TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

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1 TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY B. Tech. () Syllabi 2011 Horticultural College and Research Institute Coimbatore

2 B. Tech. () Syllabi 2011 Distribution of Courses - Abstract B.Tech. (Hort.) Courses Number of courses Credit hours Percentage (Cr. Hrs.) Core courses ( ) Supporting courses including PED/NSS/NCC/Languages ( ) Total

3 B.Tech. (Hort.) course structure 2011 Distribution of Core Courses - S. Course Course Title Credit 01. FSC 106 Primer on 02. FSC 107 Nursery technology of Horticultural Crops 03. FSC 108 Commercial tropical fruit culture 04. VSC 106 Commercial tropical vegetable culture 05. FLG 106 Commercial Floriculture 06. VSC 206 Commercial temperate vegetable culture 07. FSC 206 Commercial Sub tropical and temperate fruit culture 08. PSM 206 Commercial production of spices and plantations crops 09. BTH 201 Industrial visit I (Fruit, vegetable and floriculture industry) FLG 306 Ornamental Gardening and Landscaping 11. FLG 307 Protected and Precision 12. FLG 308 Hi-tech Crop production BTH 303 Industrial visit II (Spices, plantation and pharma industry) PSM 306 Commercial Production of Medicinal & Aromatic crops 15. FSC 306 Establishment and management of horticultural estates 16. BTH 305 Interiorscaping & Therapeutic 17. BTH 306 Post harvest technology of fruits, vegetables and spices 18. EXP 301 Experiential learning BTH 401 Horticultural Industrial work experience (HIWE) ( days) BTH 402 Project work (Dissertation) BTH 403 Industry and Institutional educational tour (All India Tour) BTH 404 Post Harvest Technology of flowers, plantation, medicinal and aromatic crops 23. EXP 401 Experiential learning AGR 211** Weed and water management in Horticultural Crops

4 25. PBG 152 Principles of genetics and methods of plant breeding in horticultural crops 26. SST 211** Principles of Seed production and quality control in Horticultural Crops 27. SST 212** Seed Production Technology of Horticultural Crops 28. ENS 311** Waste management in Industry AEN 311* Pest management in Horticultural Production system PAT 401* Diseases of Horticultural crops and their management HNM 311** Nematode management in Horticultural crops FSN 311 Principles of Processing and value addition of Horticultural Produces FSN 451 Food safety and Quality control in Horticultural Products Total 44+49=93 II. Supporting courses S. Credit Course Course Title 01. AGR 102* Fundamentals of Agricultural Meteorology 02. ABT 201* Principles of Biotechnology 03. ABT 301* Applied Plant Biotechnology 04. SAC 101* Principles of Analytical Chemistry SAC 201* Fundamentals of Soil Science SAC 401* Nutrient Management and Fertilizer Technology CRP 101* Crop Physiology AGM 101* Agricultural Microbiology AGM 211** Applied Microbiology AEN 201* Fundamentals of Entomology PAT 211* Principles of Plant pathology AMP 201* Livestock and Poultry production management AEC 101* Principles of Agricultural Economics AEC 301* Production Economics and Farm Management AEC 302* Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices AEC 401* Agricultural Finance, Banking and Cooperation ARM 201* Fundamentals of Agri Business Management ARM 402 Entrepreneurship Development NST 301* Fundamentals and Applications of Nanotechnology 1 + 0

5 20. MAT 111* Applied Mathematics COM 111* Fundamentals of Information Technology STA 201* Applied Statistics SWE 211* Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering FMP 211* Farm Power and Machinery ERG 211* Renewable Energy SWE 212 Surveying and Engineering drawing SWE 311 Greenhouse construction and maintenance FOR 211* Forest Resource Management ENG 101* English for effective communication ENG 301* Soft skills for Career Development TAM 401*,yf;fpa';fsp;y; ntshz;ika[k; mwptpay; jkph; gadhf;fkk; (or) 32. ENG 401* Development Education (For Non-Tamil Students) PED 101* Physical Education NSS 101* or NCC 101* NSS or NCC * Common courses from B.Sc. (Agri) degree programme ** Exclusive for B.Tech (Hort.) degree programme Total 36+32=68

