PRACTICAL MANUAL ON FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE & PLANT PROPAGATION

The “Practical Manual on Fundamentals of Horticulture and Plant Propagation” contains elaborate information on the field exercises. The tools and implements of horticultural use, potting, depotting and repotting, nomenclature and identification of fruit plants, classification of fruits are the important exercises of this course and the students will be able to study them in detail. The students will be trained in seedbed preparation, lying out of the orchard by various systems. The practical exercise on plant lifting, packing, aftercare and planting in the orchard will be very useful. Detailed exercises on various aspects of propagation viz., cutting, layering, budding and grafting have been included in this manual. Training and pruning of fruit plants, method of irrigation in fruit crops, method of fertilizer application and preparation of growth regulators for propagation are highly skilled job and the students will be train practically. Students can also think of joining this sector in their future life and can develop themselves as successful entrepreneurs in the area of horticulture. This Practical Manual has been written in a very simple and understandable language. It is hoped that this manual will be very useful to the under-graduate students as a teaching aid. The information included in this manual is considered to be utmost value for the students of Fruit Science, nurserymen, fruit growers, subject matter specialists and extension workers in the field of fruit production.