This 3 credit course aims to teach students about nursery management, protected cultivation, precision farming technologies, and other hi-tech aspects of horticulture. The course contains 2 modules over 24 teaching hours.
Module 1 covers topics like nursery management, micropropagation, modern field preparation, protected cultivation techniques, micro irrigation systems, and pH and EC based fertilizer scheduling over 11 hours.
Module 2 focuses on canopy management, high density orcharding, precision farming tools like remote sensing, GIS, DGPS, VRA, and their application in horticulture over 13 hours.
The practical sessions involve identifying tools, nursery tray work, micropropagation, micro-irrigation, canopy management, and
This 3 credit course aims to teach students about nursery management, protected cultivation, precision farming technologies, and other hi-tech aspects of horticulture. The course contains 2 modules over 24 teaching hours.
Module 1 covers topics like nursery management, micropropagation, modern field preparation, protected cultivation techniques, micro irrigation systems, and pH and EC based fertilizer scheduling over 11 hours.
Module 2 focuses on canopy management, high density orcharding, precision farming tools like remote sensing, GIS, DGPS, VRA, and their application in horticulture over 13 hours.
The practical sessions involve identifying tools, nursery tray work, micropropagation, micro-irrigation, canopy management, and
This 3 credit course aims to teach students about nursery management, protected cultivation, precision farming technologies, and other hi-tech aspects of horticulture. The course contains 2 modules over 24 teaching hours.
Module 1 covers topics like nursery management, micropropagation, modern field preparation, protected cultivation techniques, micro irrigation systems, and pH and EC based fertilizer scheduling over 11 hours.
Module 2 focuses on canopy management, high density orcharding, precision farming tools like remote sensing, GIS, DGPS, VRA, and their application in horticulture over 13 hours.
The practical sessions involve identifying tools, nursery tray work, micropropagation, micro-irrigation, canopy management, and
Introduction & importance; Nursery management and mechanization;
micro propagation of horticultural crops; Modern field preparation and 1 planting methods, Protected cultivation: advantages, controlled 11 conditions, method and techniques, Micro irrigation systems and its components; EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling,
Canopy management, High density orcharding, Components of precision
farming: Remote sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS), 2 Differential Geo-positioning System (DGPS), Variable Rate applicator 13 (VRA), application of precision farming in horticultural crops (fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops); mechanized harvesting of produce.
Types of polyhouses and shade net houses, Intercultural operations, tools
and equipments identification and application, Micro propagation, Nursery- Practical protrays, micro-irrigation, EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling, canopy 10 management, visit to hi-tech orchard/nursery.
Text Books:
1. Prasad, S. and Kumar, U.2012. Greenhouse Management of horticultural crops. 2 nd edition,
Agribios publishers, New Delhi. 2. Singh, H.P., Singh, G., Samuel, J.C., and Pathak, R.K. 2003. Precision Farming in Horticulture. NCPAH, MOA, PFDC, CISH, Lucknow. 3. Srivastava, K.K. 2007. Canopy Management of fruit crops. International Book Distributing Co., Lucknow 4. Sahu, K.C. 2008. Text Book of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors.
Introduction & importance; Nursery management and mechanization; micro propagation of
horticultural crops; Modern field preparation and planting methods, Protected cultivation: advantages, controlled conditions, method and techniques, Micro irrigation systems and its components; EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling,
Introduction & importance; Nursery management and mechanization; micro propagation of
horticultural crops; Modern field preparation and planting methods, Protected cultivation: advantages, controlled conditions, method and techniques, Micro irrigation systems and its components; EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling, Introduction & importance; Nursery management and mechanization; micro propagation of horticultural crops; Modern field preparation and planting methods, Protected cultivation: advantages, controlled conditions, method and techniques, Micro irrigation systems and its components; EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling,
Introduction & importance; Nursery management and mechanization; micro propagation of
horticultural crops; Modern field preparation and planting methods, Protected cultivation: advantages, controlled conditions, method and techniques, Micro irrigation systems and its components; EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling,
Introduction & importance; Nursery management and mechanization; micro propagation of
horticultural crops; Modern field preparation and planting methods, Protected cultivation: advantages, controlled conditions, method and techniques, Micro irrigation systems and its components; EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling, Introduction & importance; Nursery management and mechanization; micro propagation of horticultural crops; Modern field preparation and planting methods, Protected cultivation: advantages, controlled conditions, method and techniques, Micro irrigation systems and its components; EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling,