Agronomy MCQ Question and Answer | Agriculture MCQ Question

The planting material usually made up of immature cane is known as seed pieces or setts. Nearly 35000 three budded setts are required to be planted per hectare in the northern region while in the southern region it ranges between 25,000 to 40,000 three budded setts.

CAZRI stands for Central Arid Zone Research Institute and was established in 1959 under ICAR and headquartered in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
It is one of the first institutes in the world exclusively devoted to farming in arid zone research and development.

ICAR, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, is the apex body for coordinating, guiding, and managing research and education in agriculture in the entire country. Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra is secretary (DARE) and director general of ICAR appointed on 22^nd February 2016. He has served the National Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi as a researcher for about 20 years. He is a scientist of global repute working in the areas of molecular genetics and genomics.

Wheat cultivation requires at least 3 - 5 irrigation depending on soil type and rainfall.
CRI is the crown root initiation stage and flowering are the most critical stages for irrigation. The transition zone between root and shoot is known as crown root initiation, and it is the stage when first irrigation is given to the wheat plantation.

West Bengal is the largest producer of Rice in India. The total production of Rice was 15.57 million tons in 2020 and almost half of its arable land is under rice cultivation.
The hot and humid climate along with the heavy rainfall area makes it suitable for the growth and yield of this tropical plant.

Dry farming is farming in dryland, the cultivation of crops in areas of limited moisture and without irrigation. It aims at efficient storage of the limited moisture in the soil and the selection of crops and growing methods that make the best use of moisture.
The first dry farming Research station, in India, was Manjri and it was started in 1923.

Aus type rice is similar to indica. Aus type native Indian variety but has a distinct genetic group.
It is sown in summer during May - June, along with pre-monsoonal falls, and harvested in autumn.

Wheat (Triticum) is the cereal grain that has the maximum area coverage under cultivation in the world.
The total global production of wheat was 760 million tons in 2020. China, India and Russia are the three largest producers of wheat in the world, accounting for 41% of total production.

To find the seed rate per hectare, we have to divide the number of seeds needed by the number of seeds per kg, and multiplying this times the size of the field in hectares will give the total amount of seeds required.
The required plant population of a gram may be obtained by using a seed rate of 75 - 100 kg/ha.

The seed rate of sorghum is 12 - 15 Kilogram/hectare with row to row spacing of 45 cm and plant to plant spacing of 15 cm.
Sorghum is an ancient grain, a protein source and is full of nutrients. It is a versatile crop that can be grown as grain, forage or sweet crop.