After 12th with 94% admission in BSc Agriculture at PAU Ludhiana

I want to know about required eligibility to apply for admission in BSC agriculture course offered by Punjab Agricultural University ?

[Arun Vats]

The Punjab Agricultural University was established in 1962 . Here I am giving you information about required eligibility to apply for admission in BSC agriculture course offered by Punjab Agricultural University below :

B.Sc. Agriculture Eligibility
The minimum qualification required to apply for B.Sc. in agriculture is 10+2 with science stream from a well recognized board of education.

For admission you have to pass an entrance examination organized by college administration.

Syllabus :
SECTION-I
Forestry: Meaning, scope and relationship with other sciences. Importance of forests, its contribution to the national income and comparison with other countries. Types of forests and their distribution in India. Forest resources, needs and prospects, major and minor forest products, their sources, uses and processing.
Cultivation of the following forest trees: Teak, ebony, sal, deodar, oak, sisham, sandalwood, tun, eucalyptus, Poplar.

SECTION -II
Forest ecology, management and conservation. Deforestation, afforestation. Farm forestry, aforestry, social forestry and its role and needs.

SECTION III
Forest ecosystem, abiotic and biotic components and their interaction.

SECTION -IV
Wild life and conservation, sanctuaries. environment pollution, natural forest resources: renewable and non-renewable, environmental degradation, natural disasters: floods, fires, cyclones and earth quakes.


PRACTICALS
Max. Marks: 50 Practical: 40
Duration of paper: 3 hrs Int. Asst.: 10

Study of forest types and their components in Punjab. Identification of common forests species mentioned in the syllabus on the basis of morphological and anatomical features. Establishment and management of forest nurseries, various techniques and management.
A visit to various forest nurseries established by forest department
Prepare a list of forest plants which are the sources of various minor forests products. Give their common name, botanical name, family and the plant part/s used as a minor forest products.
Prepare a report on the basis of field visit to wild life sanctuary/ zoo.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

Chauhan, D.M.S. :Vegetable Production in India, 1969, Ram Prasad & Sons, Agra-282003.
Thompson, C. &William, C Willy :Vegetable Crops, 1977, Tata McGraw Hills Co., Net. of India, New Delhi.
Dhosi, N.S. & Nandpuri, K.S. :Vegetable Growing in India.
Gopalaswami : Complete Gardening in India, 1970, Kossali Press, Banglore.
Lanchastor S. Percy :Gardening in India, 1977, Oxford and IDE Publishing Co., New Delhi.
Swarup Krishan : Garden Flowers, 1979, N.B.T. of India, New Delhi.
Randhawa, M.S. : Beautiful Gardens, Govt. of India Publications.
Randhawa, M.S. : Beautiful Trees, Govt. of India Publications.


PAPER-II: ENTOMOLOGY

Max. Marks: 100 Theory: 80
Duration of the Paper: 3 Hrs. Int. Assmt.: 20

INSTRUCTION FOR PAPER SETTER AND CANDIDATES

The question paper will consist of five section A, B, C, D and E. Section A, B, C, and D will have two questions from respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 16 short- answer type question which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Candidates are required to attempt one question from each section A, B, C, and D of the question paper and the entire section E.

SECTION -I
Definition of pests, losses from pests to agriculture crops and their products. Natural control and factors causing outbreaks of pests of agricultural importance. Forecasting of pest outbreaks.
Principles and methods of pests control: physical, biological, chemical. Integrated, legal and supervised control. Integrated Pest Management. Economic injury and economic threshold.

SECTION -II
Biology, nature and extent of damage, life history and control of the insect pests of the following crops: sugarcane, cotton, cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fodders, fruit trees, stored grains, household.
Damage caused by birds and rodents to crops and their control. Pest control organization at state and national level with a general account of the co-ordination at the international level.

SECTION -III
Apiculture, sericulture and lac culture. Insect pests and diseases of honey bees, silkworm, lac-insect and their control, predators, parasites, pollinators and scavengers.
Storage of farm produce, common pests and their control. Study of pest control equipment, its classification, principles and its agricultural implementation.

SECTION -IV
Common pesticides, their formulations and methods of application, safe handling and antidotes. Properties of pesticides, mode of entry and action, factors affecting toxicity, compatibility, synergism, repellents, attractants, hormones, pheromones, chemiesterilants, antifeedants.


