HORTICULTURE

CLASS - XI / Subject Code - 816
Horticulture is associated with the cultivation of vegetables, fruits, flowers, crops, tuber crops and medicinal, aromatic and ornamental plants where one can attain knowledge about crop production, plant propagation, plant breeding, genetic engineering, preparation of soil and plant physiology and biochemistry and simultaneously can work in various fields including floral design, garden centers, teaching, fruit and vegetable production, arboriculture, landscape construction, etc.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:

Demonstrate irrigation and fustigation, greenhouse operations, irrigation, and fustigation, care and maintenance of protected structures Demonstrate special horticultural practices in protected cultivation Identify and control of insect pest and diseases demonstrate the harvest and postharvest practices

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:

Communicate effectively with the client, identify the principal components of a computer system, Identify different types of protected structure and Identify and categories crops for protected cultivation
Instructor
Apply effective oral and written communication skills to interact with people and customers; Identify the principal components of a computer system;
  • E-learning & Onsite classes
  • A 'Workshop' class
  • Industrial Visit
  • Certificate of Completion

Course Units

Importance of commercial floriculture
Different components of commercial floriculture
Commercial floriculture for India
Agribusiness in commercial floriculture
Importance of floriculture for employment generation
Different institutions for training in floriculture
Various types of jobs opportunities available for floriculture
General concepts of home landscaping
Discuss the concepts of outdoor room
Importance of need analysis and site analysis
Identify the areas for home landscaping viz., public area, private area, and service area
Various natural features of a garden
Various man-made ornaments in a garden
Importance of CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Requirements for CAD in landscaping
Different components of CAD
Benefits of using CAD in Landscaping
Various CAD software used in Landscaping
Benefits of lawn in the garden
Different methods for the establishment of lawn
Various lawn management practices
Various insect pests and diseases of lawn and their management
Choice of plants for a specific location.
Growth of indoor plants and their maintenance.
When and how much to water indoor plants.
Identify the key insect pests and diseases of indoor plants and their control measures
Various propagation techniques of the house plants
Repotting of the house plants.
Identify the flower crops and know their importance
Cultural requirements of flower crops
Problems with flower crops and their management
Major insect pests and diseases of flower crops.
Growing flower crops
Flower cultivation or development of value-added products
Importance of protected cultivation of commercial flower crops
Kind of structures for protected cultivation
Grow flower crops under protected structures
Production of cut flowers and their planting material
Basics of flower arrangements
Prerequisites for flower arrangements
Different types of flower arrangements
Acquainted with different types of Ikebana
Different styles of flower arrangements
The arrangement as a hobby or start this as an enterprise
Importance of dried ornamental flowers and other plant parts
Methods to dry flowers and other plant parts
Value-added products developed from dried ornamentals
Ornamentals and their value-added products
Importance of post-harvest handling of cut flowers
Postharvest requirements of cut flowers
Problems regarding postharvest handling of commercial flower crops
Problems with commercial cut flowers
Commercial flower cultivation or development of value-added products