Ebook Info.

1. Origin of Horticulture – History – Evolution – Definitions Scope and Importance of Horticulture
2. Division and Classification of Horticultural Crops: Fruits, Vegetables, Spices and Plantation Crops, Floriculture,Landscaping, Ornamental Gardening, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
3. Nutritive Value, Global and National Scenario of Horticultural Crops
4. Sexual Propagation – Importance, Advantages and Disadvantages – Methods of Enhancement of Seed Viability
5. Types of Dormancy – Seed invigoration – Seed Treatments 

6. Asexual Propagation, Importance, Advantages and Disadvantages - Asexual Propagation Types
7. Vegetative Propagation – Merits and Demerits Cutting and Layering
8. Vegetative Propagation – Merits and Demerits Grafting and Budding
9. Use of Specialized Plant Parts in Propagation Propagation Structures and Their Role
10. Rootstock influence – Stock / Scion Relationship in Fruit Crops
11. Scope and Importance of Micro Propagation in Horticultural Crops - Direct and indirect Organogenesis - Media for Micro Propagation and Hardening
12. Principles of Orchard Establishment - Methods of Planting Systems including Hdp and Uhdp in Horticultural Crops
13. Crop Regulatory Practices For Horticultural Crops Training, Pruning, Special Operations in Horticultural Crops –Off Season Production of Horticultural Crops
14. Flowering, Pollination, Fruit Set, Fruit Drop, Parthenocarpy, Fruit Ripening and Senescence, Unfruitfulness and Its Causes
15. Principles and Types of Garden 
16. Principles and Types of Parks – Principles of Herbal Garden