ICAR NET Syllabus 2023

ICAR NET Syllabus 2023: Latest ICAR NET Syllabus 2023 PDF Discipline wise available here. Candidates who are going to appear in the ICAR National Eligibility Test must download the Updated ICAR NET Exam Syllabus.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research has prescribed the ASRB ARS NET Syllabus for the ICAR NET 2023 Exam. Candidates can easily download the Syllabus for ICAR NET for Agronomy/Botany and other fields from the links given in this page.

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ASRB NET Syllabus 2023 – Important Details

Organization Name	Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB)
Exam	ICAR ASRB NET(II) Exam
Number Of Vacancies	Various
Category	ICAR NET Syllabus
Location	Across India
Official Website	asrb.org.in

ICAR NET Syllabus

Discipline Name	Download Links
Agricultural Biotechnology	Download
Agricultural Entomology	Download
Agricultural Microbiology	Download
Economic Botany & Plant Genetic Resources	Download
Genetics & Plant Breeding	Download
Nematology	Download
Plant Biochemistry	Download
Plant Pathology	Download
Plant Physiology	Download
Seed Science & Technology	Download
Floriculture & Landscaping	Download
Fruit Science	Download
Spices, Plantation & Medicinal & Aromatic Plants	Download
Vegetable Science	Download
Animal Biochemistry	Download
Animal Biotechnology	Download
Animal Genetics & Breeding	Download
Animal Nutrition	Download
Animal Physiology	Download
Animal Reproduction & Gynaecology	Download
Dairy Chemistry	Download
Dairy Microbiology	Download
Dairy Technology	Download
Livestock Product Technology	Download
Livestock Production Management	Download
Poultry Science	Download
Veterinary Medicine	Download
Veterinary Microbiology	Download
Veterinary Parasitology	Download
Veterinary Pathology	Download
Veterinary Pharmacology	Download
Veterinary Public Health	Download
Veterinary Surgery	Download
Aquaculture	Download
Fisheries Resource Management	Download
Fish Processing Technology	Download
Fish Nutrition	Download
Fish Health	Download
Fish Genetics & Breeding	Download
Agricultural Chemicals	Download
Agricultural Meteorology	Download
Agroforestry	Download
Agronomy	Download
Environmental Science	Download
Soil Sciences	Download
Agricultural Business Management	Download
Agricultural Economics	Download
Agricultural Extension	Download
Agricultural Statistics	Download
Home Science	Download
Farm Machinery & Power	Download
Computer Applications & IT	Download
Land & Water Management Engineering	Download
Bioinformatics	Download
Food Technology	Download
Agricultural Structure and Process Engineering	Download
Veterinary Anatomy (only for NET)	Download

ICAR NET Agronomy Syllabus

Unit 1 : Crop Ecology and Geography

Principles of crop ecology

Ecosystem concept and determinants of productivityof ecosystem

Physiological limits of crop yield and variability in relationto ecological optima

Crop adaptation

Climate shift and its ecological implication

Greenhouse effect

Agro-ecological and agro climatic regions of lndia

Geographical distribution of cereals, legumes, oilseeds, vegetables,fodders and forages, commercial crops, condimentsand spices, medicinal and aromatic plants

Adverse climatic factors and crop productivity

Photosynthesis, respiration, net assimilation, solar energyconversion efficiency and relative water content, light intensity,water and CO2 in relation to photosynthetic rates and efficiency

Physiological stress in crops

Remote sensing

Spectral indices and their application in agriculture

crop water stress indices and crop stress detection

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Unit 2 : Weed Management

Scope and principles of weed management

Weeds’ classification, biology, ecology and allelopathy

Crop weed competition, weed threshold

Herbicides classification, formulations, mode of action,selectivity and resistance

Persistence of herbicides in soils and plants

Application methods and equipment

Biological weed control, bioherbicides

Integrated weed management

Special weeds, parasitic and aquatic weeds andtheir management in cropped and non cropped lands

weed control schedules in field crops, vegetables and plantation crops

Role of GM crops in weed management

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Unit 3 : Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use

History of soil fertility and fertilizer use

Concept of essentiality of plant nutrients, their criticalconcentrations in plants, nutrient interactions, diagnostictechniques with special emphasis on emerging deficienciesof secondary and micro-nutrients

Soil fertility and productivity and their indicators

Fertilizer materials including liquid fertilizers, theircomposition, mineralization, availability andreaction products in soils

Water solubility of phosphate fertilizers

Slow release fertilizers, nitrification inhibitorsand their use for crop production

Principles and methods of fertilizer application

Integrated nutrient management and bio-fertilizers

Agronomic and physiological efficiency andrecovery of applied plant nutrients

Criteria for determining fertilizer schedules for croppingsystems direct, residual and cumulative effects

Fertilizer related environmental problems includingground water pollution

Site-specific nutrient management

Contamination of heavy metals in peri-urbansoils and their remediation.

