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20th September 2014, 04:26 PM
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Re: JNU CBEE MSc Agri./ Biotechnology Syllabus

Here I am providing the entrance syllabus of JNU CBEE MSc Agri./ Biotechnology which you are looking for .

JNU CBEE Syllabus for MSc Agri./ Biotechnology Programs
Agricultural Biochemistry : Isomerism, hydrogen bond and hydrophobic interaction in
biomolecules; chemistry of biomolecules-carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, lipids and
nucleic.
Metabolism of carbohydrats, fatty acids and protein. Genetic code, replication, transcription and
translation. Enzymes and their kinetics, factors affecting enzyme activity. Competitive- and noncompetitive
inhibitions. Coenzymes and cofactors. Plant pigments.

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science : Importance of livestock in agriculture;
relationship between plant and animal husbandry; mixed farming; animal breeding; breeds of
indigenous and exotic cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep, pigs and poultries and their potential for
milk, egg, meat and wool production; classification of feed and fodder; major contagious
diseases affecting cattle and drought animals, poultries and pigs; reproduction biology of cattle;
artificial insemination, fertility and sterility; principles of imunization and vaccination;
description, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of major contagious diseases; drugs used for
killing, tranquillizing and doping farm and wild animals; study of milk composition; physical
properties and food value of milk; quality control of milk, tests and legal standards; dairy
equipments and their cleaning; organization of dairy, milk processing and distribution;
microorganism found in dairy and milk products; pregnancy and distochea.

Cell Biology : Modern tools and techniques in the study of cytology; prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells-structural and ultrastructural details; functions of organelles including membrane; cell
cycle, mitosis and meiosis; numerical structural variation in chromosomes and their significance.

Crop Protection : Diseases of field, vegetable, orchard and plantation crops of India and their
control; causes and classification of plant diseases; principles of plant disease control biological
control of diseases; Seed health testing, Integrated pest management-concepts and components;
host plant resistance-biological control of insect pests; genetic manipulation of insects for their
control; pesticides, their formulation, classification and safe use; behavioural methods; use of
computer modeling in pest and disease out break; use of semiochemicals in IPM; insect growth
regulators; biotechnological approaches in IPM; IPM in major crops, Principles of nematode
management-integrated nematode management in major crops-silkworm types; mulberry
silkworm, culturing methods; pests and diseases of mulberry and mulberry silkworm and their
management.

Cropping Systems and Crop Management : Impact of the high yielding and short duration
varieties on shifts in cropping patterns; concepts of multiple cropping, relay cropping and intercropping
and their importance in relation to food production crop production practices for
important cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre, sugar and cash crops; crop weed, their characteristics,
cultural biological and chemical weed control; remote sensing and agriculture.
Ecology and Environment : Ecology and its relevance to man; natural resources their
management and conservation- Climatic elements as factors of crop growth- impact of changing
environment on cropping pattern- change in environment due to agriculture-environmental

pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals and humans-liquid and solid waste disposal-
Pollution prevention and remediation.

Principles of Food Science and Processing : Food production and consumption trends in India;
food Science objective food composition; nutritive value of foods; importance and scope of food
processing; Indian scenario; Effect of processing on different food groups; Food spoilage;
Principles and methods of preservation; Quality Standards, Ventra Centicals.

Genetics and Plant Breeding : Earlier concepts of heredity; Mendel’s work and laws of
heredity; Chromosomal theory of inheritance; Gene interactions; Multiple alleles; Multiple factor
hypothesis; Linkage and crossing over; Linkage analysis; Construction of genetic map; Sex
determination; Sex linked; sex influenced and sex limited traits; Spontaneous and induced
mutations; Centre of origin; Domestication of crop plants; Conservations and utilization of
genetic resources; Reproductive and pollination mechanisms in plants; Methods and principles in
plant breeding; Methods of breeding self-pollinated crops; Methods of breeding cross- pollinated
crops; Methods of breeding asexually propagated crops; self incompatibility and male sterility in
crop breeding; mutation breeding in crop improvement; Ploidy breeding in crop improvement;
Innovative breeding methods in crop improvement.

