ASRB NET Syllabus
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Syllabus |
Agricultural Biotechnology |
- Cell structure and function
- Biomolecules and metabolism
- Enzymology
- Molecular genetics
- Gene expression
- Molecular biology techniques
- Gene cloning
- Molecular biology
- Plant molecular biology
- Tissue culture
- Plant genetic engineering
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Agricultural Entomology |
- Systematics
- Morphology
- Embryology, internal anatomy and physiology
- Ecology
- Biological control
- Chemical control and toxicology
- Host plant resistance
- Innovative approaches in pest control
- Integrated pest management
- Pesticide application equipment
- Pests of field crops and their management
- Pests of horticultural crops and their management
- Pests of stored products and their management
- Arthropod vectors of plant diseases
- Honey bees and bee-keeping
- Silkworms and sericulture
- Lac insect
- Other useful insects
- Statistics and computer application
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Agricultural Microbiology |
- History of microbial world
- Microbial ecology and physiology
- Soil microbiology
- Environmental microbiology and basic microbiological techniques
- Microbial biotechnology
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Economic Botany & Plant Genetic Resources |
- Plant taxonomy and biosystematics
- Economically important plants-I
- Economically important plants-II
- Economically important plants-III
- Biodiversity and plant genetic resources
- Germplasm augmentation
- Germplasm conservation
- Biotechnology in PGR
- Plant quarantine
- Germplasm characterization, evaluation, maintenance and regeneration
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Genetics & Plant Breeding |
- General genetics and plant breeding
- Economics botany and plant breeding methods
- Genome organization and cytogenetics of crop plants
- Quantitative and biometrical geics
- Genetic engineering and biotechnology tools in plants breeding
- Plants breeding for stress resistance and nutritional quality
- Plant genetic resources and their regulatory system, varietal release and seed production
- Statistical methods and field plot techniques
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Nematology |
- History and economic importance
- Nematode taxonomy and morphology
- Nematological techniques
- Nematode ecology
- Plant nematode relationships
- Nematode physiology and cytology
- Nematode management
- Interactions of nematodes with soil organisms
- Statistics
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Plant Biochemistry |
- Basic biochemistry and biomolecules
- Intermediary metabolism
- Enzymes, vitamins and hormones
- Molecular biology
- Techniques in biochemistry
- Biochemistry of food-grains, fruits and vegetables
- Photosynthesis
- Plant metabolic processes
- Plant molecular biology
- Plant biotechnology/genetic engineering
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Plant Pathology |
- History and principles of plant pathology
- Laboratory and analytical techniques
- Physiological and molecular plant pathology
- Mycology
- Plant bacteriology
- Plant virology
- Plant disease epidemiology
- Phanerogamic parasites and non-parasitic diseases
- Fungal diseases of crop plants
- Bacterial and viral diseases of crop plants
- Management of plant diseases
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Plant Physiology |
- Cell organelles and water relations
- Metabolic processes and growth regulation
- Crop productivity and modelling
- Abiotic stress responses in plants
- Plant growth regulators and plant development
- Mineral nutrition
- Climate and climate change
- Seed physiology
- Physiology of flowering and reproduction
- Physiology of horticultural and plantation crop species
- Post-harvest physiology
- Morphogenesis, tissue culture and plant transformation
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Seed Science and Technology |
- Seed production
- Seed processing
- Seed quality control
- Seed storage
- Seed health
- Seed industry development and marketing protection of plant varieties
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Floriculture and Landscaping |
- Breeding
- Production technology of cut flowers
- Production technology for loose flowers
- Landscaping
- Protected floriculture
- Value addition
- Turfing and turf management
- Computer aided designing for outdoor and indoor escaping
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Fruit Science |
- Subtropical and temperate fruit production
- Biodiversity and conservation
- Canopy management in fruit crops
- Breeding of fruit crops
- Post-harvest technology
- Growth and development
- Protected fruit culture
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Spices, Plantation, Medical & Aromatic Plants |
- Production of plantation crops
- Production technology of spice crops
- Acronym of medicinal, aromatic and under-utilized crops
- Breeding of plantation crops and spices
- Breeding of medicinal and aromatic crops
- Processing of plantation crops, spices, medicinal and aromatic plants
- Organic spice and plantation crop production technology
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Vegetable Science |
- Production technology of cool season vegetable crops
- Production tech. of warm season vegetable crops
- Breeding of vegetable crops
- Growth and development
- Seed production
- Systematics of vegetable crops
- Production technology of underexploited vegetable crops
- Post-harvest technology of vegetable crops
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Animal Biochemistry |
- Scope of biochemistry and molecular biology in animal sciences
- Structure and properties of carbs and fats
- Aminoacids, structure and properties
- Major classes of enzymes
- Bioenergetics, biological oxidation, etc.
