Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Agriculture

Program Description

This course deals with Importance and scope of horticulture, Horticultural and botanical
classification, Climate and soil for horticultural crops, Plant propagation-methods (sexual &
asexual), propagating structures; separation, division, grafting, budding, layering), High
density planting; Use of rootstocks; Orchard establishment, Principles and methods of
training and pruning, Juvenility and flower bud differentiation; Unfruitfulness; pollination,
pollinizers and pollinators; fertilization and parthenocarpy; Use of plant bio-regulators in
horticulture, Irrigation methods in horticulture crops, Fertilizers application-methods.