Exam Details

Subject Crop Production Technology
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Plantation Management
Department School of Agriculture (SOA)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 4 IMAM-0021
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
PLANTATION MANAGEMENT (PGDPM)

N
Term-End Examination

June, 2016 °MAM-002 CROP PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Time: 3 flOurs Maximum Marks: 100
Note: Answer any ten questiolls all carry equal marks.
1. Give the correct expansion of the following: 5x1=5

PB

VAM

RRII

IDM

OF

Mention two examples of each of the following 5x1=5

Varieties of cashew

BIOAGENTS for pest and disease control in organic spice production

Traditional areas of rubber cultivation

Beetle pests of coffee

Conversion period for organic cultivation

2. Distinguish between 5x2=10

IPM and IDM

Robusta and Arabica

Training and Pruning

Nutmeg and Mace

Root trainer plants and Poly bag plants of rubber

3. Give the scientific names of the following crops:

Nutmeg 5x2=10

Bay leaf

Cinnamon

Cassia

Cashew

4. Write brief notes on the following: 4x2 1/2=10

Organic spices

Symptoms of N deficiency in tea

Pruning in coffee

Cover cropping in rubber

5. Explain the commercial method of propagation in 4x2 1/2=10

Coconut

Robusta coffee

Cardamom

Garcinia

6. Define the following terms 5x2=10

INM

Trap crop

Tapping

Lopping

Pollarding

7. Name the following: 10x1=10

Spacing of coconut

Spacing of cashew

Leading coffee growing state in India

Average yield of cashew in India

Population density recommended for rubber

Type of shoot used for propagation in black pepper

Sulphur deficiency of tea

A coconut hybrid

Type of grafting followed in cashew

A dwarf coconut variety

8. Give an account of pests of coconut with methods of control.

9. Calculate the quantity of fungicide Dithane M 45 (50 WP) required to prepare l1itre of 0.20% spray solution.

10. Write an account of preparing rooted cuttings in black pepper.

11. Write briefly on post-planting care and management of rubber plantation.

12. Discuss briefly environmental factors influencing productivity of arabica coffee.

Write a brief note on coconut planting and aftercare.

13. Describe diseases infecting cardamom and methods of their control.

Write a brief note on drought tolerant arabica strains.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Crop Production Technology
  • Human Resource Marketingand Financial Management
  • Introduction to Plantation Management
  • Poor Harvest Management and Value addition