Unit 4 : Dryland Agronomy

Concept of dryland farming; dryland farmingvs rainfed farming

History, development, significance and constraintsof dryland agriculture in India

Climatic classification and delineation of dryland tracts

Characterization of agro-climatic environments of drylands

Rainfall analysis and length of growing season

Types of drought, drought syndrome, effect on plant growth,drought resistance, drought avoidance, drought management

Crop Planning including contingency, crop diversification,varieties, cropping systems, conservation cropping andmid-season corrections for aberrant weather conditions

Techniques of moisture conservation insitu to reduceevapotranspiration, runoff and to increase infiltration

Rain water harvesting and recycling concept,techniques and practices

Timelines and precision key factors for timely sowing,precision in seeding, weed control

Fertilizer placement, top dressing andfoliar application, aqua-fertigation

Concept and importance of watershedmanagement in dryland areas

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ICAR NET Economic Botany & Plant Genetic Resources Syllabus

Unit 1 : Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics

Nomenclature, purpose, principles and systemsof classification

Taxonomy of higher plants, floras, manuals, monographs,index, catalogues and dictionaries, herbaria

Concepts of biosystematics, evolution anddifferentiation of species

Biosystematic and taxonomic tools

Origin, evolution and biosystematics ofselected crops (rice, wheat, rape seed & mustard, cotton)

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Unit 2 : Economically important plants –I

Origin, history, domestication, botany, genetic resourceactivities, cultivation, production and use of:

Cereals: Wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet and minor millets.

Pulses: Pigeon pea, chickpea, black gram, green gram, cowpea, soyabean, pea, lentil, horsegram, lab-lab bean,ricebean, winged bean, French bean, lima bean, sword bean.

Oilseeds: Groundnut, sesame, castor, rape seed,mustard, sunflower, safflower, niger,oil palm, coconut and linseed.

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Unit 3 : Economically important plants –II

Origin, distribution, cultivation, production andutilization of economic plants of following groupssuch as

Fibres: cotton, silk cotton, jute, sunnhemp, agave, flaxand mesta (kenoff)

Sugars: sugarcane, sugarbeet, sugarpalm and sweet sorghum

Fodders and green manure crops: Plantation crops: coconut,cocoa, tea; root and

tuber crops-: potato, sweet potato, tapioca, aroids etc.

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Unit 4 : Economically important plants –III

Origin, distribution, classification, production and utilizationof Fruits: mango, banana, citrus, guava, grapes andother indigenous fruits

apple, plum, pear, peach, cashewnut and walnut

Vegetables: tomato, brinjal, okra, cucumber,cole crops, gourds etc.

Fumigatories and masticatories: tobacco, betelvine, areacanut

medicinal and aromatic plants: sarpagandha, belladonna,cinchona, nux-vomica, vinca, mentha and glycirrhiza, plantago etc.

Narcotics: cannabis, datura, gloriosa, pyrethrum and opium

Dye-, tannin-, gum- and resin- yielding plants

Plant of agro-forestory importance: multipurpose trees /shrubs,subabool, Acacia nilotica, poplar, sesbania, neem etc.

non-traditional economic plants: jojoba, guayule, jatropha, carcus etc.

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Unit 5 : Biodiversity and Plant Genetic Resources (PGR)

Biosphere and biodiversity; plant species richness and endemism

Concept and importance of plant genetic resourcesand its increasing erosion

Centres of origin and diversity of crop plants, domestication,evaluation, bioprospecting

National and International organizations associated with PGR

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), recent issuesrelated to access and ownership of PGR, IPR,. PBRs,farmers rights, sui-generis system etc

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Unit 6 : Germplasm Augmentation

History and importance of germplasm collection, eco geographicaldistribution of diversity, logistics of exploration and collection,use of flora and herbaria, random and selective sampling,genepool sampling in self and cross pollinated species

Concept, importance and ecogeographical considerationsof introduction and exchange of plant germplasm

prerequisites conventions and achievements of PGR exchange.