- Mechanism of storage, transmission and expression of genetic information
- Functions of water & lipid soluble vitamins
- Blood composition and biochemical constituents
- Basic principles and use of latest photometric, chromatographic, etc.
- Environmental pollution in relation to animal health
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Animal Biotechnology |
- Cell biology
- Molecular biology
- Gene structure and regulation of gene expression
- Genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology
- Cell culture and hybridoma technology
- Reproductive biotechnology and related techniques
- Molecular biology techniques
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Animal Genetics and Breeding |
- Overview of geics
- Advanced geics
- Overview of breeding
- Genetic properties of population
- Population geics
- Genetic strategies
- Selection & selection experiments
- Genetic laboratory techniques
- Research techniques for quantitative animal genetics
- Laboratory animal breeding
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Animal Nutrition |
- Energy and proteins
- Minerals, vitamins and feed additives
- Rumen ecosystem and functions
- Non-ruminant nutrition
- Nutrient requirements
- Forage conservation and evaluation
- Feed processing and technology
- Ant-metabolites and toxic principles
- Elements of research methodology
- Clinical nutrition
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Animal Physiology |
- Cellular basis of animal physiology
- Blood and circulation
- Respiration
- Excretion
- Digestion
- Muscle physiology
- Nervous system
- Endocrinology
- Reproduction
- Physiology of growth
- Climate physiology
- Behavioural physiology
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Animal Reproduction and Gynaecology |
- Veterinary Gynaecology
- Reproductive Endocrinology
- Accident during gestation
- Veterinary obstetrics
- Andrology
- Male infertility
- Frozen semen technology and artificial insemination
- Reproductive technology
- Infertility in cows and buffaloes
- Reproduction and infertility in ovine/caprine
- Reproduction and infertility in swine
- Equine reproduction
- Canine and feline reduction
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Dairy Chemistry |
- Milk constituents, their physical and chemical nature
- Levels, distribution, isolation, and genetic polymorphism of different milk proteins
- Milk lipids, auto-oxidation, antioxidants cholesterol, fat, etc.
- Milk adulteration and deduction methods
- Cream, desi butter, ghee – properties
- Heat stability of milk
- Cheese: Composition & varietal differences
- Ice-cream: composition & physical structure
- Quality control & assurance
- Spectroscopy
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Dairy Microbiology |
- Microflora
- processing techniques like bactifugation, thermistation, etc.
