Biology Classes by Jagmohan Sir(M.Sc. NET)

 FAMOUS NAME OF CROPS Famous Name       :       Crops ∗ King of cereals : Wheat ∗ Queen of cereals : Maize ∗ King of coarse cereals : Sorghum ∗ King of coarse millets : Kodo (Paspulum scrobiculatum) ∗ King of pulses : Chickpea ∗ Queen of pulses : Pea ∗ King of oilseeds : Groundnut ∗ Queen of oilseeds : Sesame (Til) ∗ King of weeds : Congress grass (Parthenium hysterophorus) ∗ King of fruits : Mango ∗ Queen of fruits : Pineapple ∗ King of temperate fruits : Apple ∗ King of spices : Black Pepper ∗ Queen of spices : Cardamom ∗ King of vegetables : Potato ∗ Queen of vegetables : Okra ∗ Poor man’s meat : Soybean ∗ Wonder crop : Soybean ∗ Famine reserves : Millets ∗ King of fodder crops : Berseem ∗ Queen of fodder crops : Lucerne ∗ Vegetables meat : Cowpea ∗ Poor man’s fruit : Jackfruit, Ber ∗ Poor man’s substitute for ghee : Sesame ∗ Poor man’s friend : Potato ∗ Poor man’s food : Pearl millet ∗ King of Arid and semi arid fruits : Ber ∗ National fruit of India : Mango ∗ Glory of East : Chrys

  FATHERS OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES Father of Name ∗ Agronomy : Pietro Decrescenzi ∗ Agro climatology : Koppen ∗ Agro meteorology : D. N. Walia ∗ Agricultural chemistry : Justus von Liebig ∗ Antibiotics : Alexander Fleming ∗ ATP cycle : Lipmann ∗ Biology : Aristotle ∗ Botany : Theophrastus ∗ Bacteriology : Leuwenhoek ∗ Biochemistry : Justus von Liebig ∗ Crop rotation : Norfork (1730) ∗ Cytology : Robert Hooke ∗ Cytoplasmic inheritance : Carl Correns ∗ Cooperative movement in India : F. Nicholson ∗ DNA finger printing technique : Alec jeffrey ∗ Economic ecology : M.S.Swaminathan ∗ Ecology : Reiter ∗ Extension education : A. Seaman and Knapp (in USA) and Leagans (in India) ∗ Experimental genetics : Thomas Hunt Morgan ∗ Forest pathology : Robert Haring ∗ Fermentation : Louis Pasteur ∗ Field plot experiment : J. B. Boussingault ∗ Fruit and vegetable preservation : M. Nicholas Apart ∗ Genetics : Gregor Johann Mendel ∗ Genetic engineering : Paul Berg ∗ Green revolution : Dr. N. E. Borlaug  Gr