NTRCA college written syllabus

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পলদর িাম: প্রভাষক  
welq: কৃশষ শবজ্ঞাি (Agriculture l Science) 
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1. Factors affecting growth, development, yield and desirable qualities of crops. 2. 
Important morphological characters and production technology of some important (a) 
cereals, (b) pulses, (c) vegetables, (d) fruits, (e) sugar, (f) oil, (g) fibre, (h) narcotic, (i) 
beverage, (j) medicinal and (k) timber yielding plants of Bangladesh with their scientific 
name. 3. Concept on cropping pattern, multiple cropping, crop rotation , crop 
diversification, crop calendar, irrigation, drainage and other intercultural operations. 4. (a) 
Methods of vegetative propagation of some important vegetable crops and fruit trees, (b) 
Vegetable seed production techniques. 5. (a) Necessity and basis  of classification of plant 
kingdom, (b) Salient features of natural and phylogenetic classification of plant kingdom, 
(c) Necessity of scientific naming of plants. 6. Cell & cell division: (a) Concept and 
structure of a plant cell, (b) Functions of differ ent important organelles of cell, (c) Types 
and mechanism of different cell division and their importance. 7. Plant physiology: (a) 
Photosynthesis, (b) Respiration, (c) Transpiration, (d) Photopetiodism. 8. Environmental 
pollution: (a) Causes, harmful effe cts and remedies of different environmental pollution 
(air, water and soil), (b) Causes of green house effect and its remedies, (c) Possible causes 
of forest depletion in Bangladesh, its harmful effects and remedies. 9. (a) Concept of pest, 
pesticide and p est management, (b) Methods of pest control, (c) Integrated pest 
management system. 10. Scientific name with family, nature of damage and control 
measures of major insect pests of important (a) cereals, (b) pulses, (c) vegetables, (d) fruits, 
(e) sugar, (f ) oil and (g) fibre yielding plants of Bangladesh. 11. Scientific name of the 
pathogen, symptoms and control measures of major diseases of important (a) cereals, (b) 
pulses, (c) vegetables, (d) fruits, (e) sugar, (f) oil and (g) fibre yielding plants of 
Bangladesh.12. Plant nutrition: (a) Essential plant nutrients, their deficiency symptoms and 
functions, (b) Different chemical fertilizers and organic manures, (c) Time and methods of 
fertilizer application, (d) Biological nitrogen fixation. 13. Soil fertili ty management: Soil 
fertility problems and possible means of improvement of soil fertility. 14. (a) Mendel's laws 
of inheritance and their major modifications, (b) Methods of plant breeding: Introduction, 
selection, hybridization, mutation, polyploidy, (c)  Chemical composition of DNA & RNA, 
(d) Concept on heritability, heterosis and hybrid. (e) Methods of conservation of plant 
genetic resources, (f) Concept on a new variety release system. 15. Biotechnology and 
tissue culture: Concept, scope, application an d importance in plant improvement. 16. The 
principles and practices of agricultural extension. 17. Agroforestry: Its concept, scope, 
importance and classification.