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Unit 7 : Germplasm Conservation

Principles and methods of conservation, in situ andex situ methods, on – farm conservation

Gene banks: short-medium- and long-termconservation strategies

seed physiology and seed technology in conservation

seed storage behaviour (orthodox, recalcitrant), fieldgenebanks, clonal respositories.

Gene bank management, gene bank standard for various crops,ISTA, AOSA, IPGRI guidelines, documentation of information in gene bank.

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Unit 8 : Biotechnology in PGR

Plant conservation biotechnology, biotechnologyin plant germplasm acquisition

plant tissue culture in disease elimination, in vitroconservation and exchange

cryopreservation, transgenics – exchange and biosafety issues

biochemical and molecular approachesto assessing plant diversity

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Unit 9 : Plant Quarantine

Principles, objectives and relevance of plant quarantine

Regulations and plant quarantine set up in Indai

economic significance of seed borne pests, pathogens and weeds

detection and post entry quarantine operations, salvaging of infested/infected germplasm, domestic quarantine

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NET 2023 Minimum Qualifying Marks:

Category of candidate	Minimum qualifying marks
Unreserved(UR)/ EWS	75.0 (50%)
OBC	67.5 (45%)
SC / ST/ PwBD	60.0 (40%)

ICAR NET Exam Pattern:

Particulars	Details
Mode of ICAR ASRB NET 2023	Online computer-based
Nature of the exam	Objective type
Maximum Marks	150
Number of questions	150
Duration of exam	02 hours
Marking Scheme	One mark will be awarded for every correct answer
Negative Marking	1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer in the NET-2023. There will be no rounding off of fractions of marks.
The language of the exam	Bilingual i.e. English and Hindi

Steps to Download ICAR NET Exam Syllabus:

• Candidates should visit the official website i.e. www.icar.org.in
• Press on the “NET/ARS Notifications / Other Instructions” link from left side.
• From new window, you need to hit on the “Syllabus for Various Disciplines, Net/ARS” link.
• Select an appropriate link
• ICAR ASRB NET Syllabus PDF will display on your screen
• Download the ICAR NET Syllabus 2023 and start preparation as per the course.

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ICAR Exam Syllabus

In the above section of this page, we have provided the ICAR ARS Syllabus as per the discipline in PDF format. You can download the PDF of syllabus to start preparation according to the contents which covers all the topics as per the fields.

ASRB ARS National Eligibility Test Syllabus

The Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) every year for the recruitment of Lecturers/Assistant Professors in agricultural universities. In the ASRB NET Exam, there will be a total of 150 objective-type questions of one mark each.

By preparing from the ASRB NET Syllabus, candidates will have knowledge about all the topics from which questions can be asked in the exam. Candidates must prepare for the exam according to the ICAR NET syllabus to score high marks in the exam.

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ASRB NET Exam 2023 Books to be referred:

Subjects	Books to be referred
(1)Agricultural Biotechnology	Agricultural Biotechnology by Gautum V.K.
(2)Agricultural Entomology	Agricultural Entomology on competitive view by Shravan M Haldhar
(3)Agricultural Microbiology	Agricultural Microbiology 2nd Edition by Bagyaraj D.J. and Rangaswami G.
(7)Plant Biochemistry	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants 01 Edition by Bob Buchanan, Wilhelm Gruissem
(8)Plant Pathology	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology by N.G. Ravichandra
(14)Vegetable Science	Vegetable Science by D Singh
(9)Plant Physiology	Plant Physiology by Taiz
(19)Animal Physiology	Principles of Animal Physiology by Moyes and Schulte
(44)Environmental Science	Environmental Science by Rupendra Singh
(55)Food Technology	A Competitive Book Of Food Science And Technology & Agriculture by Gajendra Kumar Rana

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ASRB NET Syllabus FAQs:

Question 1: Where to get the ASRB NET Exam syllabus for?

Answer: ASRB NET syllabus is available online on the official website. Check this page carefully and get for details syllabus.

Question 2: How many questions are asked in ASRB NET exam?

Answer: 150 objective-type questions are asked in ASRB NET Exam.

Question 3: How many papers are there in ASRB ICAR NET?

Answer: There is only one paper in ASRB ICAR NET, i.e. candidates from different disciplines need to appear for a particular paper.

Question 4: From where the questions in ASRB NET are being asked?

Answer: Questions are being asked from respective disciplines in ASRB NET.

Question 5: How many Disciplines are there in ASRB NET?

Answer: In ASRB NET, there is a total of 60 disciplines or subjects. Each subject has a different syllabus.

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