List of subjects in M.Sc. Horticulture

• Floriculture.
• Olericulture.
• Pomology.
• Post Harvest Technology.

List of contents
(1). Topics on floriculture
(2). Topics in olericulture
(3). Topics in pomology
(4). Topics in post harvest technology

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(1). Topics on floriculture

Part 1/2

• History of gardening.
• Importance of ornamental horticulture.
• Indian floriculture industry.
• Global floriculture industry.
• Breeding of ornamentals.
• Cut flower crops.
• Loose flower crops.
• Cut flowers.
• Dried ornamentals.
• Ornaments for drying.
• Ornamentals in greenhouse.
• Post harvest handling of cut flowers.
• Cut foliage and pot plants.
• Flower perfumery.
• Bonsai.
• Flower arrangement.
• Cultivars of ornamentals developed in India.

Part 2/2

• Home landscaping.
• Indoor gardening.
• Indoor ornamental plants.
• Landscape plants.
• Ornamental trees.
• Ornamental shrubs.
• Ornamental climbers.
• Ornamental annuals.
• Ornamental bulbus plants.
• Lawn management.
• Lawn grasses.
• Water gardens.
• Medicinal and aromatic plants.
• Protection for plant varieties of ornamentals.

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(2). Topics in olericulture

• Introduction to olericulture.
• Classification of vegetable crops.
• Solanaceous and malvaceous vegetable crops.
• Cruciferous vegetable crops.
• Cucurbitaceous vegetable crops.
• Leguminous vegetable crops.
• Bulb vegetable crops.
• Root vegetable crops.
• Tuber vegetable crops.
• Leafy and salad vegetable crops.
• Perennial vegetable crops.
• Important scientist contribution to vegetable farming.
• Seed production in vegetable crops.
• Temperature regulation in vegetable crops.
• Role of PGR in vegetable crops.
• Insect-pests of vegetable crops and its management.

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(3). Topics in pomology

• Basic pomology.
• Classification of fruit crops.
• Tropical fruit crops.
• Humid zone tropical fruit crops.
• Subtropical zone fruit crops.
• Temperate zone fruit crops.
• Arid and semiarid zone fruit crops.
• Major diseases of fruit crops.

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(4). Topics in post harvest technology

• Storage and storage units.
• Types of storage.
• Jam, jelly, marmalade.
• Post harvest treatments.
• Dehydration, curing, irradiation, etc.
• Post harvest diseases and its management.
• Management of insect-pests.
• Scope of post harvest technology in India.
• Food processing in India.

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