FLORICULTURIST

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Samapika Dalai

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Course Name : Floriculturist

Code(Credit) : ABC01(0-2-2)

Course Description

Type of course:

Certificate Course: (Theory + Practice)

Eligibility: 10th/12th/ ITI pass

Prerequisite: Interested participants should have a general idea about rising crops.

Duration of the course: 

Theory: 1 hour per week (Total: 25 Classes)

Practical: 50 hours (Practice is to be done in campus)

Key highlights:

Faculty name: Dr. Samapika Dalai

Participants will get certificate from university after successful completion of the course.

Job opportunities: Participants can cultivate flowers in their own field and start local flower business as this course provides enough knowledge regarding flower crop production.
course.

Course Objectives

  • To learn cultivation practices followed in floriculture
  • To deal in marketing and value addition of floriculture products

Learning Outcomes

  • Sound knowledge in management of floriculture plants
  • Successful production and marketing of floriculture plants

Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Floriculture

Definition, features of floriculture
Identification of flowering crops
Classification of floricultural plants
Garden tools and implements

Module 2: Propagation and nursery raising technology of floricultural plants

Propagation of floricultural plants
Nursery raising technology of floricultural plants

Module 3: Cultivation practices of important flower crops

Rose
Marigold
Gladiolus
Gerbera
Jasmine
Chrysanthemum
Tuberose

Module 4: Harvest and Post harvest Care

Post harvest handling of cut and loose flowers

Module 5: Crop Health Management

Physiological disorders in lily anthurium and gerbera
Diseases of flowering plants and their management
Insect pest of flowering plants and their management

References

  1. Floriculture in India by Gurcharan Singh Randhawa
  2. Floriculture and Landscaping by Desh Raj
  3. Floriculture, Landscaping and Turf Management” by Alagarsamy Nithya Devi and Alagarsamy Ramesh Kumar

Session plan

Module 1: Introduction to Floriculture

Module 2: Propagation and Nursery raising techniques of floriculture plants

Session 5

Session 6

Internal test

Practical test #1

Module 3: Cultivation practices of important flower crops

Session 7

Session 8

Session 9

Session 10

Session 11

Session 12

Session 13

Assignment II

Module 4: Harvest and Post harvest Care

Session 14

Quiz

Module 5: Crop Health Management

Session 15

Session 16

Diseases of flowering plants and their management<a

Slide 16 Diseases of flowering plants

Video-16: Diseases of flowering plants

Session 17

Insect pest of flowering plants and their management<a

Slide 17: Insect pest of flowering plants

Video- 17: Insect pest of flowering plants

Practical test #2

Final examination

 

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Samapika Dalai

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Dr. Samapika Dalai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture, M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Paralakhemundi Campus, Centurion University of Technology and Management Odisha, India. She has completed her Under Graduation (UG) in Bachelor in Horticulture from OUAT, Odisha, Post Graduation in Horticulture from SVPUA&T, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and Ph.D in Horticulture from […]