be cultivated for up to 5 years.
87. Roses are commercially propagated by T-budding and hardwood stem cuttings.
88. Water use efficiency refers to the yield of a marketable crop produced per unit of water used in evapotranspiration.
89. Evapotranspiration constitutes nearly 99% of total water uptake.
90. Floribunda roses have large flowers in clusters.
91. Floribunda roses are used as hedges.
92. Rosetting of flowers and double seed formation in cotton are symptoms of pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella).
93. Growing different crops in the same land is called crop rotation.
94. Sand content of coastal alluvium is greater than 80%, and clay content is less than 15%.
95. Sandy soil usually has a low level of bulk density.
96. Sandy soils contain at least 70% of sand separates.
97. Santallus parallelus, the grubs and adults, feed on the eggs and larvae of Oryctes pests.
98. Sapna is a variety of gladiolus.
99. Sapota is grown in a tropical climate.
100. Saras is a popular variety of pumpkin.
101. Sarika, Malika, and Vaijayanthi are varieties of cowpea.
102. Sasthamkotta incident in 1960 was due to the presence of parathion in sugar supplied to the public.
103. Scab disease in apple is caused by Venturia inaequalis.
104. Scales and mealy bugs belong to the order Hemiptera.
105. Rust of groundnut is caused by Puccinia arachidis.
106. Only 1% of water is used in actual metabolic processes.
107. SA-1 is a variety of red gram.