B.Sc (Hons) in Horticulture
4 Years ( 8 Semester )
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Students who have passed HS/10+2 (Science) with minimum 50% marks in aggregate with PCB will be eligible to apply for admission. The minimum marks for eligibility is 45% in aggregate for reserve categories.
Elementary Statistics and Computer Application, Fundamental of Soil Science, Economics and Marketing, Elementary Plant Biochemistry, Introductory Crop Physiology, Fundamentals of Horticulture, Principles of Landscape Architecture, Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics, Introductory Microbiology, Communication Skills and Personality Development, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Vegetables, Principles of Plant Breeding, Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management, Water Management in Horticultural Crops, Plant Propagation and Nursery Management, Environmental Studies and Disaster Management, Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops, Information and communication technology, Fundamentals of Plant Pathology, Fundamentals of Entomology
Temperate Vegetable Crops, Nematode pests of horticultural crops and their Management
Diseases of fruit, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, Fundamentals of Food Technology, Temperate Fruit Crops, Weed Management in Horticultural Crops, Commercial Floriculture, Elementary Plant Biotechnology, Soil, Water and Plant Analysis, Spices and Condiments, Ornamental Horticulture, Plantation Crops, Breeding of Fruit and Plantation Crops, Farm Power and Machinery, Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops, Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation, Dry land Horticulture, Organic Farming, Introduction to Major Field Crops, Medicinal and Aromatic crops, Introductory Agroforestry, Breeding of Vegetable, Tuber and Spice Crops, Diseases of Vegetables, Ornamentals and Spice Crops, Orchard and Estate Management, Agro-meteorology and Climate Change, Potato and tuber crops, Apiculture, Sericulture and Lac culture, Insect Pests of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops, Postharvest Management of Horticultural Crops, Seed Production of Vegetable, Tuber and Spice Crops, Breeding and Seed Production of Flower and Ornamental Plants, Processing of Horticultural Crops, Horti-Business Management Entrepreneurship Development and Business Management, Fundamentals of Extension Education, National Service Scheme/National Cadet Corp, Physical and Health Education.
Rural Horticultural Work Experience Programme
Horticulture basically deals with the art, science and technology of growing and cultivation of plants that include fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, flowers, and non-food crops such as medicinal & aromatic plants
The B.Sc.(Hons) Horticulture course deals with topics related to breeding of plants, plant nutrition, fertilizers, soil and Water management, Nursery management, equipments & machineries, pests & diseases, agribusiness and all the other aspects that are required to grow horticultural crops.
You could consider studying BSc Horticulture Science because it offers the following advantages it has:
The job market and career options for B. Sc. Horticulture for the aspirant performing the course for the time duration of 4-year will never fade away like other streams. Depending upon the desire aspirants may choose the career options from the vast and wide fields such as:
Horticulturist job type according to specialization: