Agriculture- Animal Life-One Liner-Sept 28, 2017 1- Oxytocin hormone responsible for Let-down of milk. 2- India’s 19th animal census happened in 2012. 3- Adrenaline hormone is responsible for holding up of milk. 4-Animal welfare Board of India is situated in Chenna. 5-Fat percent intoned milk is approximately 3%. 6-Saanen goat breed is a native of … Read more
Agriculture- Important One Liner-Sept 27, 2017 1-Indian Institute of soil and water conservation is situated in Dehradun. 2- International Union of soil science was founded in 1924 (Australia) 3-Father of soil science is V.V. Dokuchaev 4-Central soil salinity Research Institute is situated in Karnal (Haryana) 5-International potash of Institute is situated in Switzerland (1952) … Read more
Agriculture- Important One-Liners- Sept 26, 2017 1-The iron and steel industry is generally located near the coal mines. 2-The fuel that launched the Industrial Revolution is Coal. 3-About 90% of the Earth’s people live on 10 % of the land 4-Bangladesh is considered the most densely populated country 5-Areas with extreme Climates tend to be … Read more
Agriculture-One Liners 1-Sugarbeet Nematode is Heterodera schacti 2-The chemical, which is used for controlling the mites, is known as Mematicides 3-The pyrite is mostly found in Maharashtra 4- Parthenocarpy occurs in Jackfruit 5-Kisan Mitra is an employee of State Govt. 6-Blind hoeing is recommended for Sugarcane 7-The optimum cardinal temperature point for germination … Read more
Agriculture-One Liners 1-The scientific study of soil is Pedology 2-Prabhat is an early short duration variety of Red gram 3- Soil factors are otherwise known as Edaphic factors 4-Triticum aestivum, the common bread wheat is Hexaploid 5-The Minimum Support Price for Foodgrains was introduced in the year 1964 6-HD 2967 is the new … Read more
Agriculture- One Liners * Rice is a tropical crop * In Commercial farming, crops are raised on a large scale Shifting agriculture in Brazil is known as Roco. Wheat is a Temperate crop. The most intensively cultivated areas of the world are lowlands. Coffee needs dry Conditions during harvest … Read more
Agriculture 1-Union Agricultural Ministry has partnered the National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO for geotagging agricultural assets. Agriculture Ministry under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana and NRSC/ISRO have signed an MoU to this effect. 2-RKVY is a special Additional Central Assistance Scheme and it was launched in August 2007 as a part of the … Read more
Agriculture- Food Crops 1- Oil Seeds: Examples of oil seeds produced in India are groundnut, mustard, coconut, sesamum (til), soyabean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseed and sunflower. India is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world. Some of these are edible and used as cooking mediums. Some are also used as raw material … Read more
Agriculture Plants Propagated by Vegetative Means Plant – Methods Employed Orange- grafting Grapefruit- grafting Lemon- grafting Banana- sucker removal Pineapple- stem cuttings Date- sucker removal Apple- grafting Grapes- stem cuttings, grafting Tea—- stem cuttings Sugar cane- stem cuttings Jasmine- stem … Read more
Agriculture Plant products/Parts -Uses Poppy (Papaver Somniferum)- The plant from which opium (rich source of morphine) is obtained Cinchona- The plant from which anti-malarial drug quinine is obtained Cannabis – The plant from which Marijuana is obtained Coca plant- The plant from which the drug cocaine is obtained … Read more