PRACTICALS
Max. Marks: 50 Practical: 40
Duration of paper: 3 hrs Int. Asst.: 10

Collection and preservation of insects. Rearing techniques and rearing of stored grain pests. Identification of various pests of field crops, vegetables, fruit trees, stored and household products. Identification of pest damage in respect of field crops, vegetables and fruit trees. Application of various pesticides.
Different types of application equipment, including sprayers dusters, seed dressers, their structure, working, handling and maintenance. Practice in the field operations of the control of pests.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

Atwal, A.S. : Insect Pests of South East Asia, 1986, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
Pruthi, H.S. : Text Book of Agriculture Entomology, 1969, ICAR Publication.
Singh, H. & Bindra, O.S. :Pesticide Application Equipment, 1977, Oxford & IBH, New Delhi.
Metcalf & Frint : Destructive and Useful Insects, their Habits and Control, 1979, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
Singh, S. : Bee Keeping in India, 1962, ICAR., New Delhi.
David & Kumarswami : Elements of Economic- Entomology.

PAPER-III: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
(EXTENTION EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT)

Max. Marks: 100 Theory: 80
Duration of the Paper: 3 Hrs. Int. Assmt.: 20

INSTRUCTION FOR PAPER SETTER AND CANDIDATES

The question paper will consist of five section A, B, C, D and E. Section A, B, C, and D will have two questions from respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 16 short- answer type question which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Candidates are required to attempt one question from each section A, B, C, and D of the question paper and the entire section E.

SECTION -I
Philosophy and Principles of Extension Education: Meaning, nature, and objectives, philosophy and principles of extension education. History of extension education, extension educational activities in India. Elements in Extension, teaching process, characteristics of effective extension teaching-learning.

SECTION -II
Meaning and nature of communication process, key elements and factors influencing effective communication. Role of key communicators. Extension teaching methods, their classification, relative effectiveness of different extension teaching methods. Audio-visual aids: use and classification. T & V systems.

SECTION -III
Extension programme, planning and evaluation: Meaning and nature of extension, programme, planning in extension education. Meaning and nature of extension evaluation, types of evaluation, steps involved in extension education.
Community Development: Similarities and dissimilarities between extension education and community development. History of community development programmes in India.

SECTION -IV
Rural Sociology efinition, scope, origin and its relationship with other social sciences. Rural - urban differences. Caste system in rural India. Adaptation process, diffusion of innovations. Economic and political life of Rural people.

PRACTICALS
Max. Marks: 50 Practical: 40
Duration of paper: 3 hrs Int. Asst.: 10

Visit to the offices of local development agencies covering agricultural and dairy development activities in the area for analysis of their pattern of working.
Preparation of some visual aids and their use at various stages of Adaptation Process.
Preparing agriculture and dairy development programmes at the block l and district level. Simple procedures and techniques for evaluating the extension programme.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

Dahama, O.P. : Extension of Rural Welfare, 1973, Ram Prasad and Sons, Agra.
Grewal, J.S. and Tamber, R.S. : Introduction to Extension Education, 1970, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
Rudramoorthy, B. : Extension in Planned Social Change, 1964, Applied Publication, Bombay.
Sandhu, A.S. : Extension Programme, Planning, 1971, P.A.U., Ludhiana.




PAPER-IV: APPLIED STATISTICS

Max. Marks: 100 Theory: 80
Duration of the Paper: 3 Hrs. Int. Assmt.: 20

INSTRUCTION FOR PAPER SETTER AND CANDIDATES

The question paper will consist of five section A, B, C, D and E. Section A, B, C, and D will have two questions from respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section E will consist of 16 short- answer type question which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 32 marks in all. Candidates are required to attempt one question from each section A, B, C, and D of the question paper and the entire section E.

SECTION -I
Time-series, its components, uses of the Analysis of Time series – its analysis and correlation: demand analysis with the help of Time Series and family budget data. Index Number, their construction – various formulae for index numbers, requirement of a good index and its uses.

SECTION -II
Sampling Methods – sampling versus complete enumeration – concept of probability sampling and purposive sampling with and without replacement, stratified random sampling, systematic sampling-cluster, sampling-ratio method of estimations. Concept of various types of non-sampling errors in surveys with special discussion of call back in non-responds.

SECTION -III
Principles of Experimental Designs, Uniformity, Trailsize and shape of plots – randomization, replication and local control, analysis of variance up to two ways classification without interaction.

SECTION -IV
Completely randomized – randomized block and lating square designs including missing plot techniques (up to two missing plots only), factorial experiments, advantages, definition of man effects and interactions in 22 partiching of degrees of freedom and yates method of computation of various sum of squares analysis of covariance, practical consideration of laying out experiment – simple trials on cultivators fields