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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
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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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