Important One-liner Notes For IBPS AFO

BARLEY + SORGHUM + PERL MILLET + SOYABEAN + SUGARCANE One-liner Notes For IBPS AFO

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Water requirement for barley is 200-300mm.
ORIGIN of sorghum: southeast Asia
Botanical name of sorghum: sorghum bicolor
Family of sorghum: poaceae/gramineae
Important One-liner Notes For IBPS AFO Chromosome number of sorghum: 2n=20
Sorghum is a King of coarse cereals.
First hybrid of sorghum: CSH-1 (1964)
HCN free variety of sorghum: sirsa-20
Inflorescence of sorghum: panicle
Sorghum is Poor in lysine and rich in leucine.
Biofertilizer used in sorghum: azospirillum (symbiotically associative)
Sorghum is a C4, often cross-pollinated crop, short day plant.
Seed multiplication ratio of sorghum: 1:100
Minimum/base temperature for germination of sorghum: 7-8⁰C
Optimum temperature for sorghum: 27-32⁰C
Sorghum is known as camel crop because it has capacity to withstand against drought condition.
Green fodder contain HCN (dhurin,prussic acid) toxic compound for animal.
Important One-liner Notes For IBPS AFO HCN present in early stage (40-50 DAS) in upper leaves.
Protein % in sorghum: 10-12%
Water requirement for sorghum: 400-600 mm.
Drought and salinity tolerant variety of sorghum: CSH-9
Sorghum For fodder purpose harvested at Knee stage.
High dose of sorghum caused pellagra disease (Vit-B deficiency)
Limit of HCN: 0.5%
Ratooning technique: Harvest the main crop leaving 15 cm stubbles.
Spacing for sorghum: 45 x 15 cm or 45 x 10 cm.
Sorghum sowing at 5 cm depth.
Seed rate of sorghum: normal- 10-12 kg/ha, for fodder purpose- 40- 45kg/ha.
Triticale is a Manmade cereal.
First wheat x rye occurred in Scotland during 1875.
The name Triticale first appeared in Germany in 1935.
There are Octaploid, tetraploid, hexaploid cultivars in triticale. Of which, hexaploid is most used. Hexaploids of wheat and rye are called primary hexaploid.
Inflorescence: Majority of triticale cultivars are awned.
The seed rate of triticale is 75 – 100 kg/ha.
Depth of sowing should be 8 to 9 cm.
Origin of pearl millet: Africa
Botanical name of pearl millet:pennisetum typhodium.
Family of pearl millet: poaceae/Gramineae
Chromosome number of pearl millet: 2n=14
Pearl millet is a Highly drought tolerant among all cereals.
In pearl millet Cross pollination due to protogyney.
Other names of pearl millet: cattle millet, spike millet, candle millte, cumbu.
Important One-liner Notes For IBPS AFO Grain contains 12.4% of moisture, 11.6% of protein, 5% of fat, 67% of carbohydrates and 2.7% of minerals.
In pearl millet Lowest water requirement among all cereals (25cm or 250 m)
Cumbu is a Warm weather crop.
Germination in cumbu: hypogeal type.
Pearl millet is Sensitive to water logging and acidic soil.
Pearl millet Considered as a poor man’s food.
First hybrid of pearl millet: HB-1 (1965) (tift 23A x bill 3B)
Spacing for pearl millet:45 x 15 cm
Pearl millet is a Mineral rich cereal.
Moisture percentage at harvesting stage in pearl millet: 20%
Moisture percentage at the time of storage in pearl millet: 10-12%
P. purpureum – Elephant grass
Seed multiplication ratio of pearl millet: 1:200
Seed rate of pearl millet: 4-5 kg/ha
Seed rate of pearl millet for fodder: 10-12 kg/ha
Spacing of pearl millet:45 x 12-15 cm
Sowing depth of pearl millet: 2-3 cm
Origin of soybean: China
Botanical name of soybean: glycine max
Family of soybean: leguminosae ( fabaceae)
Chromosome number of soybeans: 2n=40
Sub family of soybean: papilionaceae
Fruit type of soybean: pod
Inflorescence of soybean: raceme
Soybean is a C3, short day, self-pollinated.
In Soybean Epigeal germination.
Soybean Grow well in warm and moist climate.
Iodine no. of soybean oil is 140.
Rhizobium japonicum strain is inoculated with soybean.
In soybean Moisture percentage at harvesting stage 16-17%
Important One-liner Notes For IBPS AFO In soybean Moisture percentage at storage 13-14%
Beany teste in soybean due to sulphur.
Other name of soybean: wonder crop, yellow jewel, Poor Man’s Meat, Boneless Meat.
Madhya Pradesh is known as soya state.
Lycine is highly present in soybean protein.
Soybean oil has first rank in vegetable oil source.
First nodule is visible in 10 days after sowing in soybean crop.
Soybean cannot be consumed as a pulse due to presence of lipoxidase.
Soybean is a Cheapest source of vegetable protein 40% + Oil rich 20%.
Soybean contains poly unsaturated fatty acid linolic & oleic acid.
Nitrogen fixation in soybean: 40kg/ha.
Seed multiplication ratio of soybean: 1:16
For soybean- minimum temp.- 5C, optimum – 30C, max.- 40C
Ph required for soybean: 6.0-7.5
Storage moisture percentage for soybean: 8-10%
ORIGIN of sugarcane: southeast Asia.
Botanical name of sugarcane: saccharum spp.
Family of sugarcane: Gramineae/poaceae
Chromosome number of sugarcanes: 80,120
Soil ph. of sugarcane: 6.5-7.5
Inflorescence of sugarcane: arrow
Noble cane developed by T.S. venketruman.
Important One-liner Notes For IBPS AFO Artificial ripening of cane by glyphosine, CCC and Polaris.
Brix reading in sugarcane 18-20%.
Sugarcane is a C-4 plant, perennial plant, long day plant, tropical crop.
Upper 1/3 part of cane and 10-month-old plant is used for planting because it contains higher nitrogenous and glucose which helps for better germination.
Glucose present in upper part of plant and sucrose present in lower part of plant.
Sugar industry is the largest agro-based industry next only to textiles in India.
Sugarcane bowl of world: Cuba