Title General Agri Part-12.pdf ✅

www.iaritoppers.in Whatsapp : +91-9694095242 Page | 1 General Agriculture 4 th Edition 2023-24
www.iaritoppers.in Whatsapp : +91-9694095242 Page | 2 PH Range S. No. Crops Soil pH 1. Tea 4-6 2. Rice 5-6.5 3. Wheat, Barley, Oats, Sorghum, Maize, Sugarcane, Berseem, Sunflower 6-7.5 4. Chickpea, lentil, Soybean, French Bean 5.5-7 5. Sugar beet 6.5-8 6. Potato 5-5.5 7. Tobacco 5.5-7.5 8. Pearl millet, cotton, Cowpea, Groundnut 5-6.5 Test weight of crop seeds Crop Test Weight(g) Rice 25 Basmati Rice 21 Wheat 40 Barley 35-40 Cotton, Pigeon Pea 72
www.iaritoppers.in Whatsapp : +91-9694095242 Page | 3 Pea 100 Mustard 3-5 Gram (Deshi) 140-259 Gram (Kabuli) 260-450 Groundnut 250-350 Maize 200-250 Sorghum 25-30 Tobacco 0.25-0.30 Linseed, Safflower 10 Lucerne 2-4 Sunflower 40-50 Soybean 55 Cowpea 80 Green gram 34-36 Pealmillet 5-7 French bean 38-44 Onion 2.5 – 4 Brinjal 4-5 Radish 8-12 Tomato 3-4
www.iaritoppers.in Whatsapp : +91-9694095242 Page | 4 Objectionable weeds in important crops S.No. Crop Objectionable weed 1. Paddy (Oryza sativa) Wild rice / Red rice (Oryza sativa var. fatua and Cyperus distalis) 2. Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Bind weed (Convolvulus arvensis) 3. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Abelmoschus spp 4. Rapeseed and Mustard (Brassica sp) Mexican poppy (Argemone Mexicana) 5. Lucerne (Medicago sativa) Dodder (Cuscuta sp.) 6. Berseem Chicory Qualitative prospects of different crops S. No. Process Value (%) 1. Milling of rice: Rice milling is a process of removing the husk and the bran layers, and produce an edible, white rice kernel that is sufficiently milled and free of impurities. 60% 2. Hulling in Rice: A rice huller or rice husker is an agricultural machine used to automate the process of removing the chaff (the outer husks) of grains of rice. 66-70% 3. Shelling in wheat: Threshing is the process of loosening the edible part of grain (or other crop) from the chaff to which it is attached 60%