Nursery Management of Horticultural Crops Paper Code: 17010717

Paper Code: 17010717

Introduction and importance of commercial nurseries in India and abroad; planning and execution of a commercial ornamental and fruit plant nurseries

Basic general concepts concerning plant propagation; structure of vascular plants; choice of propagaton methods including micro-propagation; propagation by specialized vegetative structures specially in flower crops; seed and vegetative propagation

Commercial methods of multiplication of flowers and fruit crops; plant propagating structures their importance in propagation: shade houses, tunnels, poly houses, fan and pad type of poly houses

Propagation media, characteristics, types of media, natural and synthetic; use of plant growth regulators in rooting of cuttings; study of tools, accessories and other equipment necessary for nursery production of ornamental and fruit crop

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Preparation of lay out for establishment of mother plant block,

commercial nurseries for fruit and ornamental plants; pre-germination treatment of seeds – scarification and stratification;

seed viability tests; preparation of raised and flat seed bed to test germination of pre treated seed; preparation of potting mixtures; characteristics of individual media items; preparation of different types of cuttings (fruits and ornamentals); types of containers,

dormancy breaking techniques, multiplication methods of bulbs, tubers and corms; methods of layering in ornamental and fruit crops, raising of rootstocks through seed and clone propagation;

pre-curing, preparation of rootstocks for budding and grafting of important ornamental and fruit crops; commercial methods and practices of propagation of the crops: fruits: i) mango, ii) guava iii), chiku, iv) sweet orange and mandarins, v) litchi, (vi) datepalm, vii) ber, viii) aonla, ix) pomegranate, ornamental plants: i) roses ii) indoor decorative plants, iii) shrubs and bushes,

planning for construction of shade houses, poly tunnels, poly houses and furniture suitable for propagation therein; preparation of media for micro-propagation,

preparation of aseptic cultures for propagation of important ornamental plants like gerbera and chrysanthemum and fruit crops like banana;

hardening of plants propagated through tissue culture;

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