Indian Statistical Institute Scientific Assistant A Agriculture
Crop Production – Agronomic techniques of production of major agricultural and horticultural crops; Cropping systems; Agrometerology; Growth and development of crops in adverse environmental conditions; Dryland agriculture; Weeds and their management; Soil fertility and fertilizer use; Integrated nutrient management; Sustainable land use systems; Soil, plant, water and atmoshpere relationship; Principal and methods of seed production of major crops; Requirments and types of seed storage; Farm mechanisation and equipment; Tillage and Pesticide application equipment; Precision agriculture.
Crop Protection – Basics of insects, mites, plant prarsitic nematodes and plant pathogens; Insect and nematode ecology; Plant disease epidemilogy; Major pests (including nematode pests), diseases (fungal, bacterial and viral) and disorders of major agricultural and horticultural corps; Cultural, physical, biological, biotechnological, chemical and integrated management of pests and diseases; Host plant defence; Plant-pest relationships.
Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science – Pedogenic processes and thier relationships with soil properties; Rocks, minerals and other soil forming materials; Soil texture, Soil structure and classification, Bulk density and particle density of soils and porosity; Humus, Humic acid, Fulvic acid; Soil moisture, Soil erosion, Land degradation; Soil colloids, Chemical equilibria, Chemical kinetics, Clay minerals, Adsorption-desorption, Cation and Anion exchange, Soil organic matter; Essential elements in plant nutrition, Nutrient cycles in soil, Macro and micro nutrients in soil, Manures and fertilizers, Lime and gypsum requirment; Acid, Acid sulphate, Saline and Alkali soils and their management; Irrigation water quality, Major soil groups of India; Soil and water pollution; Greenhouse gases; Soil biota, Soil microbial ecology, Types of organisms, Soil enzymes, Biofertilizers, Methods of soil analysis,m Instrumentation.
Agricultural Statistics – Measures of central tendency and dispersion; Sampling mthods; Probability distribution, Design of experiments; Correlation and regression analysis; Tests of significance; Analysis of variance; Probit analysis.
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