eChapters

1. Important objective of biotechnology in agriculture sector is

   a) To increase the nitrogen content

   b) To decrease the seed number

   c) To produce pest resistant varieties of plants

   d) To increase the plant weight

2. The main technology involved in agriculture biotechnology is called

   a) Tissue culture

   b) Plant breeding

   c) Transformation

   d) DNA replication

1. The initiator of a food web is

   a) Carnivores

   b) Herbivores

   c) Plants

   d) Decomposers

2. Fauna is term for

   a) Plant kingdom

   c) Animals

   b) Both (plant and animals)

   d) None of the above

1. Length of Gunter’s chain is……..ft

   a) 15

   b) 25

   c) 66

   d) 30

2. Chain is made up of thick galvanized iron wire of…..... mm in diameter

   a) 2

   b) 4

   c) 3.5

   d) 5

1. The example of trisaccharide is—————————.

   a) Raffinose

   b) Maltose

   c) Glucose

   d) Sucrose

2. Betaoxidation of fatty acid was proposed by ———————.

   a) Rose

   b) Knoop

   c) J.B Sumner

   d) Bloor

1. The Fraction of incident radiation which is reflected back is called as.................

   a) Short wave radiation

   b) Long wave radiation

   c) Albedo

   d) U.V radiation

2. Hulling percent in Rice crop.........

   a) 60-70%

   b) 40-50%

   c) 80-90%

   d) 20-25%

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ refers to the actual acquisition and selling packed seeds, intermediate storage delivery and sales promotional activities.
2. _____ entails using marketing information for the purpose of planning.
3. _____ is one of the major channel through which bulk of paddy seeds, pulses seeds and oil seeds are marketed in the state.

I. FILL UPS

1. RCA stands for _____.
2. Expert standing committee was set up in _____.
3. In _____year, All India Co-ordinated maize improvement programme was started.
4. First maize hybrid was released in the year _____.
5. All India co-ordinated bajra and sorghum improvement programme was started in _____.
6. First sorghum hybrid was released in the year _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ are also called ed-worms.
2. _____ nematode causes discolouration in groundnut.
3. _____ in rice is caused by Aphelenchoides besseyi.
4. The ear cockle disease is caused _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is the most important primary pests of cereals.
2. _____ causes serious damage in maize cob.
3. _____ is the field pest of pulses.
4. _____ feeds on already damaged.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ refers to the health status of a seed.
2. A group of fungi that infects developing seeds on the plant in the field, but before it is threshed is called as _____.
3. _____ fungi invade seeds at (or) after harvest.
4. _____ method is used particularly for smut and bunt fungi in gramineous host.
5. _____ method is used for detection of karnal bunt of wheat.

I. FILL UPS

1. The area of science that studies the relationship between pathogens and seeds is _____.
2. The diseases that are caused by fungal pathogens in residues and on the soil surface are defined as _____.
3. The establishment of a pathogens in any part of the seed is referred as _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is a collection of genetic resources for an organism.
2. The conservation of species in their natural habitats is called _____.
3. _____ is the preservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats.
4. _____ is a type of gene bank that stores seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves elsewhere are destroyed.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ are capable of reducing the age induced damages and restoring the seed vigour by controlling free radical reactions.
2. _____ is the process of soaking the low and medium vigour seeds in water with or without adding chemicals to raise seed moisture and drying back for safe storage of seeds.
3. _____ treatment is similar to the moisture equilibration treatment.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ refers to the application of pesticides to seeds before sowing or storage to protect the seeds.
2. The chemical gases as fumes are used to control the pests in seed lots is called as _____.
3. The treatments given to the seeds prior to or during storage to protect the seed are called _____ treatment.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is defined as deteriorative mechanism occurring with time that increase the seeds vulnerability and decrease ability to survive.
2. Lettuce seeds develop red necrotic lesions in cotyledons known as _____.
3. _____ morphological changes occur in ground nut due to deterioration.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is the maintenance of high seed germination and vigour from harvest until planting.
2. _____ is important to get adequate plant stand in addition to healthy and vigours plants.
3. _____ seeds can be dried to 6-10% moisture depending upon the species.
4. _____ seeds cannot be dried below 30-35% moisture and should be maintained at this temperature.

