The Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board will release the syllabus for the ASRB NET Exam on the official website. Applicants can download the syllabus and start preparing for the exams.
The ASRB NET Exam syllabus 2025 includes all the topics from the different disciplines. There are 57 disciplines in the Agricultural Board recruitment exam and after downloading the syllabus, candidates can start their exam preparation.
Check out the ASRB NET syllabus 2025 for all the disciplines
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Topics |
1 |
Agricultural Biotechnology |
Cell structure and function Biomolecules and metabolism Molecular genetics Gene expression Molecular biology Molecular biology techniques Plant molecular biology Plant genetic engineering Gene expression Gene cloning Enzymology Tissue culture |
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2 |
Agricultural Entomology |
Systematics Morphology Biological control Chemical control and toxicology Host plant resistance Innovative approaches in Pest control Integrated pest management Ecology Embryology, internal anatomy, physiology Pests of field crops and their management Pests of horticultural crops and their management Arthropod vectors of plant diseases Honey bees and beekeeping Silkworm and sericulture Lac insects and other useful insects Statistics and Computer applications |
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3 |
Agricultural Microbiology |
Microbial ecology and physiology Soil microbiology History of microbial world Environmental microbiology and basic microbiology techniques Microbial biotechnology |
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4 |
Economic Botany and Plant Genetic resources |
Plant taxonomy and Biosystematics Economically important plants- I Economically important plants-II Economically important plants-III Biodiversity and Plant Genetic resources Germplasm augmentation and conservation Biotechnology in PGR Plant quarantine Germplasm characterization, evaluation, maintenance and regeneration |
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Subject |
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5 |
Genetics and Plant breeding |
General genetics and Plant breeding Economics botany and Plant breeding methods Genome organization and cytogenetics of crop plants Quantitative and Biometrical genetics Plant breeding for stress resistance and nutritional quality Plant genetic resources and their regulatory system,varietal release and seed production Statistical methods and field plot techniques |
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6 |
Nematology |
Nematode taxonomy and morphology Nematological techniques Nematode ecology History and economic importance of Nematology Nematode physiology and cytology Nematode Management Interaction of nematodes with soil organisms Plant nematode relationships |
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7 |
Plant biochemistry |
Intermediary metabolism Basic biochemistry and biomolecules Enzymes, vitamins and hormones Molecular biology Techniques in Biochemistry Biochemistry of food grains, fruits and vegetables Photosynthesis Plant metabolic processes Plant molecular biology Plant biotechnology Plant Genetic Engineering |
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8 |
Plant Pathology |
History and principles of plant pathology Laboratory and analytical techniques Physiological and Molecular plant pathology Mycology Plant virology Plant disease and epidemiology Fungal diseases of crop plants Phanerogamic parasites and non-parasitic diseases Bacterial and viral diseases of crop plants Management of plant diseases |
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9 |
Plant physiology |
Cell organelles and water relations Crop productivity and modeling Plant growth regulators and plant development Mineral nutrition Abiotic stress responses in plants Seed physiology Physiology of flowering and reproduction Climate and climate change Physiology of horticultural and plantation crop species Post-harvest physiology Morphogenesis, tissue culture and plant transformation |
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10 |
Seed science and technology |
Seed processing and production Seed quality control Seed storage Seed health Seed industry development and marketing protection of plant varieties |
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11 |
Floriculture and landscaping |
Production technologies of cut flowers and loose flowers Landscaping Protected floriculture Turfing and turf management Computer aided designing for outdoor and indoor scaping |
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12 |
Fruit Science |
Biodiversity and conservation Subtropical and temperate fruit production Breeding and canopy management of fruit crops Growth and Development Post harvest technology Protected fruit culture |
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13 |
Spices, Plantation, Medical and aromatic plants |
Production technology of spice crops Production of plantation crops Acronym of medical, aromatic and under-utilized crops Processing of plantation crops, spices, medicinal and aromatic plants Breeding of plantation crops and spices Organic spice and plantation crop production technology |
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14 |
Vegetable Science |
Production techniques of warm season vegetable crops Production techniques of cool season vegetable crops Growth and Development Seed production Breeding of vegetable crops Systematics of vegetable crops Production technology of unexploited vegetable crops Post harvest technology of vegetable crops |
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Subject |
Topics |
15 |
Animal Biochemistry |
Structure and properties of carbs and fats Major classes of enzymes Bioenergetics. Biological oxidation Scope of Biochemistry and molecular biology in animal sciences Mechanism of storage, transformation and expression of genetic information Amino Acids structures and properties Basic principles and use of latest photometric chromatography Functions of water and lipid soluble vitamins Blood composition and biochemical constituents Environmental pollution in relation to animal health |