Horticulture and Forestry : Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruits, flowers and
vegetable crops spice in plantation crops, the package of practices and the scientific basis for the
same; handling and marketing of fruit and vegetables; preservation of fruits and vegetables; fruit
and vegetable in human nutrition; landscaping and floriculture; ornamental plants and design and
lay out of lawns and gardens; tissue culture and micropropagation of important fruit, vegetable
and ornamental plants including major spices and plantation crops, important features, scope and
propagation of various types of forestry plantations, such as, extension/social forestry,
agroforestry and the management of natural forests.

Agricultural Microbiology : Spontaneous generation theory-Grem theory-Discovery of
antibiotics-Types of Microscopes-Principles and equipment of different kinds of sterilisationstaining
Techniques-Nutritional types of bacteria-Growth curve-Factors influencing bacterial
growth-Fermentation: Principle and Application-Classification of Bacteria-Gene transfer
methods in microorganisms Antigen and antibody reaction. Contributions of Beijerinck and
Winogradsky-Role of microbes in carbon and nitrogen cycles-Influence of Rhizosphere on soil
microorganism-Various types of nitrogen fixing microorgranism-Production of bacterial
biofertilizers: Rhizobium, Azospirillum, Phosphobacteria etc.- Fungal biofertilizers; Ecto- and
Endomychorizae- Azolla and BGA- Method of application for different biofertilizers.

Plant Physiology : Plant physiology and its significance in agriculture; physical properties and
chemical constitution of protoplasm; plant cell water relation – imbibition, surface tension,
diffusion, osmosis; absorption and translocation of water and nutrients; transpiration, guttation,
mineral deficiencies and their symptoms;physiological disorders, correction hydrophonics, foliar
nutritions aerobic and anaerobic respiration; Photo respiration Factors affecting respiration and
Photo- respiration. Photosynthesis- modern concept and the factors affecting photosynthesis,
nitrogen fixation growth development and differentiation; growth hormones, growth retardants,
growth inhibitors and their use in agriculture; tropism in plants photoperiodism and
vernalization; seed dormancy and germination; fruit ripening process and its control.

Seed Technology : Seed technology and its importance; production processing and testing of
seeds of crop plants; seed storage, seed certification; role of NSC in production; New seed policy
and seed control order, Terminator Technology.

Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry : Soil as a medium of plant growth and its
composition; mineral and organic constituents of soil and their role in crop production; chemical
physical and microbiological properties of soil; essential plant nutrients, their functions
occurrence and recycling; micro-secondary and micro nutrient sources and their management;
integrated nutrient management, soil water relationship, principles of soil fertility and its
evaluation for judicious use of fertilizers; organic manure and biofertilizers; soil conservation
planning on water shed basis; erosion and run -off management in hilly, foot hills and valley
lands; processes and factors affecting soil erosion; dryland agriculture and its problems; rainfed
agriculture.

Biostatistics : Compilation, classification, tabulation and diagrammatic representation of data;
measures of central tendency,correlation and regression involving two variables; concept of
random sampling; tests of significance testing of hypothesis; statistical tests two kinds of error;
chi-square test; principles of sampling; sampling and sampling errors;analysis of variance
transformations to stabilize variance; principles of experimental design, randomized block
design; latin square design; factorial experiments; missing plot techniuqes. Introduction to
computer-Electronic data processing, operating system-common software available-Internet
applications-Databases and bioinformatics.

Agricultural Biotechnology : Concepts and scope of biotechnology. Tissue culture and its
application, Micropropagation. Meristem culture and production of virus-free plants. Anther and
microspore culture. Embryo and ovary culture. Protoplast isolation. Protoplast fusion-somatic
hybrids, cybrids. Somaclones. Synthetic seeds. In vitro germplasm conservation.
Cryopreservation. Organelle DNA, Satellite-and repetitive DNAs. DNA repair. Regulation of
gene expression. Recombinant DNA technology-cloning vectors, restriction enzymes, gene
cloning. Methods of gene transfer in plants. Achievements and recent developments of genetic
engineering in agriculture. Development of transgenies for biotic & abiotic stress tolerance,
Ribozfore Technology microarray, bioethics, terminator technology, nanotechnology, DNA
finger printing, gene silencing.


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