True Potato Seed (TPS) Seedling Tuber Production Technology -for All Agriculture Exams IBPS ADO, RAEO, JRF, SRF & CUET Target Exam

This exam facts are from famous book: Handbook of Agriculture published by I C A R

True Potato Seed (TPS) 

• True Potato Seed (TPS) for Seedling Tuber Production Technology.
• TPS can also be propagated through a botanical seed known as True Potato Seed (TPS). 
• To overcome the above problems of costly seed tubers, TPS is used as planting material.(This is asked in ICAR J R F 2021)
• TPS is a botanical seed developed in the berry of the plant as a result of fertilization.For free such exam facts and notes, visit www. agrimly.in
• The technology basically consists in production of TPS and raising commercial potato crops from it.
• It has been shown that the use of TPS seedling transplants and seedling-tubers as seed are economical and successful approaches to commercial potato production.(This is asked in M P Agriculture Development Officer Exam 2020)
• Seed rate of true potato seeds (TPS) is 150 g/ha (This is asked in IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam 2015)
• In TPS technique, the normal seed rate (2.5 t/ha) of potato is drastically reduced to only about 200 g of TPS, thereby saving huge quantities of food material for table purposes.For Online Classes, Tests, Notes Visit www. agricoachingonline.com
• Potato crop can be raised from TPS using seedling transplants. 

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Cultivation of Oats -for All Agriculture Exams IBPS ADO, RAEO, JRF, SRF & CUET Target Exam

Cultivation of Oats

This exam facts are from famous book: Handbook of Agriculture published by I C A R

Most common cultivatedvarieties of oats for Target Exam Based   

Kent

• Kent variety is an introduction from the USA and was released in 1975.(This is asked in B H U PRE P G 2019)
• Kent variety has been notified for cultivation in the entire country. (This is asked in IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam 2014)
• Kent is resistant to rust, blight and lodging. 
• Kent yields about 50 t/ha of green fodder.
• For Online Classes, Tests, Notes Visit www. agricoachingonline.com

Algerian 

• The Algerian variety was released in 1975 and is suitable for irrigated areas.

Brunker-10 

• Brunker-10 is suitable for growing in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.For free such exam facts and notes, visit www. agrimly.in
• Brunker-10 is resistant to drought and can be raised under rainfed conditions.(This is asked in ICAR J R F 2020)
• The green fodder yield is 40–45 t/ha in 140 days. 

Harita (R O -19) 

• Harita variety was released in 2007 and notified for Maharashtra. 
• Harita is a multicut variety developed by selection from the base population of Kent by MPKV, Rahuri and is suitable for the winter season under irrigated conditions. (This is asked in IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam 2016)
• The average yield is 50 t/ha for green forage and 9.5 t/ha for dry matter. 
• Harita has a high leaf to stem ratio and is resistant to leaf blight disease.

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Cultivation of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) -for All Agriculture Exams IBPS ADO, RAEO, JRF SRF

Cultivation of Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

This exam facts are from famous book: Handbook of Agriculture published by I C A R

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Nutritional importance of barley

• Barley crop isimportant next to rice, wheat, maize crop in area and production
• Protein in the barley crop is 11.5%.
• Barley grain contains 12.5 % moisture, 11.5  % albuminoids, 74 % carbohydrates. 
• Barley crop is great demand to malting industry
• Barley is a highly salt tolerant crop (IBPS AFO 2018) For free such exam facts and notes, visit www. agrimly.in 
• Most staple food in Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan (This is asked in ICAR J R F 2020)
• Mostly barley crop used as “Missi roti”
• Mostly barley crop used for malt, beer, whisky and industrial alcohol, vinegar.
• Barley crop is used for energy rich drinks like bournvita, boost, horlicks.
• Barley grain is roasted and ground and used as 'Sattu' (barley flour mixed in sugar and water). 
• Barley crop is reduce cholesterol level in liver
• Malt syrup is utilized in the preparation of candies, breakfast beverages and medicines. 
• By-product of the brewing and distilling industry, known as 'brewers' and 'distillers grain' is useful as cattle feed.For Online Classes, Tests, Notes Visit www. agricoachingonline.com
• Bold and plump-seeded barley varieties are suitable for manufacture of 'pearl barley' and powder products, which form the diet of the sick and convalescent people. 
• Pearl barley is used for barley water, which is diuretic and is given to persons suffering from kidney disorders. (This is asked in IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam 2018)

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Speciality Baby Corn - for All Agriculture Exams IBPS AFO, ADO, RAEO, JRF, SRF, CUET EXAM

This exam facts are from famous book: Handbook of Agriculture published by I C A R

• Baby corn also known as young corn, cornlets or baby sweetcorn is a cereal grain taken from corn (maize) harvested early.
• Baby com is a young finger like unfertilized cobs with 1 -3 cm emerged silk preferably harvested within 1-3 days of silk emergence, depending upon the growing season.(This is asked in IBPS Agriculture Field Officer Exam 2014)
• Baby corn is nutritive and its nutritional quality is at par or even superior to some of the seasonal vegetables.For free such exam facts and notes, visit www. agrimly.in 
• Besides proteins, vitamins and iron, baby corn is one of the richest sources of phosphorus.(This is asked in ICAR J R F 2021)
• Baby corn is a good source of fibrous protein and easy to digest.(This is asked in ICAR S R F 2019)
• For Online Classes, Tests, Notes Visit www. agricoachingonline.com
• Baby corn is almost free from residual effects of pesticides. 
• As baby corn can be cultivated round the year, three to four crops of baby corn can be taken in a year.(This is asked in M P Agriculture Development Officer Exam 2018)

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