	UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, UOS Department of Horticulture Course Outline (Core Course/ Auxiliary Course/ Special Course)
Programme		Bachelors in Horticulture	Course Coordinator	Mr. Shahid Iqbal
Semester		4th	E-Mail:
Name of the Course		Horticultural Crop Production
Course No		HORT-202
Credit Hours		3(2-1)
Prerequisites		Introductory Horticulture
Follow up		B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture
Category		Supporting Course
Objectives		To make students familiar with production technology of important horticultural crops.

Syllabus		THEORY: Establishment of orchards, vegetable farms and ornamental gardens; site selection, layout methods, wind breaks and their role. Management practices; irrigation, fertilizers & manures, training and pruning, cultivation and weed control. Climate, soil, propagation, rootstocks, cultivars, important pests, harvesting, post-harvest handling and marketing of important horticultural crops (fruits, vegetables and ornamentals) of the region. Practical Practice in layout methods, Selection of plants from nursery, propagation methods. Planting and after care. Production techniques and identification of important cultivars of horticultural crops of the region.
Text books		1Acquaah, G. 2009. Horticulture: Principles and Practices (4th Ed.). Prentice-Hall India Learning Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India. 2Arora, J.S. 1992. Introductory Ornamental Horticulture. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi. Dhaliwal, M.S. 2008. Handbook of Vegetable Crop. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, New Delhi, India. 4Malik, M.N. 1994. Horticulture, National Book Foundation, Islamabad. 5Singh, B. 2007. Horticulture at a Glance. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, New Delhi, India. 6Swaider, J.M., G.W. Ware and J.P. McCollum. 1992. Producing Vegetable Crops (4th Ed.), Interstate Publishers Printers and Publishers Inc., Danville, Illinois. 7Chottopadhay, T.K. 2000. A Textbook on Pomology, Vol: II. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi. Laurie, A. and V.H. Ries. 2004. Floriculture: Fundamentals and Practices. Agrobios (India), Jodhpur, India. Pradeepkumar, T., B. Suma, Jyothibhaskar, K.N. Satheesan, K.V. Peter. 2008. Management of Horticultural Crops (Part 1). Horticulture Science Series Vol. 11. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. Yadav, P.K. 2007. Fruit Production Technology. International Book Distributing Co. (Publishing Division), Lucknow, India.
Instructional Aids/ resources		White boards, overhead and slide projectors, multimedia etc.
Teaching Strategies		Formal class and group discussions.
	Marks (%)	Sessional/ Assignment	Mid	Final	Practical	Total 100%
Assessment	Criteria	20%	20%	60%
	Results

Week	Lectures	Contents to be covered	Books	Chapter/Pages
Week 1	Theory	Establishment of Orchard
		Introduction; Site selection, Climate and soil, wind breaks and their role		(Chap. 9) 286-291
		Systems of layout for orchards, plantation of fruit trees and post planting care		(Chap. 9) 297-300
	Practical	Layout systems for fruit orchards; square system, quincunx system	Sahab Hasasan
Week 2	Theory	Establishment of Vegetable Farms
	3.	Vegetable garden types, layout
	4.	Nursery raising, plantation, irrigation, fertilization and harvesting
	Practical	Layout systems for fruit orchards; hexagonal system, rectangular system
Week 3	Theory	Establishment of Ornamental Garden
	5.	Elements, types and design of ornamental gardens		Chap. 15 540-542
	6.	Establishment and Maintenance of Lawns		Chap. 15 544-545
	Practical	Calculation of number of plants according to different layout systems, selection of plants
Week 4	Theory	Management Practices
	7.	Pruning and training, objectives pruning and training, Kinds of pruning and trainings		Chap. 10 332-341
	8.	Irrigation methods, weed control and fertilizer management for horticultural crops		Chap. 10 316-322
	Practical	Nursery establishment and selection of plants
Week 5	Theory	Fruit Crops Production
	9.	Citrus climate, soil, propagation, rootstocks, cultivars		(Chap. 13) 437-441
	10.	important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing		(Chap. 13) 448-450
	Practical	Layout systems for vegetables; ridges, beds, flats; Different sowing methods of vegetables.
Week 6	11.	Mango climate, soil, propagation, rootstocks, cultivars,	Horticulture	(Chap. 13) 437-481
	12.	important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing	Horticulture	(Chap. 13) 451-453
	Practical	Vegetables: Nursery raising and transplanting
Week 7	13.	Date palm & Banana climate, soil, propagation, rootstocks, Cultivars	-do-	(Chap. 13) 458-461
	14.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing	Post-harvest technology of Horticultural crops	(Chap. 13) 458-461
	Practical	Thinning, staking and earthing up of vegetables
Week 8	15.	Guava climate, soil, propagation, rootstocks, cultural practices, cultivars	Horticulture	(Chap.13) 456-458
	16.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing	Horticulture	(Chap.13) 456-458
	Practical	Raising of flowers nursery and transplanting of seedlings
Week 9	17.	Apple climate, soil, propagation, rootstocks, cultural practices, cultivars	Horticulture	(Chap. 13) 468-472
	18.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Pruning and training for fruit trees
		Mid Term Exam
Week 10		Vegetable Crops Production
	19.	Potato climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars	-do-	(Chap 14) 490-491
	20.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Propagation methods in Citrus
Week 11	21.	Tomato climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars	-do-	508-509
	22.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Pruning and training for ornamental plants
Week 12	23.	Onion climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars	-do-	500-501
	24.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Propagation methods in mango
Week 13	25.	Cucumber climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars	-do-	529-532
	26.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Propagation methods in Guava
Week 14	27.	Chilies climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars,	-do-	517-518
	28.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Propagation methods in Date palm
Week 15		Flower Crops Production
	29.	Roses climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars,	-do-	556-557
	30.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Identification of important citrus cultivars
Week 16	31.	Gladiolus climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars,	Hand out
	32.	important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Introduction to Tunnel Farming
Week 17	33.	Jasmine and Bottle Palm climate, soil, propagation, cultural practices, cultivars,	Hand out
	34.	Important pests, harvesting, postharvest handling and marketing
	Practical	Identification of landscape and ornamental plants
Week 18	Final Exam

HORT 202 Horticultural crop production

HORT 202 Horticultural crop production

1Acquaah, G. 2009. Horticulture: Principles and Practices (4th Ed.). Prentice-Hall India Learning Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India.

2Arora, J.S. 1992. Introductory Ornamental Horticulture. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.

4Malik, M.N. 1994. Horticulture, National Book Foundation, Islamabad.

5Singh, B. 2007. Horticulture at a Glance. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, New Delhi, India.

6Swaider, J.M., G.W. Ware and J.P. McCollum. 1992. Producing Vegetable Crops (4th Ed.), Interstate Publishers Printers and Publishers Inc., Danville, Illinois.

7Chottopadhay, T.K. 2000. A Textbook on Pomology, Vol: II. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.

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