Description : Red and purple colour of maize (Zea Mays) is due to deficiency of (A) Ca (B) N (C)F (D) P
Last Answer : (D) P
Description : Fodder crop maize varieties are
Last Answer : Ans.African tall, J1006
Description : Maize crop is also referred as
Last Answer : Ans.Queen of cereals
Description : The deficiency of this element leads to older leaves turning purple in colour on the underside. Identify the mineral? [a] Calcium [b] Phosphorus [c] Potassium [d] Iron [e] None of the above
Last Answer : [c] Potassium
Description : The physiological disorder “Lucerne yellowing” is cause due to the deficiency of
Last Answer : Ans.Boron (B) 23. Oat
Description : Water requirement of maize and groundnut are
Last Answer : Ans.50-80 cm
Description : The method, suitable for crops i.e. Sorghum, cotton, maize, tobacco, potato, sugarcane etc is
Last Answer : Ans.Furrow method
Description : Cropping intensity of maize-potato-wheat
Last Answer : Ans.300%
Description : The most critical stages for irrigation in maize
Last Answer : Ans.Silking stage.
Description : Composite varieties of maize
Last Answer : Ans.Jawahar, Vikram, Kishan, Ambar, Sona, Vijay.
Description : Hybrid varieties of maize
Last Answer : Ans.Ganga-1, 3, 5, 101, Ganga safed-2, Ranjit, Ganga-4
Description : Quality Protein Maize (QPM) varieties released by using
Last Answer : Ans.Opaqua-2 genes
Description : Pop corn maize varieties are
Last Answer : Ans.Amber pop, V L Amber. Pop, Pearl pop corn
Description : Double cross technique of maize is given by
Last Answer : Ans.D.F. Jones (1920)
Description : Single cross technology of maize is given by
Last Answer : Ans.East and Shull (1910)
Description : First maize hybrid released in India?
Last Answer : Ans.1961
Description : Seed rate of Composite maize is
Last Answer : Ans.15 to 20 kg/ha
Description : Seed rate of Hybrid maize
Last Answer : Ans.20 to 25 kg/ha
Description : Maize species produce starch similar to tapioca
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays ceretina (Waxy corn)
Description : The sweetest maize species
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays sacchrata (Sweet corn)
Description : Maize variety widely grown in USA?
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays identata (Dent corn)
Description : Leading state of rabi maize?
Last Answer : Ans.Bihar
Description : Most widely grown maize spp. in India?
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays indurate (Flint corn)
Description : Protein and oil per cent in Maize grain
Last Answer : Ans.8–10 per cent and 4–5 per cent
Description : The maize protein is known as
Last Answer : Ans.Zein
Description : The botanical name of maize is
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays
Description : Zn deficiency in Pigeonpea is rectified by spraying of
Last Answer : Ans.5 kg ZnSO4 + 2.5 kg Lime ha –1
Description : Zinc and sulphates deficiency in wheat field reported in
Last Answer : Ans.Punjab
Description : The fibre colour of American cotton
Last Answer : Ans.Creamy White
Description : The crop grown on degraded land for improvement is called
Last Answer : Ans.Conservation crop
Description : The practice of flushing out germinable weed seeds before crop sowing is called
Last Answer : Ans.Stale seed bed
Description : What is the Critical Period of Crop-Weed Competition for sugarcane?
Last Answer : Ans.30-120 DAS
Description : What is the Critical Period of Crop-Weed Competition for Upland rice condition?
Last Answer : Ans.Entire period of crop growth
Description : What is the Critical Period of Crop-Weed Competition for transplanted rice?
Last Answer : Ans.30-45 DAS
Description : Which of the following stages of a crop are more prone to weed competition?
Last Answer : Ans.Germination to seedling
Description : The off type crop varieties are
Last Answer : Ans.Rogue
Description : Problematic weed, whose seed once mixed with crop seed is extremely difficult to separate?
Last Answer : Ans.Objectionable weed
Description : Which crop rotation under dryland situation will be more remunerative?
Last Answer : Ans.Sesamum-gram
Description : The length of growing period, suitable for growing only a single dry land crop
Last Answer : Ans.14 weeks
Description : The crop sown under condition of early onset of monsoon
Last Answer : Ans.Pearlmillet and Sesamum
Description : The contingent crop plan suggested when long gap in rainfall
Last Answer : Ans.Providing life saving irrigation only at critical growth stages
Description : Change in normal crop planning to meet weather abnormalities is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Contingent planning
Description : Crop growing season of dryland farming is
Last Answer : Ans.75 – 120 days
Description : The ratio of the crop yield to the total amount of water used for irrigation is called, measured in kg/ha-cm is
Last Answer : Ans.Water use efficiency
Description : Water requirement of cotton crop
Last Answer : Ans.70-130 cm
Description : The quantity of water needed for normal crop growth and yield in a period of time to a place and may be supplied by precipitation or by irrigation or by both.
Last Answer : Ans.Water requirement of a crop
Description : Irrigation is applied to the crop at
Last Answer : Ans.50%soil moisture depletion stage
Description : The percentage of applied irrigation water stored in the soil and made available for consumptive use by the crop
Last Answer : Ans.Irrigation Efficiency
Description : The total depth of water (cm) required y a crop during its duration in the field
Last Answer : Ans.Delta
Description : Volume or quantity of water required for irrigation to bring a crop to maturity
Last Answer : Ans.Duty of water