Important General Agriculture Study Point
Important General Agriculture Study Table
1.Water Requirement of Different Crops
| Crop | Water Requirement (mm) | Water Requirement (cm) |
| Rice | 1200-2500 | 120-250 |
| Wheat | 450-650 | 45-65 |
| Sorghum | 450-650 | 45-65 |
| Maize | 500-800 | 50-80 |
| Sugarcane | 1500-2500 | 150-250 |
| Groundnut | 500-700 | 50-70 |
| Cotton | 700-1300 | 70-130 |
| Soybean | 450-700 | 45-70 |
| Tobacco | 400-600 | 40-60 |
| Tomato | 600-800 | 60-80 |
| Potato | 500-700 | 50-70 |
| Onion | 350-550 | 35-55 |
| Chillies | 500 | 50 |
| Sunflower | 350-500 | 35-50 |
| Castor | 500 | 50 |
| Bean | 300-500 | 30-50 |
| Cabbage | 380-500 | 38-50 |
| Pea | 350-500 | 35-50 |
| Banana | 1200-2200 | 120-220 |
| Citrus | 900-1200 | 90-120 |
| Pineapple | 700-1000 | 70-100 |
| Ragi | 400-450 | 40-45 |
| Grape | 400-1200 | 40-120 |
2.Plant Growth Substances Used in Agricultural and Horticulture
| Plant growth Substances | Use |
| 2, 4-D | Herbicide |
| Glyphosate, Ethepon | Sugarcane ripener |
| Abscisic Acid | Cotton defoliant |
| NAA | Increasing number of flowers |
| Gibberllins | Production of seedless grape, increase in size of fruits |
| Ethylene | Regulating ripening of fruits |
3.Superlatives of Plants
| Superlatives of Plants | Example |
| Tallest Tree | Sequoia gigantea |
| Largest Seed | Lodoicea Seychellarum (Double Coconut) |
| Smallest Seed | Orchids (Diameter 0.1 mm) |
| Largest Fruit | Lodoicea Maldivea |
| Smallest Flower | Walffia |
| Largest Flower | Rafflesia arnoldi (Weight 8-10 kg) |
| Smallest gymnosperm | Zamia pygmaea |
| Smallest angiosperm | Wolffia microscopica |
| Tallest angiosperm | Eucalyptus (Australian eucalyptus) |
| Largest Fern | Alsophila excelsa (A tree fern) |
| Lightest wood | Ochroma pyramidale |
| Largest grass | Bamboosa |
| Smallest pteridophyte | Azolla (A water fern) |
| Largest marine algae | Macroaystis macrocapra |
| Largest leaf | Victoria regia (Angiosperm) |
| Smallest mycoplasma | Mycoplasma gallisepticum |
| Largest Herb | Musa Paradesiaca |
| Smallest bacteria | Dialister Pheumosintes |
| Largest unicellular organism | Aatabularia (A marine green aiage) |
| Minimum No. of Chromosomes | Haplopappus gracilis (2n=4) |
4.Famous Books And Authors
| Books | Authors |
| Soil Fertility and fertilizers | S.L. Tisdale & W.L. Nelson |
| Entomology and Pest management | L.P. Peddigo |
| Extension Education | A. Reddy |
| Spices and Condiments | J.S. Pruthi |
| General Textbook of Entomology | Imm’s |
| Principles of Biochemistry | Lehninger |
| Plant Pathology | G.N. Agrios |
| Handbook of Horticulture | K.L. Chadha (ICAR) |
| Floriculture in India | M.S. Randhawa |
| Fruits | Ranjeet Singh |
| Vegetables | B. Chaudhary |
| Garden Flowers | Vishnu Swaroop |
| Nature and Properties of soils | N.C. Brady and Weil |
| Fundamentals of Ecology | E.P. Odum |
| General and Applied Entomology | B.V. David and T.N. Anantha Krishana |
| Revolution: To Green the Environment. To Glow the Human Heart | M.S. Swaminathan |
| Insects Structure and Function | Chapman |
| Unaccoustomed Earth | Thompha Lahiri |
| Horticulture to a Glance (Vol. I, II, III) | A.S. Salaria $ Babita Salaria |
| Rose in India | B.P. Pal |
| Origin of Species | Charles Darwin (ARS 2010) |
| Modern Techniques of Raising field Crop | Chhidda Singh |
| You are Unique | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation | L.M. Lilliesand |
| Plant Breeding theory and Practice | V.L. Chopra |
| Diseases of Crop Plants in India | G. Rangaswami |
| Introduction of Plants Biotechnology | H.S. Chawla |
| Economics of Farm Production and Management | V.T. Raju |
| Text book of Soil Science | T.D. Biswas |
| Plant Diseases | R.S. Singh |
| Introductory Mycology | C.U. Alxopoulos |
| Elements of Economic Entomology | B.V. David |
| Weed Science : Basic and Applications | T.K. Das |
| Introduction to Spices, Plantation Crops Medicinal and Aromatic Plants | N. Kumar |
| Field Crop Production I and II | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Introduction Principles of Plant Pathology | R.S. Singh |
| Agricultural Economics | S. Subba Reddy |
| Outlines of Biochemistry | E.E. Conn and P.K. Stumff |
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The water requirement is given on per plant basis?