OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Syllabus & Exam Pattern Download

OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Syllabus 2023, Download OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Exam Pattern @ opsc.gov.in. Candidates who applied for the OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Recruitment must able to download the OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Syllabus 2023. www.opsc.gov.in by the Board Of Authorities for those aspirants who have enrolled their name for the OPSC HMO Notification. Basically, without having the OPSC AHO Syllabus 2023 it is impossible to qualify in the written exam because the Examination section team will prepare the exam paper based on the given Odisha Assistant Horticulture Officer Syllabus 2023 only. In addition to this we have given the OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Exam Pattern 2023. Follow the complete article and get the fresh updates regarding this OPSC AHO Syllabus 2023 PDF.

Highlights of OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Syllabus 2023

Name of The Organization	Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC)
No. of Posts	35 Jobs
Name of the Posts	Assistant Horticulture Officer
Job Category	Odisha Govt Jobs
Educational Qualifications	Bachelor of Science Degree in Horticulture I Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture
Job Location	Department of Agriculture & Farmer’s Empowerment, Odisha
Application Mode	Online Process
Last Date	08th October 2023
Official Website	opsconline.gov.in

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OPSC AHO Exam Pattern 2023

Written Test will consist of Objective type MCQ pattern questions.
The question paper shall be of 200 marks with 200 questions.
Each question carries one mark.
The duration of the written exam is 3 hours.
There is no negative marking for each wrong answer.

OPSC Assistant Horticulture Officer Exam Pattern 2023

Name of the Subject	Number of Marks	Time Duration
Post Name	20	3 Hours
Plantation crops	20
Plant propagation and nursery management	20
Vegetable Crops	20
Spices, Condiments, Medicinal plants	20
Organization Name	20
Ornamental Horticulture	30
Related subjects	05
Agro-Meteorology	05
Soil and Nutrition	05
Water Management	05
Weed Management	05
Dry-land Farming	05
Integrated Fanning System	05
Economics	05
Seed Technology	05
Statistics	05
Plant Protection	05
Total	200 Marks

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S. No.	Subject	Syllabus
1	Plant Propagation And Nursery Management	Importance, scope, area, production, marketing, processing & cultivation practices of important plantation crops( coconut, areca nut, Oil palm, Palmyrah palm, Cocoa, coffee, tea, rubber, date palm) w.r.t Soil , Climate , Varieties Plant Protection Soil & Water Management Processing, Packaging, Grading & Value Addition.
2.	Vegetable Crops	Area & Production Importance & Productivity Export & Value Addition Off Season Cultivation & Green House Cultivation Organic Farming & Seed Production Certification & Value Addition Storage of Vegetable & Cultivation of important Tropical, Subtropical, Temperate. Under Exploited and perennial vegetable crops in relation to Soil. Climate, Varieties, Hybrid Seed Rate, Spacing & Fertiliser dose Psychological disorders, Plant protection Harvesting Storage Processing and Important Varieties Vegetable Garden, etc.
3.	Spices, Condiments, Medicinal Plants	History, Scope, Area & Production Marketing, Export, Value Addition Processing, Storage of Important Spices Condiments & Medicinal Plants Cultivation Practices for important spices. (w.r.t Soil, climate, variety, Spacing, Fertilisers, Plant Protection, Harvesting & Marketing, Processing) Use of Important Spices and medicinal plants.
4.	Ornamental Horticulture	History, Definition, Scope & Importance Marketing . Aesthetic Value & Export Floriculture Ornamental trees, Climbers, Shrubs, Herbs, loose flowers, foliage plants, house plants, orchids, cut flowers, different types of garden, Parks, garden features.
5.	Related Subjects	Precision Farming Protected Cultivation Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Fertigation & Post harvesting Technology of horticulture crops Nutrient Management, INM,Important Insect. Bio-control Cropping Pattern Crop Rotation Farming System Research.
6.	Agro Meteorology	Agro Climate Zones of India & Odisha Agro-Ecology (Horticulture Crops) Weather & Climate Weather Parameters, Forecasting Climate resilience & Climate Smart Practices.
7.	Soil and Nutrition	Soil of Odisha, problematic soils & management Essential plant nutrients crop growth, manures and fertilisers Integrated nutrient management for horticultural crops, nutrient use efficiency.
8.	Water Management	Water resources of Odisha & Irrigation development Soil plant water relation, Water requirement Irrigation efficiencies, scheduling, methods & Micro irrigation & water use efficiencies Water quality, stress management.
9.	Weed Management	Weeds competition & allelopathy crop weed association WeedPrevention & Eradication and control, Integrated weed management Herbicides & Uses, selectivity Environmental impacts.
10.	Dry Land Farming	Drought management Contingent planning Soil moisture & conservation Water harvesting & Recycling Watershed management, conservation farming.
11.	Integrated Farming System	Farming system and horticulture Integrated farming system models (horticultural based) farm machinery & equipment Tillage & its implements
12.	Seed Technology	Seed Quality Seed Dormancy Seed Production Certification Storage
13.	Economics	Cost Of Cultivation of Horticultural Crops Entrepreneurship in Horticulture Agribusiness Management Marketing
14.	Statistics	Basic Statistical Principles Data collection compilation & Presentation
15.	Plant Protection	IPM Biological control Important insect pest Diseases and nematodes of horticultural crops