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[March ,1910 



(Second Year.) 

 In general this second year's work will 

 deal with the practical application of 

 the principles of plant improvement, and 

 a general knowledge will be given to 

 students of the planting, cultivation 

 and improvement of plants which are of 

 special economic importance in their 

 respective provinces. 



III. ENTOMOLOGY. 



(One Year's Course.) 



(i) Collecting, pinning, setting. 



(ii) Classification. How to use text- 



books. 



Classification. How to use the 

 collection. 



(iii) Anatomy of cockroach or other 



foim. 



Comparative anatomy as shown 



by dissection, mouth parts, etc. 

 Terms used in classifying. 



(iv) Classification and terms used in 



each order. 



(v) Actual identification and revision 



of the collection. 



(vi) Biology and life histories— general, 



special and details. 



(vii) An account of each family in 



order. 



(viii) Pests :— first general, then special 



by order, then special by crops. 



(ix) Complete list of the injurious in- 



sects in India. 



(x) Preparation of leaflets and lecture 



course for the province, with ex- 

 hibition collection of insects of 

 that province. 



(xi) Useful insects (lac, silk, apicul- 



ture). 



(xii) Beneficial insects and birds. 



(xiii) Preventive and remedial mea- 



sures. 



IV- MYCOLOGY. 



(Two Years' Course.) 



1. A Revisionary Course in Plant 

 Anatomy and Physiology.— Time — two 

 to three months. 



Anatomy, Histology of the cell and 

 tissues. Anatomy of the root, stem, 

 and leaf. 



Physiology of nutrition. 



2. General Mycology.— -Time— six 

 months. 



Definition and characters of the fungi. 

 Structure of the Thallus: — 



(a) Vegetative portion, mycelium, 

 rhizomorpha, sclerotia, 



(b) Reproductive portion; sporophores; 

 spores ; germination. 

 Life habits of fungi. 

 Dissemination, 

 Polymorphism. 



Pood of fungi, saprophytes, parasites. 



Symbiosis. 



Heteroecism. 



Specialisation of parasitism. 



Classification. The study of the six 

 main groups of fungi with examination 

 of types, 



3. Pathological Mycology,— Time— 15 

 months. 



Causation of disease by fungi. In- 

 fection. 



Effects of parastic fungi cn plants. 

 Diagnosis of disease : symptoms of 



fungus attack. 

 Prevention and treatment of fungus 



diseases of plants. 

 Predisposition of plants to disease : 



immunity. 

 Factors of disease. Epidemics. 

 A general study in field and labor- 

 atory of the principal fungus diseases 

 of crops in India. 



A more detailed study with experi- 

 ments of a selected fungus disease. 



If possible, the student should accom- 

 pany a trained assistant in a field en- 

 quiry for the purpose of giving him 

 practice in independent observation and 

 collecting information. 



V, — BACTERIOLOGY.* 



A short course in bacteriological 

 methods, preparation and sterilization 

 of media and the cultivation of bacteiia. 



Students who have passed through 

 this training satisfactorily will take 

 part in the research work of the labor- 

 atory under supervision. 



VI. —AGRICULTURE. 



Special instruction will be given in 

 the management of field and garden 

 crops and orchards, and in the use of 

 agricultural machinery, tools and im- 

 plements and in cattle, sheep and poultry 

 breediug. 



As a temporary measure to assist the 

 provinces which are not in a position 

 to train their own men as superinten- 

 dents of farms or for other positions 

 requiring a practical agricultural educa- 

 tion, a course in general agriculture 

 will be given. 



* As the appointment of Imperial Agricul- 

 tural Bacteriologist is now vacant, instruction 

 cannot be provided at present in Agricultural 

 Bacteriology. 