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16 |
Animal Biotechnology |
Cell biology Molecular biology Genetic Engineering and recombinant DNA technology Cell culture and hybridoma technology Reproductive biotechnology and related techniques Molecular biology techniques Gene structure and regulation of gene expression |
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17 |
Animal genetics and breeding |
Overview of genetics Advanced genetics Population genetics Genetic strategies Genetic laboratory techniques Selection experiments Genetic properties of population Overview of breeding Laboratory animal breeding Research techniques for quantitative animal breeding |
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18 |
Animal nutrition |
Energy and proteins Rumen ecosystem and functions Minerals, vitamins and feed additives Nutrient requirements Forage conservation and evaluation Feed processing and technology Non ruminant nutrition Ant metabolites and toxic principles Elements of research methodology Clinical nutrition |
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19 |
Animal physiology |
Cellular basis of animal physiology Respiration Digestion Excretion Muscle physiology Nervous system Endocrinology Reproduction Physiology of growthRe Climate physiology Reproduction Blood and circulation Behavioral physiology |
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20 |
Animal reproduction and gynecology |
Veterinary gynecology Accident during gestation Reproductive endocrinology Male infertility Andrology Infertility in cows and buffaloes Veterinary obstetrics Frozen semen technology and artificial insemination Reproduction and infertility in Ovine/Caprine Reproduction and infertility in swines Equine reproduction Canine and feline reproduction
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21 |
Dairy Chemistry |
Milk, constituents, their physical and Chemical nature Milk lipids, auto-oxidation, antioxidants, cholesterol, fats Composition and physical structure of ice-cream Properties of cream, desi ghee, butter Milk adulteration and deduction methods Heat stability of milk Quality control and assurance Spectroscopy Levels, distribution, isolation, genetic polymorphism of milk proteins Composition and varietal differences of cheese |
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Subject |
Topics |
22 |
Dairy Microbiology |
Microflora Naturally occurring preservatives Microbiological quality of fat-rich products Bactofugation, Thermistation, and other processing techniques Lactic acid bacteria Role of starters in preparation of fermented products Microbiological quality of indigenous dairy products Preparation of byproducts Dairy products as health food Quality control assurance |
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23 |
Dairy technology |
Market milk Frozen milk products Cheese and fermented milk products Utilization of milk by-products Concentrated and dried milk products Indigenous milk products Packaging of milk and milk products Cleaning and sanitation Advances in Dairy technology Legal and quality aspects of milk and milk products |
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Subject |
Topics |
24 |
Livestock products technology |
Basic and general aspects of livestock products Abattoir and poultry processing plants Wool, mohair and fur Packaging Quality control and marketing |
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Subject |
Topics |
25 |
Livestock production and Management |
General management Breeding, feeding and reproduction management Shelter management Health Management Production and Management of cattle and buffalo Production and Management of other animals Forage production and conservation Wildlife management Economics and marketing of livestock, poultry, and their products |
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Subject |
Topics |
26 |
Poultry Science |
Poultry genetics and breeding Poultry nutrition Avian physiology Poultry products technology Poultry management Economics and marketing Poultry health management |
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Topics |
27 |
Veterinary medicine |
Diagnosis of animal diseases General medicine Gastroenterology Diseases of the cardiovascular and pulmonary system Diseases of the urinary, muscular, musculoskeletal and integumentary system Infectious diseases Common toxicity Poultry diseases and parasitic diseases Veterinary jurisprudence and ethics Production and deficiency diseases Special therapeutic approaches Prevention and control of diseases Common diseases of zoo, laboratory animals and wildlife |
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28 |
Veterinary Microbiology |
General bacteriology General virology Systematic virology Systematic bacteriology Molecular cell biology Mycology Immunology |
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29 |
Veterinary parasitology |
Veterinary Helminthology Veterinary entomology Parasitic zoonosis Clinical parasitology Management of livestock parasitism Diagnostic parasitology Immuno parasitology |
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30 |
Veterinary pathology |
Introduction, history, and Etiology of Veterinary pathology Immunopathology Inflammation and healing Haemodynamics, Derangements, degeneration, and necrosis Clinical pathology Systematic pathology Pathology of infectious diseases Genetically determined diseases Disturbances in cell growth and oncology Avian pathology Postmortem diagnosis and histopathological techniques Nutritional and production pathology Pathology of toxicosis Pathology of diseases of laboratory and wild animals |
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31 |
Veterinary Pharmacology |
General pharmacology Drugs acting on the Central nervous system Drugs acting on the humerus and autonomic nervous system Drug action on the digestive and urogenital system Autacoids Chemotherapy Toxicology Endocrine pharmacology Ecotoxicology Miscellaneous topics |