60% - Bottlegourd, pumpkin, bittergourd, watermelon

65% - Cotton varieties, bhendi

1. VARIETAL SEED PRODUCTION

3 m : Rice, soybean

5 m : Blackgram, greengram, cowpea, field lab lab lab lab

5-10 m : Groundnut

25 m : Tomato

I. FILL UPS

1. ISTA was founded in _____.
2. ISTA secretariat is located at _____.
3. _____ was founded with the aim to develop and publish standard procedures in the field of seed testing.
4. _____ is one of the leading international journals featuring papers and articles on seed quality and physiology published by ISTA.
5. The technical committees are made up of _____ number of members.

I. FILL UPS

1. The seed colour of cv COH₂ is _____.
2. The special appendage present in castor is called _____.
3. Modified phenol test was identified by _____ for pearl millet hybrids.
4. _____ test is for the varietal identification of sorghum.

I. FILL UPS

1. Rapid and uniform production of healthy seedling and stand establishment under a wide range of field condition is considered as _____.
2. The sum of those properties of seed which determine the potential level of activity and performance of the seed lot is called _____.
3. Vigour index = _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is the official measure for controlling the genetic purity of the seed lot.
2. _____ serves as ‘pre-control’ as well as ‘post-control’ for avoiding genetic contaminations.
3. _____ can also be used as a measure to judge the efficacy of the certification agency or the inspector.
4. The minimum population requirement for taking the observations shall be _____ plants.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is the measure of how many seeds are alive and could develop into plants which will reproduce themselves.
2. _____ method is useful for determining viability of forest tree seeds.

I. FILL UPS

1. The quick viability test was developed by _____.
2. _____ is a biochemical test.
3. The indicator used for quick viability test is _____.
4. For maize seeds, the method followed for staining is _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ number of seeds are used for germination.
2. The seedlings which show the capacity for continued development into normal plant is called_____.
3. The seedlings which do not show capacity for continued development into normal plant is called_____.
4. Seeds which do not absorb moisture till the end of the test period is called _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is one of the most important deciding factors of seed viability and quality during storage.
2. Indirect method of moisture estimation is_____.
3. Karl fisher titration method is _____ method of moisture estimation
4. For volatile oil containing seeds moisture is estimated by_____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ and _____ seeds give highest grain yield.
2. Assessment of _____ is one of the basic requirement for quality control of seed under the seed act.
3. The minimum number of seeds for germination test of _____.
4. The purity analysis in groundnut is done with working sample size is _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ works on the principle based on gravitational force
2. Gamet divider is otherwise known as_____.
3. Gamet divider works on the principle based on_____.
4. _____ method is suitable for seeds requiring working samples upto 10grams and seeds not chaffy and do not bounce and roll.

I. FILL UPS

1. A specified quantity of seed which is physically identifiable to the types of which certificate may be issued is called _____.
2. Taking small portions of seed random from different position of the lot and combining them is _____ of a seed lot.
3. A small portion taken from representative part of the seed lot is called _____.
4. A mixture of all primary samples taken from the seed lot is called _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. Specific crop standard consists of _____and _____.
2. _____ and _____ standards constitute the minimum seed certification standards for seed certification.

I. FILL UPS

1. The objectionable weed of paddy is _____.
2. The objectionable weed of sunflower is _____.
3. The objectionable weed of oat is _____.
4. The objectionable weed of napier grass _____

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is the observation of number of plants / earheads of seed crop which should be observed during field inspection as one unit depending upon cropping pattern and crop.
2. Number of plants / earheads to be observed in one count for paddy is _____.
3. Number of plants / earheads to be observed in one count for sesame is _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is a legally sanctioned system for quality control on seed multiplication and production.
2. Certification consists of _____ phases.
3. In single application, the maximum area that can be offered for certification is _____.
4. AOSCA stands for_____.

