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:

Skill Course: (Theory + Practice)

Eligibility: 10th/12th/ ITI pass

Prerequisite: Interested participants should have 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.
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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

Course Syllabus

Model 1: Introduction to Floriculture

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

Model 2: Propagation and nursery raising technology of floricultural plants

Propagation of floricultural plants
Nursery raising technology of floricultural plants

Model 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

Floriculture in India by Gurcharan Singh Randhawa

Floriculture and Landscaping by Desh Raj

Floriculture, Landscaping and Turf Management” by Alagarsamy Nithya Devi and Alagarsamy Ramesh Kumar

Session plan

Module 1: Introduction to Floriculture

Session 1

Definition, features, importance and scope of floriculture.

Slide 1: Features, Scope and importance of Floriculture

Video 1:

Session 2

Identification of flowering plants

Slide 2: Identification of Indian flower crops

Video 2:

Session 3

Classification of flowering plants

Slide 3: Classification of floricultural plants

Video 3:

Session 4

Identification of garden tools and implements

Slide 4: Garden tools and implements

Video 4:

Assignment I

Module 2: Propagation and Nursery raising techniques of floriculture plants

Session 5

Propagation of flowering plants

Slide 5: Propagation of flowering plants

Video 5:

Session 6

Nursery raising techniques of flowering plants

Slide 6: Nursery raising techniques

Video 6:

Internal test

Practical test #1

Module 3: Cultivation practices of important flower crops

Session 7

Cultivation practices of Marigold

Slide 7: Cultivation practices of marigold

Video 7:

Session 8

Cultivation practices of Gerbera

Slide 8: Cultivation practices of gerbera

Video 8:

Session 9

Cultivation practices of Gladiolus

Slide 9: Cultivation practices of gladiolus

Video 9:

Session 10

Cultivation practices of rose

Slide 10: Cultivation practices of rose

Video 10:

Session 11

Cultivation practices of jasmine

Slide 11: Cultivation practices of jasmine

Video 11:

Session 12

Cultivation practices of tuberose

Slide 12 Cultivation practices of tuberose

Video 12:

Session 13

Cultivation practices of chrysanthemum

Slide 13: Cultivation practices of chrysanthemum

Video 13:

Assignment II

Module 4: Harvest and Post harvest Care

Session 14

Post harvest handling of flowers

Slide 14: Post harvest handling of cut and loose flowers

Video 14:

Quiz

Module 5: Crop Health Management

Session 15

Physiological disorders in lily anthurium and gerbera<a

Slide 15: Physiological disorders in lily anthurium and gerbera

Video 15:

Session 16

Diseases of flowering plants and their management<a

Slide 16 Diseases of flowering plants

Video 16:

Session 17

Insect pest of flowering plants and their management<a

Slide 17: Insect pest of flowering plants

Video 17:

Practical test #2

Final examination

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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 […]