Theory
Horticulture – its definition and branches, importance and scope; horticultural and botanical classification; climate and soil for horticultural crops; plant propagation-methods and propagating structures; seed dormancy, seed germination, principles of orchard establishment; principles and methods of training and pruning, juvenility and flower bud differentiation; unfruitfulness; pollination, pollinizers and pollinators; fertilization and parthenocarpy; medicinal and aromatic plants; importance of plant bio- regulators in horticulture. Irrigation – methods, Fertilizer application in horticultural crops.