CRP101 PRINCIPLES OF CROP PHYSIOLOGY (2 +1)

LECTURE TOPICS SECTION-WISE

01. Introduction
02. Water physiology

03. Mineral nutrients

04. Photosynthesis
05. Respiration
06. Metabolism
07. Photoperiodism

08. Source-sink
09. Growth and Development
10. Stress physiology

CRP101 PRINCIPLES OF CROP PHYSIOLOGY (2 +1)

LECTURE TOPICS PHASE-WISE
01 an introduction and its importance in agriculture
02 Role and significance of water diffusion, imbibition, osmosis and its
significance, plasmolysis

03 Definition - field capacity, available soil water and permanent wilting

point
04 Absorption of water - mode of water absorption active and passive
absorption and factors affecting absorption

05 Translocation of solutes - phloem and xylem transport

06 Transpiration - types - stewards theory of mechanism - significance,
factors affecting transpiration and guttation - antitranspirants
07 Mineral nutrition - introduction - criteria of essentiality of elements
- macro, secondary and micronutrients - soil less culture - sand and
hydroponics
08 Mechanism of uptake - physiological role of nutrients
09 Foliar diagnosis - nutritional and physiological disorders - foliar nutrition.

Photosynthesis Section
10

Photosynthesis - requirements of photosynthesis - light, co2, pigments and H20

11

Mechanism of photosynthesis - light reaction - cyclic and non cyclic

photophosphorylation - red drop - Emerson enhancement effect

12

Photosynthetic pathways - c3, c4 and cam

13

Differences between c3, c4 and cam pathways - factors affecting

photosynthesis

14

Photorespiration
photorespiration

photorespiration

process

and

significance

of

Respiration Section
15

Respiration - glycolysis, tca and pentose phosphate pathway

16

Oxidative phosphorylation differences between oxidative phosphorylation

and photophosphorylation. respiratory quotient and energy budgeting in
respiration.

17.

MIDTERM EXAM

Mid term -1hr, online (15 mark objective + 5 mark descriptive) = 20 marks and it
will be middle of semester and pre-request for final exam. i.e. If a student failed
to write mid term means that student will not be permitted to attend the class
further + write final exam.
Mid term mark should reach CoE office with in 15 days from the date of mid
term exam conducted and Answer paper should be with teacher for 6 months
and then disposed off.
Late comer for exam
30 min for incoming and No student permitted to go with in 30 min of exam start.
Missing Exam
Pay 600 rupees for each missing mid term exam if u are not deputed for office
purpose and you should write it with in 15 working days after respective exams
and Attendance will not be given for missing exam

18

Factors affecting respiration - difference

dark respiration - role of respiration

between photorespiration and

Metabolism Section
19

Protein and fat synthesis

Photoperiodism Section
20

Photoperiodism - short day, long day and day neutral plants

phytochrome - role of phytochrome in flowering and regulation of
flowering

21

Transmission of stimulus - theories of flowering

22

Vernalisation - mechanism of vernalisation and its significance devernalisation

Source sink Section

23

Source sink relationship - yield components - harvest index and its

importance

Growth and Development Section

24

Growth - growth curve, phases of growth and factors influencing growth

25

Growth analysis - LAI, LAD, SLW, SLA, LAR, NAR, RGR and CGR in
relation to crop productivity

26

Plant growth regulators - growth hormones - definition and classification

- physiological role of auxins and GA.

27

Physiological role of cytokinin, ethylene and ABA - synthetic growth

regulators and their uses in crop productivity

28

Practical application of plant growth regulators in crop productivity

Stress Physiology Section

29

Environmental stresses - water stress - physiological changes adaptation to drought and amelioration.

30

Temperature stress - physiological changes - low and high

temperature - chilling injury - tolerance - alleviation.

31

Low light and uv radiation stresses - salt stress - physiological

changes and alleviation.

32

Global warming - physiological effects on crop productivity

33

Seed germination - physiological changes during seed germination

34

Abscission - senescence ripening types causes - physiological

and biochemical changes and regulation

35. Final theory exam

Final Theory Exam
Duration : 1+1 & 1+0 =2hr, 2+1 & 0+1 = 2.5 hr, 2+2 & 0+2 = 3hr
Pattern: online (20 mark objective + 20 mark descriptive) = 40 marks
Final Practical Exam
Pattern: 40 (5 - record + 5 - viva + 10 - assignment + 20 - practical work)
Mark should reach CoE with in 10days after exam over.
Revaluation/re-totaling
With in 10 working days from the date of chat handed over to college
Fee is Rs. 400 per subject and
Revaluation/re-totaling is not permitted for practical exam
Improvement and re-exam
Re-exam can be of practical and or theory
Fee is Rs.250/- up to 9 credits and Rs.500 for 10-25 credits
Only three times in n + 4 years duration per subject
Those have OGPA of less than 6.5 can write only once for a course with grade
point less than 8.0
Mess fee clearance for final theory exam is a mandatory
Minimum grade to pass a course is 6.0
(with 50 % of maximum theory mark + 50 % of maximum practical mark)
Minimum OGPA to award degree 6.50 out of 10.00 for all U.G