ICAR JRF Horticulture Syllabus for 2025 | AgriInsights

The ICAR JRF Horticulture Exam is a highly valued opportunity for students seeking admission to India's premier agricultural colleges. As the calendar flips to 2025, many people are eagerly anticipating the ICAR JRF Horticulture Syllabus for the coming year. This blog post will look at the important features of the ICAR JRF Horticulture Syllabus 2025, including, exam patterns, and available resources like books and study materials.

ICAR JRF Horticulture Exam Pattern:

• Mode of Examination: The exam is conducted in an online mode, Computer Based Test (CBT).
• Duration: Candidates are allotted 120 minutes or 2 hours to complete the examination. It is essential to manage time efficiently during the exam.
• Type of Questions: The question paper consists of 120 multiple-choice questions (MCQs), with each question having four options. Candidates must select the correct answer.

ICAR JRF Horticulture Syllabus 2025

The ICAR JRF Horticulture Syllabus 2025 covers a wide variety of horticulture-related topics. Understanding the Syllabus is critical for applicants looking to clear the exam. Let's look at the key components of the ICAR JRF Horticulture Syllabus:

UNIT-I

Importance of Agriculture in the national economy; basic principles of crop production; cultivation of rice, wheat, chickpea, pigeon-pea, sugarcane, groundnut, tomato, and mango. Major soils of India, the role of NPK and their deficiency symptoms. Structure and function of cell organelles; mitosis and meiosis; Mendelian genetics; elementary knowledge of photosynthesis; respiration, and transpiration; structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, and vitamins. Major pests and diseases of rice, wheat, cotton, chickpea, and sugarcane, and their management. Important rural development programs in India; organizational set up of agricultural research, education, and extension in India; Elements of statistics.

UNIT-II

Layout and establishment of orchards; pruning and training; propagation, climatic requirement and cultivation of fruits like mango, banana, citrus, guava, grape, pineapple, papaya, apple, pear, peach and plum; cultivation of plantation crops like coconut and cashew nut and spices like black pepper, coriander, turmeric, important physiological disorders; major vegetable crops of tropical, subtropical and temperate regions ‘like cole crops (cauliflower, cabbage and knol khol), cucurbits (pumpkin, bottlegourd, bittergourd, luffa, muskmelon and watermelon, cucumber), root crops (radish, tapioca sweet potato and potato), leafy vegetables (fenugreek and spinach); solanaceous crops (tomato, chillies and brinjal); techniques for raising the nursery; nutritive value of fruits and vegetables and their role in human nutrition; basic physiology of ripening in fruits and vegetables and their products; type of fruits and vegetable products and control of fungal and bacterial diseases; major floricultural crops grown in India for commercial purposes like rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, marigold, tuberose, gladiolus, orchids; establishment and maintenance of lawns, trees, shrubs, creepers, hedges and annuals; type of gardens, methods of crop improvement; male sterility and incompatibility; pure line and pedigree selection; backcross, mass selection; heterosis; plant nutrients, deficiency symptoms of nutrients, manures and fertilizers, systems of irrigation, management of important pests and diseases of fruits and vegetables.

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