I. FILL UPS

1. The seed act was passed in the year_____.
2. _____ advise the central and state government regarding suitability of seed testing laboratories.
3. _____deals with all the problems related seed certification and to coordinate the work of state seed certification agencies.
4. _____ agencies take sample to inspect seed lot and certify seeds of any notified kind of varieties.
5. _____ initiate testing program and collaborate with state seed laboratory and designed to promote uniformity in test results between all seed laboratories in India.
6. _____ look into the grievances of certified seed producers against a seed certification officials.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ means the application of physical, biological, chemical agents to the seed in order to enhance the physical, genetical, biochemical and health qualities of seed.
2. _____ coined the term seed priming.
3. _____ is the impregnation of the needy substance into seed through imbibition phase.
4. In paddy, seed fortification is done with _____ chemical.
5. In groundnut, seed fortification is done with _____ chemical.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is the step in which the seeds are allowed to attain enough water holding capacity facilitating separation.
2. _____ process helps to draw the precise difference between filled live and filled dead seeds in IDS method.
3. PREVAC stands for_____.
4. NIR stands for_____.
5. IDS stands for_____.

I. FILL UPS

1. The _____ is used in modern seed handling and storage systems for preliminary cleaning.
2. _____ removes large inert matter from the seeds.
3. _____ is a machine that do the rubbing action and debeard the seeds and polish the seed.
4. _____ is the basic cleaner in most seed processing plants.

I. FILL UPS

1. The process of eliminating moisture from the seed is called_____.
2. _____ is the common conventional method, in which drying of harvested crop is carried out in the field.
3. In _____ method the outside air is heated with the help of burner heater and circulated into the godown.

I. FILL UPS

1. The seed removal in wet fruits is known as _____.
2. The seed removal in dry fruits is known as _____.
3. _____ is used for mechanical extraction.

I. FILL UPS

1. The type of harvest in paddy is _____.
2. The type of harvest in cumbu is _____.
3. The type of harvest in bhendi is _____.
4. The type of harvest in brinjal is _____.

Hybrid Seed Production Technology At a Glance

Varietal Seed Production Technology At a Glance

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ is the growing of plants from meristematic tissue (or) somatic cells of superior plants on nutrient media under controlled conditions.
2. _____ is a group of undifferentiated palnt cells.
3. Explants used is _____ in shape.
4. Meristem forms _____ at its cut end on which a large number of shoot primordia develop.

I. FILL UPS

1. _____ number of beds measuring 8 m, 0.6 m are sufficient for raising sufficient seedling for one hectare.
2. Seeds are sown singly at _____distance apart in the furrow.

I. FILL UPS

1. The fruit of coffee is called _____.
2. Coffee is a_____ pollinated crop
3. The fruit of tea is called _____.
4. Tea is a _____ pollinated crop.
5. The fruit of cardamom is called _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. The botanical name of carnation is _____.
2. The family of carnation is _____.
3. The botanical name of chrysanthemum is _____.
4. The family of chrysanthemum is _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. The botanical name of mango is _____.
2. The family name of mango is _____.
3. The botanical name of banana is _____.
4. The family name of banana is _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. The isolation distance of fodder cowpea for certified seed production is _____.
2. The isolation distance of lucerne for foundation seed production is _____
3. The isolation distance of lucerne for certified seed production is _____.
4. The isolation distance of berseem for certified seed production is _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. The potato is made up of _____ and _____.
2. Potato is a _____ pollinated crop
3. Potato fruit is called as_____.
4. An example of stem tuber is a _____.

I. FILL UPS

1. The botanical name of radish is _____.
2. The botanical name of knol-khol is _____.
3. The botanical name of cauliflower is _____.
4. The botanical name of cabbage is _____.
   1. The botanical name of carrot is _____.