PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA. Scheme of studies for the B.Sc. (Agriculture) Part-IV (Sem. VII & VIII) Session 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 Semester-VII Paper Subject Paper Period per week Marks Internal Total No. Assessment Marks Theory Practical Total I Entomology Theory 6 9 75 25 100 Practical 3 50 0 50 II Applied Theory 6 9 36 14 100 Statistics Practical 3 50 0 50 III Cropping Theory 6 9 75 25 100 System, Weed Biology and Seed Production / Soil Pedology and Physics / Fundamentals of Fruit Production Practical 3 50 0 50 IV Crop Ecology Theory 6 9 75 25 100 and Physiology / Soil Chemistry and Fertility/ Systematic Pomology Practical 3 50 50 V Practical Field - 6 6 0 0 0 Training* Total 24 18 42 600 *Based on optional paper III and IV. The students will submit a project report based on practical field Training, which will be evaluated by external examiner as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. To pass the candidate should get Satisfactory award. 1 PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA. Scheme of studies for the B.Sc. (Agriculture) Part-IV (Sem. VII & VIII) Session 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 Semester-VIII Pape Subject Paper Period per week Mark Internal Total r No. s Assessmen Marks t Theo Pract Tota ry ical l VI Introductory Theory 6 9 75 25 100 Forestry Practical 3 50 0 50 VII Extension Theory 6 9 75 25 100 Education and Community Development Practical 3 50 0 50 VIII Farm Theory 6 9 75 25 100 Management and Production Economics Practical 3 50 0 50 IX Crop Theory 6 9 75 25 100 Management / Kinetics of soil chemical processes / Production Technology of Fruit Crops Practical 3 100 0 50 X Practical - 6 6 0 0 0 Field Training* Total 24 15 42 600 *Based on optional paper X. The students will submit a project report based on practical field Training, which will be evaluated by external examiner as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. To pass the candidate should get Satisfactory award. 2 PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA. Scheme of studies for the B.Sc. (Agriculture) Part-IV (Sem. VII & VIII) Session 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 PAPER-I: ENTOMOLOGY Max Marks: 100 Theory: 75 Duration of the Paper: 3 Hours Internal Assessment: 25 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SETTER The question paper will consist of three sections A, B and C. Section A and B will have four questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section C will consist of 9 short-answer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 27 marks in all. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES Candidates are required to attempt two questions from each section A and B and the entire section C. Theory Section - A 1. 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. 2. Principles and methods of pests control: physical, biological, chemical. Integrated, legal and supervised control. Integrated Pest Management. Economic injury and economic threshold. 3. 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. 4. 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 - B 5. Apiculture, sericulture, and lac culture. Insect pests and diseases of honey bees, silkworm, lac-insect and their control, predators, parasites, pollinators and scavengers. 6. Storage of farm produce, common pests, and their control. Study of pest control equipment, its classification, principles, and its agricultural implementation. 7. Common pesticides, their formulations and methods of application, safe handling, and antidotes. 8. Properties of pesticides, mode of entry and action, factors affecting toxicity, compatibility, synergism, repellents, attractants, hormones, pheromones, chemo- sterilants, anti-feedants. 3 PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA. Scheme of studies for the B.Sc. (Agriculture) Part-IV (Sem. VII & VIII) Session 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 PRACTICALS Max. Marks: 50 Duration of paper: 3 hrs 1. Collection and preservation of insects. 2. Rearing techniques and rearing of stored grain pests. 3. Identification of various pests of field crops, vegetables, fruit trees, stored and household products. 4. Identification of pest damage in respect of field crops, vegetables, and fruit trees. Application of various pesticides. 5. Different types of application equipment, including sprayers dusters, seed dressers, their structure, working, handling and maintenance. 6. Practice in the field operations of the control of pests. BOOKS RECOMMENDED Gatoria, G.S. : Introductory Entomology, 2017, Unistar Books Books Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh Atwal, A.S. : Insect Pests of South East Asia, 1986, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi. Pruthi, H.S. : Textbook 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. 