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Course Name Hi-tech. Horticulture
Course Code 24HOR233
Program Agriculture Sciences
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Theory

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, canopy management, high density orcharding, Components of precision farming: Remote sensing, Geographical Information System &#40 GIS&#41, Differential Geo-positioning System &#40 DGPS&#41, Variable Rate applicator &#40 VRA&#41, application of precision farming in horticultural crops &#40 fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops ) mechanized harvesting of produce.

Practical

Types of polyhousesand shade net houses, Intercultural operations, tools and equipments identification and application, Micro propagation, Nursery-protrays, micro-irrigation, EC, pH based fertilizer scheduling, canopy management, visit to hi-tech orchard/nursery.

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