- Naturally occurring preservatives
- Microbiological quality of fat rich products
- Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)
- Dairy products as functional/health foods
- Role of starters in preparation of fermented products
- Microbiological quality of indeginous dairy products
- Preparation of byproducts
- Quality control & assurance
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Dairy Technology |
- Market milk
- Fat rich dairy products
- Frozen milk products
- Cheese and fermented milk products
- Concentrated and dried milk products
- Indigenous milk products
- Utilization of milk by-products
- Packaging of milk and milk products
- Cleaning and sanitation
- Advances in dairy technology
- Legal and quality aspects for milk and milk products
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Livestock Products Technology |
- Basic and general aspects of livestock products
- Abattoir and poultry processing plants
- Processing and preservation
- Wool, mohair and fur
- Packaging
- Quality control
- Marketing
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Livestock Production and Management |
- General
- Breeding management
- Feeding management
- Reproduction management
- Shelter management
- Health management
- Production and management of cattle and buffalo
- Production and management of other animals
- Wildlife management
- Forage production and conservation
- Economics and marketing of livestock and poultry and their products
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Poultry Science |
- Poultry genetics and breeding
- Poultry nutrition
- Avian physiology
- Poultry products technology
- Poultry management
- Economics and marketing
- Poultry health management
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Veterinary Medicine |
- General medicine
- Diagnosis of animal diseases
- Gastroenterology
- Diseases of cardiovascular and pulmonary system
- Diseases of urinary, nervous, musculoskeletal and integumentary systems
- Production and deficiency diseases
- Common toxicities
- Infectious diseases
- Parasitic diseases
- Poultry diseases
- Veterinary jurisprudence and ethics
- Special therapeutic approaches
- Prevention and control of diseases
- Common diseases of zoo, laboratory animals and wildlife
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Veterinary Microbiology: |
- General bacteriology
- Systematic bacteriology
- General virology
- Systematic virology
- Mycology
- Immunology
- Molecular cell biology
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Veterinary Parasitology |
- Veterinary helminthology
- Veterinary entomology
- Clinical parasitology
- Parasitic zoonosis
- Management of livestock parasitism
- Immuno parasitology
- Diagnostic parasitology
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Veterinary Pathology |
- Introduction, history and etiology
- Haemodynamics derangements, degeneration and necrosis
- Inflammation and healing
- Immunopathology
- Genetically determined diseases
- Disturbances in cell growth and oncology
- Postmortem diagnosis and histopathological techniques
- Clinical pathology
- Systematic pathology
- Pathology of infectious diseases
- Avian pathology
- Nutritional and production pathology
- Pathology of toxicosis
- Pathology of diseases of laboratory and wild animals
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Veterinary Pharmacology |
- General pharmacology
- Drug acting on the central nervous system
- Drugs acting on the humerus and autonomic nervous systems
- Drugs acting on digestive system
- Drug action on urogenital system
- Endocrine pharmacology
- Autacoids
- Chemotherapy
- Toxicology
- Ecotoxicology
- Miscellaneous topics
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Veterinary Public Health |
- Veterinary public health
- Milk hygiene
- Meat hygiene
- Food-borne infections and intoxications
- Zoo-noses
- Environmental hygiene
- Epidemiology
- Experimental animal medicine
- Health education
- Standard guidelines and legislation
- Microbiology in public health
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Veterinary Surgery |
- General surgery
- Anaesthesia
- Radiology
- Orthopaedics and lameness
- Surgery of head and neck region
- Thoracic surgery
- Abdominal and pelvic surgery
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Aquaculture |
- Species selection criteria for various culture practices
- Broodstock development and management
- Farm design, construction and operational management
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Fisheries Resources |
- Fisheries resources
- Fishery biology
- Aquatic environment
- Fisheries management
- Fishing technology
- Economics and marketing
- Fisheries livelihood
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Fish Processing Technology |
- Craft technology
- Gear technology
- Process biochemistry
- Fish processing technology
- Microbiology, quality management and certification
- Fishery engineering
- Economics and marketing
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Fish Nutrition |
- Principle of fish nutrition
- Nutritional physiology
- Feed formulation, feed technology and feeding management
- Nutrition and fish health
- Nutrigenomics
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Fish Health |
- Introduction to fish health and pathology
- Diseases of fish
- Aquatic environment and fish health
- Diseases diagnosis
- Defence systems and tumours
- Diseases prevention and control
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Fish Genetics & Breeding |
- Principles of fish genetics and breeding
- Population and quantitative geics
- Genetics tools for aquaculture application
- Breeding of fish and shellfish
- Conservation, bioinformatics
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Agricultural Chemicals |
- General chemistry
- Chromatography and spectroscopic techniques
- Chemistry of natural products
- Naturally occurring insecticides
- Synthetic insecticides, fungicides, nematicides and rodenticides
- Herbicides and plant growth regulators
- Agrochemical formulations
- Pesticide residues and their dynamics in the environment
- Agrochemicals-regulation and quality control
- Natural resource management
- Environment pollution: implications and remediation
- Data analysis
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Agricultural Meteorology |
- General climatology
- Agricultural climatology
- Micro-meteorology
- Evapotranspiration
- Crop weather modelling
- Weather forecasting for agriculture
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Agroforestry |
- Forestry policies and acts
- Agroforestry, Social Forestry, Community Forestry, Farm Forestry
- Plant Management
- Extent and causes of land denudation
- Forest mensuration
- Silviculture
- Seed collection, processing, storage, etc.
