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ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 30 HR
M.SC. BOTANY SEMESTER III – Interdepartmental Elective

BO OE 9515 : HORTICULTURE

Unit I Introduction to Horticulture 1 hr
Unit II Branches, applications and significance.

Propagation structures 3 hrs

Types of propagation structures – green houses, polyhouses and their

uses in plant propagation.

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

A general account of cultivation, post-harvest care, processing,

packaging and marketing in floriculture, pomiculture and olericulture,

A brief account of organic farming, terrace gardening, vertical 6 hrs
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. .
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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.

Please note:The Title of the paper has been changed from Plant
propagation and gardening to Horticulture