SOME INDIAN PLANT BREEDER
T.S. Venkataraman An eminent sugarcane breeder, he transferred thick stem and high sugar contents from tropical noble cane to North Indian Canes. This process is […]
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HISTORY OF PLANT BREEDING IN INDIA
1871 The Government of India created the Department of Agriculture 1905 The Imperial Agricultural Research Institute was establish in Pusa, Bihar 1934 The buildings of […]
SCIENTISTS AND THEIR MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
SCIENTISTS AND THEIR MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS SCIENTISTS CONTRIBUTIONS S.S. Bains Relay cropping La-Flitze Mixed cropping N.G. Dastane Irrigation scheduling in crops M.S. Swaminathan Green revolution D.R. […]
NUTRIENTS AND THEIR SOURCES
NUTRIENTS AND THEIR SOURCES Nutrients Sources Nitrogen (N) Organic matter Phosphorus (P) Appetite and Al & Fe phosphate Potash (K) Orthoclase, Micas, Feldspar […]
toxins produced in plants
TOXINS PRODUCED IN PLANTS Toxins Plants Gossypol Cotton Neurotoxin (BOAA) Lathyrus Erucic acid Rapeseed and mustard Goitrogen Soybean Saponin and plant estrogens Alfalfa/Lucerne Aflatoxin […]
CONCEPTS AND RELATED PERSONS
CONCEPTS AND RELATED PERSONS Concepts Related Persons Super rice G.H. Khush Hybrid rice Yuan Long Ping Golden rice (evolved by Japonica rice) Ingo Potrykus (1999) […]
Terms and associated crops
TERMS AND ASSOCIATED CROPS TERMS ASSOCIATED CROPS Curing Tobacco, Tea Stripping Jute Nipping Gram Wrapping and Tying Sugarcane Propping Banana, Sugarcane Trashing Sugarcane Dapog seedling […]
FIRST IN AGRICULTURE
FIRST IN AGRICULTURE Domestication of animal (1) Dog (2) Sheep (3) Goat Cultivated crops in the world (1) Wheat (2) Barley Hybrid pigeon pea ICPH-8 […]
REVOLUTION IN AGRICULTURE
REVOLUTION IN AGRICULTURE Revolution Related to Green revolution Foodgrain production White revolution Milk production Yellow revolution Oilseeds production Gray revolution Manures and Fertilizers Blue […]