- Forest Management
- Tree improvement
- Global overview of Agroforestry
- Measurement of trees and stand
- Climate change
- Statistics
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Agronomy |
- Crop ecology and geography
- Weed management
- Soil fertility and fertilizer use
- Dryland agronomy
- Crop production in problem soils
- Crop production
- Agricultural statistics
- Sustainable land use systems
- Basics of soil and water
- Soil water relationship
- Plant water relationship
- Irrigation water management
- Management of problematic soils and water
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Environmental Science |
- Definition and scope of environment science
- Basic ecological concepts
- Biodiversity concepts
- Composition of air
- Soil and water pollution
- Climate Change
- Energy consumption in urban and rural India
- Natural resources of India
- Frequency distribution, mean, median, mode and standard deviation
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Soil Science |
- Pedology
- Soil physics
- Soil chemistry
- Soil fertility
- Soil microbiology
- Statistics
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Agri-Business Management |
- General management
- Business accounting & financial management
- Marketing management
- Management economics and farm management
- Quantitative techniques
- Strategic management and entrepreneurship
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Agriculture Economics |
- Economic theory
- Agricultural development and policy
- Natural resource and production economics
- Agricultural finance and project management
- Agricultural marketing and price analysis
- Operations research methods
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Agricultural Extension |
- Fundamentals of extension and communication
- Extension methods & farm journalism
- Information communication technologies
- Training & human resource development
- Research methodology in extension education
- Programme planning, evaluation & diffusion and adoption of innovations
- Extension management
- Entrepreneurial development
- Developmental strategies and issues in extension
- Gender sensitize and empowerment
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Agricultural Statistics & Informatics |
- Mathematical methods in statistics
- Probability and mathematical statistics
- Statistical inference
- Applied multivariate analysis
- Design of experiments
- Sample surveys
- Statistical geics
- Applied regression analysis
- Optimization techniques and soft computing
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Home Science |
- Human nutrition, health and interventions
- Food science and processing technologies
- Textile science, fashion designing and garment production
- Human development and family dynamics
- Family resource management and consumer science
- Home science extension and communication methods
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Farm Machinery and Power |
- Farm mechanization and equipment
- Farm machinery design
- Farm machinery testing evaluation and management
- Engines and tractor systems
- Ergonomics and safety
- Soil dynamics in tillage and traction
- Energy in agriculture
- Manufacturing technology
- Instrumentation and measurement techniques
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Computer Application & IT |
- Computer organization and architecture
- Programming language & data structure
- Software engineering
- working & operation system
- Compiler construction
- Database management system
- Computer graphics
- Artificial intelligence and soft computing
- Statistics modelling and simulation
- Bioinformatics
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Land and Water Management Engineering |
- Ground water development wells and pumps
- Open channel hydraulics
- Soil, plant, water and atmosphere relationship
- Hydrology and soil and water conservation
- Watershed management
- Irrigation water management
- Management of degraded, waterlogged and other problematic soils and water
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Bioinformatics |
- Programming languages
- Database systems and biological databases
- Mathematics and statistics
- Biochemistry and molecular biology
- Genomics and proteomics
- Analytic bioinformatics
- Molecular modelling
- Algorithms and data structures in bioinformatics
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Food Technology |
- Introductory food technology
- Technology of foods of plant origin
- Technology of foods of animal origin
- Food quality management
- Food engineering/packaging and labelling
- Food microbiology & biotechnology
- Flavour chemistry technology
- Consumer sciences/food product development/health foods
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Agricultural Process Engineering |
- Heat and mass transfer
- Farm structures and farmstead planning
- Storage engineering
- Material handling packaging and transport
- Post-harvest operations
- Processing technology and processing equipment design
- Engineering properties & quality of bio-materials
- Agri-project planning and management
- Aquaculture processing technology & structures design
- Dairy engineering, instrumentation and process control
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Veterinary Anatomy |
- Gross Anatomy
- Micro Anatomy
- Developmental Anatomy
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