M.Sc. I and II year 2018 Syllabus

• SWAIN T (Ed) (1966) Comparative photochemistry, Academic
Press New York

• VALENTINE DH (ed) (1972) Taxonomy, Phytogeography Academic
Press, London.

• YOUNG DA and SEIGLER DS (eds) Phytochemistry and Angiosperm
Phytochemistry, Praeger Scientific New York

• SAHNI KC (2000) The Book of Indian Trees, 2nd edition, Oxford
University Press Mumbai.

• SMITH PM (1976) The Chemotaxonomy of Plants. Edward Arnold
London

• SNEATH PHA & SOKAL PR (1973) Numerical taxonomy, The principles
and practice of numerical classifications WH Freeman San Francisco.

NOTE:
Portions which are underlined are meant for self-study

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Unit I ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 30 hrs
BENGALURU - 560027 1 hr
II M.Sc. Botany
Semester III

BO OE 9518 : Horticulture (Interdepartmental Elective)
Introduction to Horticulture
Branches, applications and significance.

Unit II Propagation structures 3 hrs
Types of propagation structures – green house, polyhouse and their

uses in plant propagation.

Unit III Plant propagation 6 hrs
Unit IV Media for plant propagation. Techniques of plant propagation: 6 hrs
Unit V cutting, layering, grafting and budding
8 hrs
Management of plant nurseries 6 hrs

General layout and components of a nursery, types of nurseries.
Practices followed in a nursery - potting, seeding, manuring.
Irrigation and its types – drip irrigation and micro sprinklers.

Entrepreneurship
A general account of cultivation, post-harvest care, processing,
packaging and marketing in floriculture, pomiculture and
olericulture,

Unit VI A brief account of organic farming, terrace gardening, vertical
gardening, landscaping, ikebana and bonsai techniques.

References  Poehlman, J.M., and Brothukar, I.B.H., 1998. Breeding of
Asian plants. I.B.H. New Delhi.

 Singh, B.D.A 2000. Plant Breeding. Kalyani Publ. New
Delhi. .

 Sharma, J.R. 1994. Plant breeding. T.M.H. Publ. Comp. New
Delhi.

 Kumaresan V, 2001. Horticulture and Plant Breeding, Saras
publication.

 Sharma R R, Manish Srivastava 2000, Plant propagation and
nursery management

 Hartman, H.J. et al. 1990. Plant propagation - Principles and
practices. Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

 Sharma, V.K. 1996. Plant nurseries, Techniques, production
and management. Indian Pub. New Delhi.

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