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32 |
Veterinary Public Health |
Veterinary Public Health Milk hygiene and meat hygiene Food borne infections and intoxications Environmental hygiene Epidemiology Experimental animal medicine Health education Standard guidelines and legislation Microbiology in Public Health Zoonotic diseases |
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33 |
Veterinary surgery |
General surgery Anesthesia Radiology Orthopedics and lameness Thoracic surgery Surgery of the head and neck region Abdominal surgery Pelvic surgery
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34 |
Aquaculture |
Aquaculture systems Species selection criteria for cultural practices Broodstock development and Management Farm design, construction and operational management |
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Topics |
35 |
Fisheries resources |
Aquatic environment Fisheries management Fishery biology Fishery resources Economics and Marketing Fisheries technology Fisheries livelihood |
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Topics |
36 |
Fish processing technology |
Fish processing technology Craft technology Gear technology Process Biochemistry Fishery Engineering Microbiology, quality management, Certification Economics and Marketing |
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37 |
Fish nutrition |
Principles of fish nutrition Nutritional physiology Nutrition and fish health Nutrigenomics Fish formulation, feed technology, feed management |
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38 |
Fish Health |
Introduction to fish health and pathology Diseases of fish The aquatic environment and fish health Diagnosis of diseases Diseases prevention and control Defence systems and tumors |
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39 |
Fish genetics and breeding |
Principles of fish genetics and breeding Population and quantitative genetics Breeding of fish and shellfish Genetic tools for aquaculture application Conservation, bioinformatics |
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40 |
Agricultural chemicals |
General Chemistry Chromatography and spectroscopy techniques Chemistry of natural products Herbicides and Plant growth regulators Agrochemical formulations Naturally occurring insecticides Pesticide residues and their dynamics in the environment Agrochemicals regulations and quality control Natural resource management Synthetic insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, nematicides Implications and remedies of environmental pollution Data analysis |
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41 |
Agriculture Meteorology |
General climatology Micro-meteorology Evapotranspiration Agricultural transpiration Crop weather modeling Weather forecasting for agriculture |
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42 |
Agroforestry |
Forestry politics and acts Plant management Agroforestry, social forestry, community forestry, farm forestry Extent and causes of land denudation Forest mensuration Silviculture Seed collection, processing, storage Global overview of agroforestry Measurement of trees and stand Climate change Statistics |
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Subject |
Topics |
43 |
Agronomy |
Crop ecology and Geography Weed management Dryland agronomy Crop production in problem soils Agricultural statistics Soil fertility and use of fertilizers Sustainable land use systems Basics of soil and water Soil water relationships Plant water relationship Irrigation water management Management of problematic soil and water |
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Topics |
44 |
Environmental Science |
Definition and scope of environmental science Concepts of biodiversity Composition of air Basic ecological concepts Energy consumption in urban and rural India Soil and water pollution Natural resources of India Climate change Frequency distribution, mean, median, mode, standard deviation |
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Topics |
45 |
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Soil Physics Soil Chemistry Soil Microbiology Soil fertility Pedology statistics |
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46 |
Agri-Business Management |
General Management Marketing management Quantitative techniques Strategic Management and entrepreneurship Business Accounting and Financial Management Management economics and farm management |
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47 |
Agriculture economics |
Economic theory Natural resource and production economics Agricultural finance and project management Agricultural marketing and price analysis Operations research methods Agricultural development and policy |
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Topics |
48 |
Agricultural extension |
Fundamentals of extensions and communication Information communication technologies Extension methods and farm journalism Research methodology in extension education Program planning, evaluation, diffusion and adoption of innovations Training and human resource development Entrepreneurial development Extension management Development strategies and issues in extension Gender sensitize and empowerment
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Topics |
49 |
Agricultural Statistics and informatics |
Probability and Mathematical statistics Applied multivariate analysis Mathematical methods in statistics Design of experiments Statistical genetics Statistical inference Sample surveys Applied regression analysis Optimization techniques and soft computing |
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Topics |
50 |
Home Science |
Human nutrition, health, and intervention Food Science and processing technologies Human development and family dynamics Family resource management and consumer science Textile science, fashion designing, and garment production Home Science extension and Communication methods |
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Subject |
Topics |
51 |
Farm machinery and power |
