UPCATET case studies
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UPCATET - the Uttar Pradesh Combined Agriculture and Technology Entrance Test - is a state-level entrance examination used for admission to undergraduate agriculture and technology programmes at participating universities and colleges in Uttar Pradesh. Candidates typically sit it after Class 12 with a science background, aiming at B.Sc. The UPCATET case studies are 5 cases and about 3,297 words.
1Late-sown wheat on a sodic-water farm: seed rate, gypsum dose and nitrogen timing
A 1.0 ha field in western Uttar Pradesh is to be sown to wheat on 20 December, immediately after a potato harvest, about four weeks later than the normal window. The soil is sandy loam with pH 8.9, EC 0.42 dS/m, organic carbon 0.31%, available N 118 kg/ha, Olsen P 14 kg/ha, ammonium-acetate K 210 kg/ha and DTPA-Zn 0.38 ppm.
668 words, about 3 min2A grain chute that is fast on dry days and stalls on humid mornings
On a grain-handling platform, 50 kg jute sacks are slid down a straight galvanised-steel chute to a truck bed. The chute is 3.6 m long and inclined at 30° to the horizontal, and its lower end is level with the truck bed, 1.8 m below the platform.
649 words, about 3 min3Fertigation stock tank: nutrient strength, calcium incompatibility and dose per hectare
A 1,000 L fertigation stock tank is being prepared for a tomato crop. The grower dissolves 40 kg urea (46-0-0), 25 kg monoammonium phosphate (12-61-0) and 30 kg potassium sulphate (0-0-50) in the tank, and the injector is set to deliver 1 L of stock into 200 L of irrigation water.
656 words, about 3 min4A test-cross ratio that is not 1:1:1:1: linkage, or bad germination?
A breeder test-crosses an F1 plant to the double recessive to study two simply inherited traits: leaf margin (serrate vs entire) and stem colour (purple vs green). The 1,000 test-cross progeny scored were: serrate-purple 428, serrate-green 72, entire-purple 68, entire-green 432.
602 words, about 3 min5Crop planning with three binding resources and a price the farmer cannot control
A farmer in Bundelkhand has 6.0 ha of irrigated land, 120 man-days of family labour available in the season, a canal allocation of 60 ha-cm of water and ₹45,000 of working capital. Two crops are being considered.
722 words, about 4 min