13991_IVDEANSREPORTFORPGHorti.Syllabus.doc.doc

Education Division Indian Council of Agricultural Research New Delhi January 2009 Contents Page(s) Preamble 3 Acknowledgements 5 Executive Summary 6 Organization of Course Contents Credit Requirements 7-8 Fruit Science 9-26 Course Structure – at a Glance 9 Course Contents 10 List of Journals Magazines 25 Suggested Broad Topics for Master’s and Doctoral Research 25-26 Vegetable Science 27-43 Course Structure – at a Glance 27 Course Contents 28 List of Journals 42 Suggested Broad Topics for Master’s and Doctoral Research 43 Floriculture and Landscape Architecture 44-57 Course Structure – at a Glance 44 Course Contents 45 List of Journals Magazines 56 Suggested Broad Topics for Master’s and Doctoral Research 56-57 Plantation, Spices, Medicinal Aromatic Crops 58-75 Course Structure – at a Glance 58 Course Contents 59 List of Journals Magazines 75 Suggested Broad Topics for Master’s and Doctoral Research 75 Post Harvest technology 76-87 Course structure at a glance 76 Course Contents 77 List of Journals Magazines 87 Suggested Broad Topics for Master’s and Doctoral Research 87 e-Resources in Horticulture 87-88 Compulsory Non Credit Courses 89-92 Annexure 93-94 PREAMBLE Horticulture plays a pivotal role in the food and livelihood security of India. Though horticultural crops occupy only 8.5% of arable land, they contribute 24.5% of the GDP in agriculture. Plantation crops (tea, coffee and rubber) occupying 0.95% of cropped area have