Course Objectives

• To provide knowledge of horticulture in a brief and prescribed manner.
• To introduce the students to green industry.
• To encourage students to be responsible for environment by demonstrating and valuing sustainable practices.

Course Outcome

CO1: To enable the students to apply various horticultural skills and knowledge in their career po1, po3.

CO2: knowledge about basic terminology, taxonomy and propagation methods of horticultural crops po1,po2

CO3: To identify and prescribe sustainable options in horticulture which benefit the environment while maintaining productivity and economic viability po4, po5.

Programme Outcomes

PO1 : Knowledge Enhancement : Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Entomology and other such areas of agriculture.

PO2 : Professional Enhancement : Understanding the value and processes of life-long learning and professional development.

PO3 : Entrepreneurship Skills : Understanding the processes of setting up and managing viable business ventures.

PO4 : Communication & Extension Skills : Developing appropriate communication skills for effective transfer of knowledge and technologies through extension programs.

PO5 : Team Work : Play effective roles in multidisciplinary teams.

Course Syllabus

Theory:

1. Horticulture-its definition and branches, importance and Scope
2. Horticultural and  Botanical Classification
3. Climate and Soil for Horticulture Crops
4. Plant Propagation Methods and Propagating structures
5. Principles of Orchard establishment
6. Principles and methods of Training and Pruning
7. Juvenility and Flower bud differentiation
8. Unfruitfulness; Pollination, pollinisers and pollinators
9. Fertilisation and Parthenocarpy
10. Kitchen gardening
11. Garden types and parts
12. Lawn making
13. Medicinal and aromatic plants
14. Spices and condiments
15. Use of plant bio-regulators in horticulture
16. Irrigation and Fertilisers application.

Practical:

1. Identification of garden tools
2. Identification of horticultural crops
3. Preparation of seedbed/nursery bed
4. Practice of sexual method of propagation
5. Practice of asexual method of propagation
6. Layout of orchard plants
7. Planting of orchard plants
8. Training of fruit trees
9. Pruning of fruit trees
10. Transplanting and care of vegetable seedlings
11. Making of herbaceous and shrubbery borders
12. Preparation of potting mixture; potting and repotting
13. Fertiliser application in different crops
14. Visit to commercial nurseries and orchards

References:

1. Basics of Horticulture by Jitendra Singh
2. Introduction to Horticulture by N.Kumar
3. Introduction to Horticulture by Richard N. Arteca
4. Horticulture: Principles and Practices by George Acquaah
5. Principles of Horticulture by C.R. Adams, M.P. Early, and K.M. Bamford

Practical

Practice-1

Identification of Horticultural plants

Identification 1

Identification 2

Identification

Identification

Practice-2

Identification of garden tools

Identification 1

Identification of garden tools

Practice-3

Preparation of seedbed/nursery bed, the raising of seedlings

Preparation of seedbed/nursery bed, raising of seedlings

seedling raising 1

Practice-4

Practice of sexual method of propagation

Practice of sexual method of propagation

Practice-5

Practice of asexual method of propagation

budding

grafting

cutting

layering

Propagation 1

Propagation 2

Practice-6

Propagation through specialized vegetative structures

Propagation through specialized vegetative structures

Practice-7

Layout and planting of orchard plants

Layout and planting of orchard plants

Orchard-1

Practice-8 and 9

Training and pruning of fruit trees

Training and pruning of fruit trees

Training 1

Practice-10

Transplanting and care of vegetable seedlings

Transplanting and care of vegetable seedlings

Transplanting and care of vegetable seedlings

Practice-11

Making of herbaceous borders

Making of herbaceous borders

Making of herbaceous borders

Making of herbaceous borders

Practice-12

Making of shrubbery borders

Making of shrubbery borders

Making of shrubbery borders

Practice-13

Preparation of potting mixture, potting and repotting

Preparation of potting mixture, potting and repotting

Preparation of potting mixture, potting and repotting

Potting mixture 1

Potting mixture 2

Practice-14

Fertiliser application in different crops

Fertiliser 1

Practice-15

Visits to commercial nurseries

Visits to commercial nurseries

Visits to commercial nurseries

Visits to commercial nurseries

Practice-16

Visits to the commercial orchard

Visits to the commercial orchard

Visits to the commercial orchard

E-Material

Fundamentals-of-Horticulture.pdf (agrimoon.com)

Question Bank

Question Bank for Fundamentals of Horticulture

Assignments

• Horticulture definition and branches
• Importance and Scope of Horticultural crops
•  Plant Propagation Methods
• Importance of tissue culture in fast multiplication of Horticultural crops
• Collection of Horticultural crops seed
• Cutting, budding, grafting and layering
• Propagating structures
• Principles of Orchard establishment
• Principles and methods of Training and Pruning in fruit crops
• Pollination, pollinisers and pollinators
• Kitchen gardening
• Garden types and parts
• Lawn making methods
• Medicinal and aromatic plants; Spices and condiments
• Use of plant bio-regulators in horticulture
• Irrigation and Fertilizers' application
• Importance of post harvest technology for Horticulture crops