4 PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA. Scheme of studies for the B.Sc. (Agriculture) Part-IV (Sem. VII & VIII) Session 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 PAPER-II: APPLIED STATISTICS Max Marks: 100 Theory: 75 Duration of the Paper: 3 Hour Internal Assessment: 25 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SETTER The question paper will consist of three sections A, B and C. Section A and B will have four questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 5 marks each. Section C will consist of 8 short-answer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 16 marks in all. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES Candidates are required to attempt two questions from each section A and B and the entire section C. Theory Section - A 1. 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. 2. Index Number, their construction – various formulae for index numbers, requirement of a good index and its uses. 3. Sampling Methods – sampling versus complete enumeration – concept of probability sampling and purposive sampling with and without replacement. 4. 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 - B 5. Principles of Experimental Designs, Uniformity Trial, Size and shape of plots – randomization, replication and local control, analysis of variance up to two ways classification without interaction. 6. Completely randomized designs, randomized block designs and Latin square designs including missing plot techniques (up to two missing plots only) 7. Factorial experiments, advantages, definition of man effects and interactions in 22 portioning of degrees of freedom and yate’s method of computation of various sum of squares. 8. Analysis of covariance, practical consideration of laying out experiment – simple trials on cultivators’ fields. 5 PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA. Scheme of studies for the B.Sc. (Agriculture) Part-IV (Sem. VII & VIII) Session 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 PRACTICALS Max. Marks: 50 Duration of paper: 3 hrs The practical will be based on the practical part covered in B.Sc. IV Year. The topic-wise detail is as under: LIST OF EXPERIMENTS Sr. No. Topics No. of Experiments 1. Drawing of S.R.S. from a finite population and estimating The mean of population along with its estimated variance 2 2. Stratified Sampling 1 3. Cluster Sampling 1 4. Systematic sampling 1 5. Ratio method of Estimation. 1 6. Time Series and Index Number 6 7. Analysis of Variance 2 8. Analysis of Experiments with C.R.D.R.B.D., L.S.D. including Calculation of Critical, difference. 3 9. Use of missing plot technique for R.E.D and L.S.D. 2 10. 22 factorial experiment use of Yates method. 2 11. Confounding 2 12. Analysis of Covariance 1 13. Application of MS Excel in computation 1 ___________ 25 ___________ BOOKS RECOMMENDED Gupta, S.C. and Kapoor, V.K. : Applied Statistics. Goon, Gupta and Dass Gupta : Experimental Designs. Fodrar William E. Deming : Some Theory of Design. V.N. Amble : Statistical Methods in Animal Sciences. G.B. Gupta : An Introduction to Statistical Methods. Croxton & Cowden : Applied General Statistics. A Handbook of Agricultural Statistics : Dr. S.R.S. Chandel. Statistical Methods for Research Workers : Sukhminder Singh & Others. 6 PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA. Scheme of studies for the B.Sc. (Agriculture) Part-IV (Sem. VII & VIII) Session 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 PAPER-III OPTION (I): AGRONOMY PAPER-III (i): CROPPING SYSTEM, WEED BIOOGY AND SEED PRODUCTION Max Marks: 100 Theory: 75 Duration of the Paper: 3 Hours Internal Assessment: 25 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SETTER The question paper will consist of three sections A, B and C. Section A and B will have four questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and will carry 12 marks each. Section C will consist of 9 short-answer type questions which will cover the entire syllabus uniformly and will carry 27 marks in all. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES Candidates are required to attempt two questions from each section A and B and the entire section C. Theory Section - A 1. Farm Cropping System: System approach of farming, types of forming and system of farming, farm planning. 2. Selection, size and factors affecting size of farm and farm layout, cropping scheme, numerical related to cropping scheme, management of labour, agricultural marketing, sustainable agriculture, organic farming. 3. Weeds and their control: Definition, Classification of weeds, Losses caused by weeds, Benefits derived from weeds, Weeds associated with different kharif and rabi crops and their control, Competitive crops in weed control, Factors that determine vigorous stand of crop plants.