Farm mechanization and equipment Farm machinery testing, evaluation, and management Engines and tractor systems Ergonomics and safety Soil dynamics in tillage and traction Energy in agriculture Manufacturing technology Farm machinery design Instrumentation and measurement techniques |
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Subject |
Topics |
52 |
Computer applications and IT |
Computer organization and architecture Software engineering Working and operating system Programming language and data structure Artificial intelligence and soft computing Database management system Computer graphics Compiler construction Statistics, modeling, and simulation Bioinfomatics |
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Topics |
53 |
Land and water management Engineering |
Open channel hydraulics Groundwater development wells and pumps Hydrology of soil and water conservation Irrigation water management Open channel hydraulics Relationship between soil, plant,water, and atmosphere Management of degraded, waterlogged,and other problematic soil and water |
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Topics |
54 |
Bioinformatics |
Concepts in Computing Programming languages Biochemistry and molecular biology Database systems and biological databases Genomics and Proteomics Mathematics and Statistics Analytic bioinformatics Molecular modeling Algorithms and Data structures in bioinformatics |
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Subject |
Topics |
55 |
Food technology |
Introduction to food technology Food quality management Food packaging and labeling The technology of foods of Plant Origin The technology of foods of animal origin Flavor Chemistry technology Food microbiology and biotechnology Consumer sciences, food product development, health food |
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Subject |
Topics |
56 |
Agricultural Process Engineering |
Heat and mass transfer Storage Engineering Farm structures and farmstead planning Agri project planning and Management Material handling packaging and transport Daily Engineering instrumentation and process control Aquaculture processing technology and structures design Engineering properties and quality of Biomaterials Post-harvest operations |
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Subject |
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57 |
Veterinary Anatomy |
Gross anatomy Developmental anatomy Micro anatomy |
Best books for ASRB NET exams
The top books for the ASRB NET 2025 exams will help the students to prepare well and score good marks in the exams. The best books for Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board exams will help the students to score well and qualify for the exams easily.
Given below are the names of the books and the author/publisher for the ASRB NET exams.
S.No |
Name of the subject |
Name of the book |
Author/Publisher |
1 |
Agricultural Entomology |
Agricultural Entomology on Competitive view |
Shravan M Halder |
2 |
Agricultural Microbiology |
Agricultural Microbiology 2nd edition |
Bagyaraj D J Rangaswamy G |
3 |
Plant Biochemistry |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of plants |
Bob Buchanen and Wilhelm Gruissem |
4 |
Animal Physiology |
Principles of Animal Physiology |
Moyes Schulte |
5 |
Environmental Science |
Environmental Science |
Rupendra Singh |
6 |
Food Technology |
A Competitive book of food science, technology and agriculture |
Gajendra Kumar Rana |
7 |
Vegetable Science |
Vegetable Science |
D.Singh |
8 |
Objective agriculture and previous year's question bank |
Previous year question bank |
S.R Kanawa |
9 |
Vegetable Science |
Vegetable Science for NET SRF JRF ARS PhD ASU Entrance |
D.Singh |
10 |
Horticulture |
Objective Horticulture for SRF JRF NET ASU Entrance |
Udal Singh |
11 |
Agricultural Biotechnology |
Biotechnology Expanding Horizons |
B.D Singh |
12 |
General Studies |
General Studies for ARS and other competitive exams 11th Edition |
K.V Raman Rao |
13 |
Plant Science |
Plant Science at a glance |
Mangesh Y Dudhe |
14 |
Food Technology |
A competitive book of food science and technology and Agriculture |
Gajendra Kumar Rana |
15 |
Objective Agriculture |
Previous years question bank |
S.R Kanawa |
Preparation tips for ASRB NET syllabus 2025
Candidates must get the complete ASRB NET Exam pattern 2025 and syllabus before starting their preparations. A complete view of the syllabus will help the candidates to know all the topics and the marking pattern which in turn will ease their process of exam preparation. The ASRB NET Exam 2025 syllabus consists of questions from a Masters's degree and candidates must study the best books for the exam to score well and qualify for the exam with good marks.
First, complete studying all the chapters of the ASRB NET syllabus thoroughly. It is advisable to write down important notes while reviewing the syllabus. Short notes will not help during the revision process but also help to remember the topics well. All candidates appearing for the ASRB NET Exams must maintain a timetable and complete the syllabus within the scheduled time. It is also necessary to revise the topics from time to time with added attention to the difficult chapters.
After completing the revision of the entire syllabus, practice sample question papers of previous years. Sample papers will assist in time management and also improve accuracy in learning all the topics well. Candidates are also suggested to appear for as many mock tests as possible as this will help in increasing their confidence while appearing for the exams.
Apart from studying, candidates must also engage in activities that will reduce their stress levels. It is extremely necessary to overcome all exam-related fears in order to perform well in the exams. In case of any doubts, candidates must consult their teachers and clear all the doubts way before the exams. Lastly, self-confidence acts as a motivating factor while appearing for the ASRB NET 2025, so candidates must never lose confidence while appearing for the exams.
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