Agronomy MCQ Question and Answer | Agriculture MCQ Question

Soybean is an annual legume of the pea family and its edible seed. It is economically the most important bean in the world. The optimum seed rate of soybean is 70 - 80 kg/ha.
Soybean is an edible bean, which multiple uses. It contains a significant amount of Phytic acid, Dietary Minerals and B vitamins.

Propanil is a selective post emergence herbicide for controlling broad leaf and grass weeds in rice, potatoes, and wheat. it is readily absorbed by the Leaf.
Propanil is an anilide resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of propanoic acid with the amino group.

The method of harvesting tobacco in such a manner just by removing a few leaves as and when they mature is termed priming. In simple language, it refers to the removal of leaves. Matured leaves of yellowish–green colour with light brown spots are harvested by priming method.

Shakti is the variety of maize having a high quantity of lysine. The other varieties Rattan, and Protina are also evaluated and released for cultivation based on being rich in amino acid lysine.
Quality protein maize (QPM) is a family of maize varieties. These amino acids are essential for humans and monogastric animals but are limiting amino acids in grains.

Cotton is the Kharif crop in the major parts of the country, the irrigated crop is sown in March - May and the rain fed crop in June - July with the commencement of the monsoon.
It generally requires the temperature for vegetative growth approximately between 21°C - 27°C.

Groundnut cake is a great fertilizer as it promotes the healthy growth of the plant. It provides a high yield with lush green and velvety leaves.
Groundnut cake contains about 7.3% of nitrogen content.
Castor cake has 4.3% of nitrogen content.
Coconut cake contains 3% of nitrogen content.

Santalum sp (Sandal) is a semi-root parasitic tree species.
It is a genus of woody flowering plants and valuable sandalwood trees. Most of the root parasites photosynthesize their food but tap the roots of the other species for water and inorganic nutrients.

National Research Centre for Groundnut is a Premier national level institute set up by the ICAR. It caters to the need for agricultural science research in the field of groundnut crops in India.
It was established in 1979 at Junagarh, Gujarat. Dr. C. S. Praharaj is the Director of NRCG.

Hydraulic conductivity is a measure of how easily water can pass through soil or rock. The value indicates permeable material through which water can pass easily while low values indicate that the material is less permeable.
Hydraulic conductivity of soil is very low in the case of Alkali soils.

Growing degree days are also known as growing degree units are a heuristic tool in phenology. It is a measure of heat accumulation to predict plant and animal development rates such as the date that a flower will bloom, or a crop will reach maturity.
It is calculated by subtracting the plant’s lower base or threshold temperature of 50degree Fahrenheit from the average daily air temperature.
Here, $$\left[ {\frac{{\left( {13 + 30} \right)}}{2}} \right] - 5 = 16.5$$