List of Subjects in M.Sc. Agriculture

Read this post, List of Subjects in M.Sc. Agriculture to know what subjects are available in a PG degree programme in an agricultural University. Also know about some important topics from each subject.

• Agricultural Economics.
• Agricultural Extension.
• Agricultural meteorology.
• Agricultural Statistics.
• Agroforestry.
• Agronomy.
• Entomology.
• Floriculture.
• Olericulture.
• Pomology.
• Soil science.

Contents
(1). Agricultural Economics
(2). Agricultural Extension
(3). Agricultural Meteorology
(4). Agroforestry
(5). Agronomy
(6). Entomology
(7). Floriculture
(8). Olericulture
(9). Pomology
(10). Soil Science

(1). Agricultural Economics

Examples of some topics:

Part 1/2

• Micro and macro-economics.
• Cooperatives in India.
• Cooperative banking structure.
• RBI, SBI, Land Development Bank, RRB.
• Crop loan scheme.
• Marketing services.
• Market agencies.
• Problems in Indian agriculture.
• Characteristic of Indian agriculture.
• Economic holding.
• Marginal, small, and big farmers.
• Agricultural finance.
• Price elasticity.
• Opportunity cost.
• Cost curve, cost elements.
• Assets, liabilities.
• Monotonic and non-monotonic relationships.

Part 2/2

• Objects of farm management.
• Production decisions.
• Production function.
• Cobb-Douglas production function.
• Types of production functions.
• Forms of factor-factor relationship.
• The law of returns.
• Elastic of production.
• Cost principle.
• Law of equi-marginal return.
• Factor-factor relationship.
• Product-product relationship.
• Principle of comparative advantage.
• National Agriculture Insurance Scheme.
• Types and system of farming.
• Farm planning and budgeting.

Also read: Agricultural Economics Multiple Choice Questions

(2). Agricultural Extension

Examples of some topics:

• Objective of extension education.
• Principles of extension education.
• Types of extension education.
• Basic philosophy of extension education.
• Methods of teaching.
• Adoption process.
• Communication process.
• Method of demonstration.
• Training and visit programme.
• Lab to land programme.
• Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
• Pre independence projects.
• Post independence projects.
• Time management.
• SWOT matrix and SWOT analysis.
• Leadership development programmes.
• Different rural development programmes.

Also read: Agricultural Economics Multiple Choice Questions

(3). Agricultural Meteorology

• Climatology
• Climate of India.
• Agroclimatic zones of India.
• Cyclone and anticyclone.
• Weather factors.
• Components of weather.
• Weather forecasting.
• Meteorological instruments.
• Weather station.

Also read: Agro Meteorology MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

(4). Agroforestry

Examples of some topics:

• Silviculture.
• Techniques in silviculture.
• Agroforestry plants.
• Benefits of agroforestry.
• Systems of agroforestry.
• Biodiversity.
• Afforestation.
• Deforestation.
• Role of agroforestry.
• Agroforestry and national economics.

Also read: Agroforestry Multiple Choice Objective Questions

(5). Agronomy

Examples of some topics:

• Systems of cropping and cropping patterns.
• Basic principles of crop production.
• Classification of crop.
• Crop production.
• Seed technology.
• Weed and weed management.
• Irrigation and water management.
• Dryland agriculture.
• Agroforestry.
• Crop ecology.
• Annotation and allelopathy.

Also read: Agronomy MCQ and Answer

(6). Entomology

Examples of some topics:

• Anatomy and morphology of insects.
• Major insect-pests of field crops.
• Minor insect-pests of field crops.
• Major insect-pests of horticultural crops.
• Minor insect-pests of horticultural crops.
• Chemical, physical, and biological control of insect-pests.
• Integrated Pest Management.
• Beneficial insect-pests.
• Pests of household.
• Non-agricultural pests.
• Store grain pests.

Also read: Entomology Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(7). Floriculture

• Garden.
• Gardens of India.
• Home gardens.
• Lawn and lawn making.
• Types of grass.
• Flower crop production.
• Cut and loose flowers.
• Post harvest handling of flower crops.
• Recent advances in floriculture.
• Varieties of flower crops.
• High tech nurseries.

Also read: Floriculture Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

(8). Olericulture

• Major vegetable crops of India.
• Minor vegetable crops of India.
• Classification of vegetable crops.
• Cultivation of vegetable crops.
• Insect-pests management in vegetable crops.
• Recent advances in olericulture.
• Varieties of vegetable crops.
• Post harvest handling of vegetable crops.

Also read: Olericulture (Vegetable Science) MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

(9). Pomology

• Major fruit crops of India.
• Minor fruit crops of India.
• Classification of fruit crops.
• Cultivation of fruit crops.
• Insect-pests management in fruit crops.
• Recent advances in pomology.
• Varieties of fruit crops.
• Post harvest handling of fruit crops.

Also read: Pomology Multiple Choice Questions

(10). Soil Science

Examples of some topics:

• Rocks and its weathering.
• Soil formation.
• Soil and its physical properties.
• Soil colloids and silicate clay minerals.
• Soil taxonomy and soils of India.
• Soil organic matter.
• Manures, fertilizers, and bio-fertilizers.
• Soil fertility and productivity.
• Mineral nutrition.
• Saline, alkali, and acidic soils.

Also read: Soil Science MCQ: Multiple Choice Questions