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ICAR JRF/SRF Syllabus
The most important preparation for ICAR AICE JRF/SRF is to know the syllabus of the course and specialization opted for. All questions asked in the national-level entrance exam will come from the syllabus. Students need to understand the subjects and topics mentioned, study hard and can come out with flying colours. The syllabus for 73 disciplines are as follows:
| Genetics and Plant Breeding |
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| Unit 1: General Genetics and Plant Breeding |
Unit 2: Economics Botany and Plant Breeding Methods |
| Unit 3: Genome Organization and Cytogenetics of Crop Plants |
Unit 4: Quantitative and Biometrical Genetics |
| Unit 5: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnological Tools in Plant Breeding |
Unit 6: Plant Breeding for Stress Resistance and Nutritional Quality |
| Unit 7: Plant Genetic Resources and their Regulatory System; Varietal Release and Seed Production |
Unit 8: Statistical Methods and Field Plot Techniques |
| Seed Science & Technology |
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|---|---|
| Unit 1: Seed Biology |
Unit 2: Seed Production |
| Unit 3: Seed Processing |
Unit 4: Seed Quality Control |
| Unit 5: Seed Storage |
Unit 6: Seed Health |
| Unit 7: Seed Industry Development and Marketing |
Unit 8: Protection of Plant Varieties |
| Economic Botany & Plant Genetic Resources |
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| Unit 1: Biodiversity and Plant Genetic Resources |
Unit 2: Exploration and Germplasm Collecting |
| Unit 3: Germplasm Exchange and Plant Quarantine |
Unit 4: Principles and Methods of Germplasm Conservation |
| Unit 5: Principles and Practices of Germplasm Regeneration and Evaluation |
Unit 6: Biotechnology in Plant Genetic Resource Management |
| Unit 7: Economic Botany |
Unit 8: Information Management in Plant Genetic Resources |
| Unit 9: Plant Taxonomy |
Unit 10: Plant Biosecurity |
| Unit 11: Fundamentals of Molecular Biology for PGR Management |
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| Plant Pathology |
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|---|---|
| Unit 1: History and Principles of Plant Pathology |
Unit 2: Laboratory and Analytical Technique |
| Unit 3: Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology |
Unit 4: Mycology |
| Unit 5: Plant Bacteriology |
Unit 6: Plant Virology |
| Unit 7: Plant Disease Epidemiology |
Unit 8: Phanerogamic Parasites and Non-parasitic Diseases |
| Unit 9: Fungal Diseases of Crop Plants |
Unit 10: Bacterial and Viral Diseases of Crop Plant |
| Unit 11: Management of Plant diseases |
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| Nematology |
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|---|---|
| Unit 1: History and Economic Importance |
Unit 2: Nematode Taxonomy and Morphology |
| Unit 3: Nematological Techniques |
Unit 4: Nematode Ecology |
| Unit 5: Plant Nematode Relationship |
Unit 6: Nematode Physiology and Cytolog |
| Unit 7: Nematode pests of crops |
Unit 8: Nematode Management |
| Unit 9: Interactions of Nematodes with Soil Organisms |
Unit 10: Statistics |
| Agricultural Entomology |
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|---|---|
| Unit 1: Systematics |
Unit 2: Morphology |
| Unit 3: Embryology, Internal Anatomy and Physiology |
Unit 4: Ecology |
| Unit 5: Biological Control |
Unit 6: Chemical Control and Toxicology |
| Unit 7: Host Plant Resistance |
Unit 8: Novel Approaches in Pest Control |
| Unit 9: Integrated Pest Management |
Unit 10: Pesticide Application Equipment |
| Unit 11: Pests of Field Crops and their Management |
Unit 12: Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management |
| Unit 13: Pests of Stored Products and their Management |
Unit 14: Insect and mite vectors of Plant Diseases |
| Unit 15: Honey Bees and Bee-keeping |
Unit 16: Silkworms and Sericulture |
| Unit 17: Lac Insect |
Unit 18: Helpful and Useful Insects |
| Unit 19: Statistics and Computer Application |
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| Sericulture |
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|---|---|
| Unit 1: Mulberry Crop Production |
Unit 2: Mulberry and Silkworm Breeding |
| Unit 3: Silkworm Biology |
Unit 4: Silkworm Protection |
| Unit 5: Silkworm Nutrition |
Unit 6: Non-Mulberry Sericulture |
| Unit 7: Silk Reeling Technology |
Unit 8: Silkworm Seed Cocoon and Egg Production |
| Plant Biochemistry |
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|---|---|
| Unit 1: Basic Biochemistry and Biomolecules |
Unit 2: Intermediary Metabolism |
| Unit 3: Enzymes, Vitamins and Hormones |
Unit 4: Molecular Biology |
| Unit 5: Techniques in Biochemistry |
Unit 6: Biochemistry of Food-grains, Fruits and Vegetables |
| Unit 7: Photosynthesis |
Unit 8: Plant Metabolic Processes |
| Unit 9: Plant Molecular Biology |
Unit 10: Plant Biotechnology/Genetic Engineering |
| Plant Physiology |
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|---|---|
| Unit 1: Cell Organelles and Water Relations |
Unit 2: Metabolic Processes and Growth Regulation |
| Unit 3: Crop Productivity and Modelling |
Unit 4: Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants |
| Unit 5: Plant Growth Regulators and Plant Development |
Unit 6: Mineral Nutrition |
| Unit 7: Climate and Climate Change |
Unit 8: Seed Physiology |
| Unit 9: Physiology of Flowering and Reproduction |
Unit 10: Physiology of Horticultural and Plantation Crop Species |
| Unit 11: Post-Harvest Physiology |
Unit 12: Morphogenesis, Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation |
| Unit 13: Phenomics |
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| Agricultural Biotechnology |
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| Unit 1: Cell Structure and Function |
Unit 2: Biomolecules and Metabolism |
| Unit 3: Enzymology |
Unit 4: Molecular Genetics |
| Unit 5: Gene Expression |
Unit 6: Molecular Biology Techniques |
| Unit 7: Gene Cloning |
Unit 8: Molecular Biology |
| Unit 9: Plant Molecular Biology |
Unit 10: Tissue Culture |
| Unit 11: Plant Genetic Engineering |
Unit 12: Molecular Markers and Genomics |
For more information on the rest of the ICAR AICE Subjects Syllabus, click here – ICAR AICE JRF/SRF (PhD) Syllabus.
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