NTRCA college written syllabus

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- calculate statistical data 
  
- design field experiment 
 
- analyze and conclude 
experimental data 
experimental results.  
Measures of central tendency: mean, mode and median, 
and measures of dispersion: range, variance, standard 
deviation, standard error of mean and coefficient of 
variation.  
Normal, and binomial distribution.  
Chi-square test, goodness of fit test. 
Comparison of means, t-test. 
Correlation. 
Regression.  
Experimental design: concept, principles, and 
terminology related to experiment and experimental 
design. 
Completely Randomized Design (CRD);  
Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD;   
Latin Square Design (LSD).  
 Horticulture  
- characterize the important 
items of horticulture 
  
- describe major horticultural 
methods 
  
- apply horticultural tools 
 
- compare related topics 
 
- identify horticultural 
problems and recommend 
scientifically.    
Horticultural aspects, cultivation and crop husbandry of 
vegetables in Bangladesh. e.g. potato, brinjal, tomato and 
Lady’s finger.  
Pomology: horticultural aspects, plantation and cultural 
practices of fruit yielding plants. e.g. mango, pineapple  
and lemon. 
Floriculture: floricultural aspects and cultivation of the 
following plants: rose, tuberose and Chrysanthemum. 
 
Propagation of horticultural plants, classification with 
examples. details about cutting, layering, grafting and 
their merits and demerits. 
Fertilizer: classification of fertilizers, composition, dosage, 
application times and procedures. 
Green house, shade house, phytotron and growth 
chamber, their characteristics and uses in horticulture.  
 Plant Breeding  
- characterize th e important 
items of plant breeding  
- describe major breeding 
issues  
- explain critical breeding 
points  
- compare related topics of 
plant breeding  
- recommend appropriate 
breeding method.    
Introduction: definition, history, relation with other 
branches of biology, objective of plant breeding. 
 
Pollination and pollination control in crop plants, self 
incompatibitily, male sterility. 
hybridization 
Breeding techniques in crops; selection method - pureline 
and mass selection.  
polyploid breeding.  
Plant genetic resources: collection, evaluation and 
conservation of germplasm, use of germplasm in plant 
breeding program. 
Concept of research institutes in home (BARI, BRRI, 
BSRI, BINA, RTRI) and abroad (IRRI, SYMMIT, 
ICRISAT).