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How to prepare icar jrf exam and what is the reference book for preparing icar jrf exam for MSc plant breeding and genetics.

The ICAR JRF syllabus for Plant Breeding and Genetics is given below.

Unit 1:- General Genetics and Plant Breeding
Unit 2:- Economics Botany and Plant Breeding Methods
Unit 3:- Genome Organization and Cytogenetics of Crop Plants
Unit 4:- Quantitative and Biometrical Genetics
Unit 5:- Genetic Engineering and Biotechnological Tools in Plant Breeding
Unit 6:- Plant Breeding For Stress Resistance and Nutritional Quality
Unit 7:- Plant Genetic Resources and their Regulatory System, Varietal Release, and Seed Production
Unit 8:- Statistical Methods and Field Plot Techniques

The books which are good for preparation point of view are given below.

1. Plant Breeding by B D Singh
2. Fundamental of Plant Breeding by Phundan Singh
3. Genetics by B D Singh
4. Fungi Bacteria and Viruses by H C Dube
5. Modern Plant Pathology by H C Dube
6. Microbiology by Tauro and Kapoor
7. Seed Technology by R L Aggarwal
8. Objective Plant Pathology by Utpal Bhattacharya
9. Objective Plant Breeding and Genetics by B D Singh
10. Objective Agriculture by Kantwa
11. General Agriculture by Nem Raj Sunda