ICAR AIEEA PG Plant Science Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern, Exam Date 2026
Detail Information about ICAR AIEEA PG has published notification 2026 for the notification of Plant Science vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Entrance Exam with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.
ICAR AIEEA PG Plant Science Syllabus 2026 - Overview
| Name of the exam |
ICAR AIEEA |
| Full-Form |
Indian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination for Admission |
| Exam conducting body |
National Testing Agency |
| Counseling conducting authority |
ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) |
| Program Offered |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate/ Doctoral |
| Exam Type |
National level |
| Application mode |
Online |
| Category |
Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Official website |
https://icar.nta.ac.in |
ICAR AIEEA PG Plant Science Syllabus 2026
Unit 1 :
1. Importance of Agriculture in the national economy
2. Basic Principles of crop production
3. Cultivation of wheat, sugarcane, mango, rice, pigeon-pea, tomato, groundnut, potato and chickpea
4. Major soils of India
5. The significance of NPK and its deficiency symptoms
Unit 2 :
1. Structure and function of cell organelles
2. Mitosis and Meiosis
3. Mendelian genetics
4. Elementary knowledge of photosynthesis
5. Respiration, and transpiration
6. structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids,
7. Enzymes and vitamins
8. Major pests and diseases of wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, chickpea and their management
Unit 3 :
1. Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms
2. Differences between fungi, bacteria, mycoplasmas, and viruses
3. Physical and Chemical basis of heredity
4. Chromosome structure
5. Genes/operon concept
6. Protein biosynthesis
7. Transformation, recombination, Heterosis
8. Elements of economic botany
9. Integrated diseases management
10. Sterilisation, disinfection, and pasteurization
11. Koch’s postulates
12. Etiological agents of rusts,smuts, powdery/downy mildews, wilts, yellows, mosaic, necrosis, enations, blights and witches- broom
13. pH, buffer, vitamins, the significance of plant hormones in germination and dormancy of seeds
14. Pollination/ fertilization in flowering plants
15. Methods of seed testing
16. Breeders, foundation and certified seeds
17. Seed production in self and cross-pollinated crops
18. Nitrate assimilation
19. Biological nitrogen fixation and agricultural uses of microorganisms
Unit 4 :
1. Food and industry
2. composting and biogas production
3. Important rural development programmes in India
4. organizational set up of agricultural research, education and extension in India.
ICAR AIEEA PG Plant Science Exam Pattern 2026
Duration : 120 Minutes
Negative Marking : 01
| S.No. |
Subject |
No. of Question |
Marks |
| 1 |
Plant Science (MCQ) |
120 |
480 |
| |
Total |
120 |
480 |
ICAR AIEEA PG Exam Date 2026 : Notified Soon
Starting Date of Application Form : Notified Soon
Last Date of Application Form : Notified Soon