HORT-211 Production Technology of Fruit and Plantation Crops New Syllabus 6th Dean’s

Objective

1. To educate about the different forms of classification of fruit crops 2 (1+1)
2. To educate about the origin, area, climate, soil, improved varieties and cultivation
   practices of fruit and plantation crops
3. To educate about the physiological disorders of fruit crops, palms and plantation crops

Theory

Production status of fruit and plantation crops: Importance and scope of fruit and plantation crop industry in India; nutritional value of fruit crops; classification of fruit crops; area, production, productivity and export potential of fruit and plantation crops. Crop production techniques in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate fruit crops: Climate and soil requirements, varieties, propagation and use of rootstocks, planting density and systems of planting: High density and ultra-high-density planting, cropping systems, after care – training and pruning; water, nutrient and weed management, fertigation, special horticultural techniques, plant growth regulation, important disorders, maturity indices and harvest, value addition. Fruit crops: mango, banana, papaya, guava, sapota, citrus, grape, litchi, pineapple, pomegranate, apple, pear, peach, strawberry, nut crops Jackfruit and minor fruits- date palm, ber, aonla, plantation crops coconut, arecanut, cashew, tea, coffee and rubber. Crop production techniques in palms and plantation crops: Climate and soil requirements, varieties, propagation, nursery management, planting and planting systems, cropping systems, after care, training and pruning for plantation crops, water, nutrient and weed management, intercropping, multi-tier cropping system, mulching, special horticultural practices, maturity indices, harvest and yield, pests and diseases, processing- value addition. Palms: coconut, arecanut, oil palm and palmyrah, plantation crops: tea, coffee, cocoa, cashewnut, rubber.

Practical

Propagation techniques, selection of planting material, varieties, important cultural practices for mango, banana, papaya, guava, sapota, grapes, Citrus (mandarin and acid lime), pomegranate, jackfruit, preparation and application of PGR’s for propagation, Micro propagation, protocol for mass multiplication and hardening of fruit crops, Identification and description of varieties, mother palm and seed nut selection, nursery practices, seedling selection, fertilizers application, nutritional disorders, pests and diseases of Coconut, Arecanut and cocoa, Tea and coffee, Rubber and cashew, Visit to commercial orchard and plantation industries.

Lecture schedule: Theory

1. Production status of fruit and plantation crops (area, production, productivity and export potential of fruit and plantation crops) 1
2. Importance and scope of fruit and plantation crop industry in India; Nutritional value of fruit crops 1
3. Classification of fruit crops 1
4. Crop production techniques in tropical fruit crops – Mango 1
5. Banana 1
6. Papaya 1
7. Guava 1
8. Sapota and Jackfruit 1
9. Sub-tropical fruit crops – Citrus 1
10. Grape 1
11. Litchi, Pomegranate, Pineapple 1
12. Temperate fruit crops-Apple 1
13. Pear, Peach, Strawberry 1
14. Minor fruits- Date palm, Ber, Aonla, Bael 1
15. Palms and plantation crops – Coconut, Arecanut, Oil Palm and Palmyrah 1
16. Plantation crops – Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Cashewnut, Rubber 1

Lecture schedule: Practical

1. Propagation techniques of fruit and plantation crop 2
2. Selection of planting material, varieties, important cultural practices – mango 1
3. Papaya 1
4. Banana 1
5. Guava 1
6. Sapota and grapes 1
7. Citrus (mandarin and acid lime), pomegranate and jackfruit 1
8. Preparation and application of PGRs for propagation. 1
9. Micro propagation, mass multiplication and hardening of fruit crops 1
10. Identification and description of varieties, mother palm and seed nut selection 1
11. Nursery practices, seedling selection, fertilizers application 2
12. Nutritional disorders of fruit and plantation crop 1
13. Pests and diseases of fruit and plantation crop 1
14. Visit to commercial orchard/plantation industries 1

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