M.Sc. (Semester II) (CBCS) Examination, 2017
AGROCHEMICALS AND PEST MANAGEMENT
BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ASCPECTS IN PLANT PROTECTION- I
Day Date: Friday, 28-04-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
Attempt any two questions from section II and III.
Figure to right indicate full marks.
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION I
Objective type:
N. B.: Correct answer to each items carries one mark.
II) There are in all 14 items for 14 marks.
Botanical name of onion
Brassica oleracea Linn. Var. capitata
Arachis hypogaea Linn
Allium cepa Linn
Triticum aestivum Linn
Sugarcane breeding institute is established at
Coimbatore Bangalore Delhi Indore
a serious disease of wheat.
Rust Smut Leaf blight Foot root
Ground nut belong to the
Acanthaceae Caesalpiniaceae
Mimosaceae Fabaceae
the Sorghum variety cultivation in Rabi season.
SPV-286 Shewta Phule Yeshoda None of these
The term horizontal resistance was first used by
J.E. Vanderplank Raoul A Robinson
Gautheret Laibach
group of plant produced from a single plant through asexual
reproduction.
Clones Plasmids Vector Enzymes
Root initiating hormone in tissue culture is
Auxin Gibberllins Cytokinens ethylene
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Mercury chloride is used in tissue culture for
Microelement Preservation
Surface sterilization Nutrition
10) Enzymes used in recombinant DNA technology which help in
cleaving DNA molecules are called
Synthetases Ligases
Polymerases Restriction endonucleases
11) Recombinant DNA technique was first proposed by
Stanley Cohen Helling
Hertbert Boyer Peter Lobben
12) An ability of a plant cell by virtue of which it can generate whole
plant under suitable conditions is called
Somatic hybridization Micropopagation
Totipotency Organogenesis
13) PCR technique was developed by
Herbert Boyer Stanley Cohen
Twor and d'Herelle K. Mullis
14) Which of the following is an e. g. of cloning vector?
Human growth harmone Plasmid
Ribosomal RNA Mosquito
SECTION II
N. B.: Answer any questions.
II) Each question carries 14 marks.
Q.2 Describe in detail cultivation method of Groundnut crop with
respect to soil and climate, seed rate and sowing, varieties and
plant protection measure.
07
Describe in detail cultivation method of Sorghum crop with
respect to soil and climate, seed rate and sowing varieties,
fertilizer.
07
Q.3 What is seed technology? 07
Describe in detail technique of hybrid seeds production for
diseases resistance variety.
07
Q.4 Biochemical defense. 07
Breeding for disease resistance. 07
SECTION III
Q.5 Describe the technology of protoplast for crop improvement. 05
Anther culture 05
Screening for disease resistance. 04
Q.6 Introduction of Bt gene. 05
Glyphosate resistant gene. 05
Agro bacterium mediated gene transfer. 04
Q.7 Plant protection measure of Tomato. 05
Fertilizer requirements of Cabbage. 05
Backcross method of plant breeding. 04