Production Technology of Fruits and Plantation Crops

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Dr. Prashant Kalal

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Course Name: Production Technology of Fruits and Plantation Crops

Code(Credit): ASHO 2102 (1-1-0)

Course Objectives

  • To provide technical and scientific cultivation practices of different fruit and plantation crops.
  • To provide field knowledge and acquaint the students with practical field.

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Course outcomes

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CO1 To acquire knowledge on package of practices of fruits and plantation crops such as suitability of area, climate, soil, improved varieties and cultivation practices such as time and methods of sowing, transplanting techniques, planting distance, fertilizer requirements, irrigation, weed management, harvesting and yield. PO1
CO2 To learn to identify the biotic stress, abiotic stress, disorders and its management in fruits and plantation crops. PO2
CO3 To learn practical approaches on canopy management, training, pruning, rejuvenation, high density planting, and other hands-on training related to cultural practices. PO2, PO3

Program outcomes:

PO1 : Knowledge Enhancement PO2 : Professional Enhancement PO3 : Entrepreneurship Skills  

Course Syllabus

Theory 

Unit-I: Importance and scope of fruit and plantation crop industry in India; High density planting; Use of rootstocks; Unit-II: Production technologies for the cultivation of major fruits-mango, banana, citrus, grape, guava, litchi, papaya, apple, pear, peach and; minor fruits- pineapple, pomegranate, jackfruit, strawberry, nut crops; Unit-III: Production technologies for the cultivation of major plantation crops-coconut, arecanut, cashew, tea, coffee and rubber.

Practical:

Description and identification of fruit. Seed propagation. Scarification and stratification of seeds. Propagation methods for fruit and plantation crops including micropropagation. Canopy management and rejuvenation in fruit and plantation crops. Preparation of plant bio regulators and their uses. Pests, diseases and physiological disorders of above fruit and plantation crops. Visit to commercial orchard.  

References

  1. Rhadha, T. and Mathew, L. 2007. Fruit Crops Volume 3 Horticulture Sciences Series. New India Publishing.
  2. Bose, T.K. and Mitra, S.K. 1990. Fruits-Tropical and Sub-tropical. Naya Prakashan, Calcutta.
  3. Chattopadhya, P.K. 2012. Text Book on Pomology (Fundamentals of Fruit Growing). Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
  4. Bijendra Singh. 2012. Horticulture at a Glance. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
  5. Parthasarathy,V.A., P.K. Chattopadhyay and Bose, T.K. 2006. Plantation Crops.Vol I and II. Parthasankar basu       Naya Udyog, Kolkata.
  6. Kumar, N., Abdul Khader,J.B.M.,Rangaswamy, P. and Irulappan,I. 2004. Introduction to Spices, Plantation crops, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co.,New Delhi.

Session Plan

Theory (16 sessions)

Session 1: Importance and scope of fruit and plantation crop industry in India

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Session 2: High-density planting; Use of rootstocks;

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Session 3: Production Technology of mango

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Session 4:  Production Technology of Banana

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Practical's (16 sessions)

Practice Session 1: Study and identification of different fruits and plantation crops

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Practice Session 2: Seed propagation

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Practice Session 3: Scarification and stratification of seeds

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Practice Session 4: Propagation of mango Propagation of mango

Practice Session 5: Propagation of banana and micro-propagation of fruit crops 1. Watch the video 2. Watch the video

Practice Session 6: Propagation of citrus Citrus propagation Practice Session 7: Propagation of guava and pineapple Propagation of pineapple Propagation of guava Practice Session 8: Propagation of Cashew nut and Coconut Propagation of cashew Propagation of coconut

Practice Session 9

Techniques of seed propagation. Techniques for breaking seed dormancy Techniques of breaking seed dormancy Seed dormancy

Practice Session 10: Canopy management and rejuvenation in fruit and plantation crops.

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Practice Session 11: Canopy management and rejuvenation in fruit and plantation crops.

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Practice Session: 12 Preparation of plant bio-regulators and their uses .

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Practice Session 13: Identification of different physiological disorders, diseases and pests of fruits and plantation crops

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Practice Session 14: Identification of different physiological disorders, diseases and pests of fruits and plantation crops

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Practice Session 15: Identification of different physiological disorders, diseases and pests of fruits and plantation crops

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Practice Session 16: Visit to commercial orchard

 

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Our Main Teachers

Fruit Crop Improvement, Stress Physiology, Embryology

Dr. Anant Tamang

Associate Professor
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    Working as Associate Professor with academic experience since 07th February 2019. Courses dealt are Production technology of fruit and plantation crops, Post harvest management and value addition of fruits and vegetables, Post harvest biochemistry and physiology of crops, Recent trends in post harvest technology, Post harvest storage of fruits and vegetables.