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Introduction
Eligibility
Job Prospects
Institutes

Introduction

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Floriculture or flower farming as it is

popularly called is a discipline of
Horticulture, and is the study of growing
and marketing flowers and foliage plants.
Floriculture
includes
cultivation
of
flowering and ornamental plants for sales
or for use as raw materials in cosmetic
and
perfume
industry
and
the
pharmaceutical sector. The persons
associated with this field are called
floriculturists.

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Floriculture is not available as a subject at

the undergraduate/degree level. Those who
wish to join the floriculture stream should
enroll for an undergraduate course in
Agriculture

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Floriculture units- Floriculturists are involved in

the
propagation
and
growing
of
cut
flowers,flowering potted plants, foliage plants
and bedding plants. They plant , prune, water,
fertilize,harvest and ship these plants as well as
monitor and manipulate the environment under
whichthey are grown both indoors in green
houses and outdoors in field production where
the climateis favourable.

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Department of Horticulture and Floriculture

Management, Sikkim
University,Gangtok,Sikkim.
Department of Vegetable Science &
Floriculture, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar
Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University,
Palampur,Palampur , Himachal Pradesh.
Institute of Applied Research and
Development in Agriculture,Sangli ,
Maharashtra.
The School of Education, North-Eastern Hill
University,Shillong , Meghalaya.