HORT 481

PART B

1. a) Name the importent varieties and discuss the steps involved in establishing
a
pepper garden .
b) write about the climatic requirements of pepper,cardamom and ginger and
cumin.
c) write the botany of Turmeric.

2. write short notes on any four of the following:

a) Preservation of seed rhizome s and processing of dry ginger.
b) Properties of spices and classification of spices based on plant part used.
c) Propagation and shade regulation in cardamom
d) Improved curing methods in turmeric.

3. a) List out varieties and cultural practices follwed in cultivation of

coriander .
b) Write in brief on beetelvine varieties and production technolgy in
cultivation
of beetelvine.
c) What are the uses of aromatics in the present days.

4.a) List out the suitable cashew varieties for AP and discuss the steps
involved
in processing of cashewnuts and gardening of Kernels (any one method).
b) Write in detail about planting material, spacing and harvesting of palmarosa
and vettiver aromatic crops.

5. Write the diffrences on any four of the following:

a. Tall and dwarf varieties of coconut
b. Common Menthi and Kathuri Menthi
c.Tenera and pisifera oil palm
d. Algerian Bourbon geranium
e. Criollic and Forastero of Cacao
f. Black pepper and White pepper

6. a) Write in brief on the planting material , spacing and economic yield of

the following medicinal plants.
a. Dioscoria b. Solanum c. Sarpagandha d. Belladona

b) List out the various methods of oil extraction .

7.a) describe the processing methods in Coffee

b) What are the charecters required for selection of scion material
(mother trees) in Cashewnut.
c) What are the plantation crops ?Write their economic importence in INDIA.

8 . a) Give the selection criteria of seed nuts and seedlings in coconut and
Arecanut.native to
b) Describe the processing of oil palm and arecanut.
 PART - A

A.Fill in the blanks with suitable words :

1.The pepper is native to _______________

2.The fruiting branches in pepper are called ___________

3.The Rio-de-Janerio , a variety of ginger was introduced from__________

4.In Tamilnadu ,coriander is grown as ____________season crop.

5.The alkaloid present in Dioscorea is _______________

6.The economic plant part in Rauvolfia (sarpagandha) is _________

7.The beverage prepared from cashew apple is (Goa) called __________

8.The botanical name of KasthuriTurmeric is __________

9.The essential oil of lemon grass is used in the manufacture of vitamin

______ tablets

10.Picking of coffee berries left on the plant irrespective of ripening

stage is called_____

11.The Geranium is commercially propagated by_______

12.Thrishna ,a synthetic variety belongs to _________crop.

13.In cacao crop,the fruits are harvested at ________

14.Arecanut is primarily cultivated for its _________

15.In coconut , the female flower production is more during ___months in

every years .

16.The major coconut growing state in India is _____

17.A well known oil palm produces_____number of inflorescences per year.

18.The katte disease spreads through rhizomes in ______crop.

B.Under line the correct answer:

1.The major turmeric growing state in India is

a. A.P b. Karnataka c. T.N d. Orissa

2.The major cardmom growing state in India is

a. AP b. TN c. Kerala d. Karnataka

3. Coffee arabica is
a. Tetraploid b.Diploid c. Hexaploid d. Triploid

4.Citronella crop remains economical for

a. 1-3 years b. 4-5 years c. 5-7 years d. 8-10 years
 5.The coconut is
a. Diocious b. Monoecious c. Crynodioecious d. Andromonoecious.

6.The fenugreek variety released by IARI,New Delhi is

a. Co-1 b. Lamsel-1 c. Rmt -1 d. Pusa early lounching

7.Natural hybrid between Mysore and Malabar types of cardmom

a. vazhukka b. ICAR-1 c. Coorg d. SKP-14

8. The spice which is called as Queen of spice

a. Black pepper b. Turmeric c. Cardmom d. Nutmeg

C.Write the Botanical names for the following :

1. Cumin

2. Cacao

3. Lemon grass

4. Geranium

5. Nuxvomica

6. Cashewnut

7. Pepper

8. Fenugreek

9. Davanam

10.Coconut

D. Give the parentage of the following :

1. BPP-2(cashewnut) __________ * ________

2. Godavari Ganga (coconut)______*_______

3. Tenera(oil palm)_______*_______

4. Pamiyul-L (Pepper)_______*______

E. Expand the following :

1.I.I.S.R :

2. R.R.L :

3. C.C.R.I :

4. C.N.S.L :

5. C.R.S :
 6. I.C.R.I :

7. C.I.M.A.P :

8. N.R.C.S :

F. Match the following :

1. crop Family

Turmeric ( ) 1.Graminae
Citronella ( ) 2.Piperaceae
Betelvine ( ) 3. Zingiberaceae
Cumin ( ) 4.Anacardiaceae
Cashewnut( ) 5.Geraniaceae
Geranium ( ) 6.Apiaceae

2. Crop Family

Betelvine ( ) 1.Siddipeta
Ginger ( ) 2.Swathi
Coriander ( ) 3.Pillalakodi
Turmeric ( ) 4.BPP-5
Coconut ( ) 5.Suguna
Cashewnut( ) 6.Kapoori

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