Probable Semester Questions for Course
Production Technology
of Fruit and Plantation Crops (PTFP)
B.Sc. AGRICULTURE (2nd Semester)
Long Questions:
1. Importance
of fruit crops.
2. Importance of plantation crops.
2. Importance of plantation crops.
3. Scope
of fruit and plantation crop cultivation in India.
4. Production
aspects of all the fruit crops in brief (which includes the following sub
headings
a. Land and pit preparation.
b. Spacing and methods of planting
c. Propagation methods
d. Planting of seedlings (when and how
to plant, after planting care)
e. Irrigation
f. Weeding
g. Fertilization and manuring
h. Pest and disease and their control
i. Maturity indices
j. Harvesting and yield
k. Storage
5. Physiological
disorders of important fruit crops
v Mango (fruit drop, alternate bearing,
spongy tissue, black tip, malformation {include – symptoms, causes and control})
v Citrus-granulation
v Guava, litchi and pomegranate-
cracking
6. Important
diseases{include – symptoms, causes and control}
7. Important
insects{include – symptoms, causes and control}
8. Characteristics
of mother plant and seedlings in coconut.
9. Soil
and climatic requirement of all crops.
10. Impertinence
of shade plants in tea and coffee.
11. Planting
systems in strawberry
12. Discuss the different types of grapes, with suitable varieties in each.
Short Notes (for all the
crops in common)
1. Soil
2. Climate
3. Propagation
methods
4. Physiological
disorders
5. Harvesting
methods
6. Maturity
indices
7. Diseases
8. Manuring
9. Intercultural operation
10. High Density Planting
9. Intercultural operation
10. High Density Planting
Objectives or short answer types includes Scientific name, families, chromosome number,
edible parts, propagation methods, spacing, methods in planting.
