▪Biogas is a mixture of : Methane + Carbon dioxide.
▪Chairman of NABARD : Dr.Harshkumar Bhanwala.
▪Father of Agricultural Engineering : Mason Waugh
▪ Egyptian variety of cotton : Sujata
▪ Super rice variety for saline/ alkaline conditions : Lunishree
▪ Country to introduce zero tillage : USA
▪Sugarcane variety : Co-205
▪Scented basmati rice for normal and sodic soils : Yamini (CSR 30)
▪ Interspecific variety of coĴon (G. hirsutum × G.
barbadense) : Varalaxmi
▪Tobacco hybrid : GTH 1
▪ Safflower hybrid : DSH-129
▪Crop to have its genome decoded : Rice
▪ Plant to have its genome decoded : Arabidopsis thaliana
▪Single cross maize hybrid : Paras
▪ Pathogen resistant gene : HM 1
▪ Systemic fungicide : Carboxin
▪ Organic fungicide : Dithiocarbamate
▪ Fungicide : Bordeaux mixture (inorganic in nature)
▪ Person to record plant disease : Theophrastus
▪Autopolyploid variety released for commercial cultivation in India : Pusa Giant (Berseem)
▪ Carbamate compound : Sevin/carboryl
▪Laureate of the “world food” prize : Dr. M.S.Swaminathan
▪Director General of ICAR : Dr. B.P.Pal
▪ President of ICAR : Mohammad Habibullah
▪Indian scientist who collected and identified the fungus : K.R. Kirtikar
▪Plant pathologist of India : J.F. Dastur
▪ Plant parasitic bacteria was reported by : T.J. Burill
▪Plant parasitic nematode was reported by : Needham
▪Mycoplasma disease reported by : Do et al. and Ishit et al.
▪Virus was first discovered by : Iwanosky
▪ Scientist to study fungi and their species : Micheli
▪ Transgenic plant : Tobacco (By Fraley, 1983)
▪Biotechnological crop introduced in India : Bt. Cotton
▪ Hormone artificially produced by culturing bacteria : Insulin
▪Commercially bio-insecticide : Sporeine
▪ Maize hybrid developed in India : Ganga-2
▪‘00’ or canola type/variety of Gobhi sarson : PGSH-51
▪Short duration pigeon pea hybrid : PPH 4
▪Leaf curl resistant cotton hybrid : Fateh LHH-144
▪ Sorghum × Sudan grass hybrid : Sudan Chari no 1
▪Fungicide used : Sulphur (powdery mildew of vine)
▪Insecticide used : Paris green
▪ Herbicide used : 2, 4-D
▪First Bt cotton variety : Bollgaurd (Cry1 Ac gene used)
▪Fumigant used : Hydrocyanic acid (HCN)
▪ First hybrid in India : Pusa meghdoot (bottle gourd)