6 B.Tech. (Hort.) 2011 syllabus SEMESTER WISE DISTRIBUTION OF COURSES I Year I Semester Sl. Course Course Title Credit 1. FSC 106** Primer on Department Page Nursery Technology of FSC 107** Horticultural Crops 3. Principles of Analytical Soil Science & 11 SAC 101* Chemistry Agricultural Chemistry 4. Physical Sciences and 14 MAT 111* Applied Mathematics Information Technology 5. Fundamentals of Information Physical Sciences and 18 COM 111* Technology Information Technology 6. Agricultural meteorology 23 Fundamentals of Agricultural AGR 102* Meteorology 7. English for Effective English 27 ENG 101* 0+1 Communication 8. PED 101* Physical Education 0+1 Physical Education NSS101* NSS/NCC NSS/NCC 32/ / NCC 101* Total 8+9=17 I Year II Semester Sl. Course Course Title Credit Page Department 1. FSC 108** Commercial tropical fruit 39 culture 2. Commercial tropical vegetable 47 VSC 106** culture 3 FLG 106 Commercial Floriculture 54 4 CRP 101* Crop Physiology Crop Physiology Agricultural Microbiology AGM 101* Agricultural Microbiology 6 68 Principles of Agricultural AEC 101* Agricultural Economics Economics 7 PBG 152 Principles of Genetics and methods of plant breeding in horticultural crops Plant breeding and Genetics 72 Total 13+7=20

7 B.Tech. (Hort.) II Year III Semester Sl.No Course Course Title Credit 1. VSC 206** Commercial temperate vegetable 77 culture 2. PSM 206** Commercial Production of 85 Spices and Plantation Crops 3. AEN 201* Fundamentals of Entomology Agricultural Entomology PAT 211* Principles of Plant pathology Plant Pathology SST 211** Principles of Seed Production 101 Seed Science and and Quality control in Technology Horticultural crops 6. AMP 201* Livestock and Poultry Veterinary and Animal 105 Production Management Science 7. FMP 211* Farm Power and Machinery Farm Machinery SWE 211* Fundamentals of Soil and Water 113 Agricultural Engineering Conservation Engineering 9. FOR 211* Forest Resource Management Forestry 117 Total 15+9=24 II Year IV Semester Sl.No Course Course Title Credit 1. FSC 206** Commercial Sub Tropical and 121 Temperate Fruit Culture 2. SAC 201* Fundamentals of Soil Science Soil Science & 131 Agricultural Chemistry Industrial visit I (Fruit, BTH 201 Vegetable and Floriculture 0+1 Industry) 4. ABT 201* Principles of Biotechnology Biotechnology SST 212 ** Seed production technology of Seed Science and ARM 201* horticultural crops Fundamentals of Agribusiness Management 7. STA 201* Applied Statistics technology Agriculture and Rural Management Physical Sciences and Information Technology Surveying and Engineering SWE 212 Agricultural Engineering drawing 9. ERG 211* Renewable Energy 1+0 Agricultural Engineering AGM 211 ** Agricultural 162 Applied Microbiology Microbiology 11. AGR 211 ** Weed and Water Management in Agronomy Horticultural crops Total 10=

8 B.Tech. (Hort.) III Year V Semester Sl. Course Course Title Credit 1. FLG 306 Ornamental Gardening and 176 Landscaping Protected and Precision FLG 307 (Team teaching Hort. & Remote sensing) 3. FLG 308 Hi Tech Crop Production Industrial visit II (Spices, BTH 303 Plantation and Pharma 0+1 Industry) PSM 306** Commercial Production of Medicinal and Aromatic crops 6. ABT 301* Applied Plant Biotechnology Biotechnology ENS 311** Waste Management in 196 Environmental Sciences Industry Pest Management in AEN 311** Production Systems Agricultural Entomology 9. AEC 301* Production Economics and 204 Agricultural Economics Farm Management 208 Principles of processing and 10. FSN 311** value addition of horticultural Home Science produces Total 13+10=23 III Year VI Semester Sl. Course Course Title Credit 1. FSC 306 Establishment and management 212 of Horticultural Estates 2. BTH 305 Interiorscaping and therapeutic BTH 306 Post Harvest Technology of 221 Fruits, Vegetables and Spices 4. EXP 301@ Experiential learning NST 301* Fundamentals and applications Nanotechnology of Nanotechnology 6. ENG 301* Soft skills for career Language development 7. AEC 302 * Agricultural Marketing, Trade 233 Agricultural economics and Prices 8. HNM 311 Nematode Management in 238 Nematology Horticultural crops 9. SWE 311 Greenhouse construction and 242 Agricultural Engineering maintenance Total EXP 301 List Enclosed

9 B.Tech. (Hort.) IV Year VII Semester Sl. Course Course Title Credit Horticultural Industrial Work BTH 401 Experience (HIWE) 0+6 ( days) 2. BTH 402 Project Work (Dissertation) BTH 403 Industry and Institutional Educational Tour (All India Tour) Total 0+11=11 IV Year VIII Semester Sl. Course Course Title Credit Post harvest technology of BTH 404 flowers, plantation, medicinal and 2. EXP 401@ aromatic crops Experiential learning 0 +5 Plant Pathology - 3. PAT 401* Diseases of horticultural crops 254 and their management 4.,yf;fpa';fspy; ntshz;ika[k; 258/260 TAM 401* mwptpay; jkph; gadhf;fkk; (or) 0+1 Tamil/English /ENG 401* Development education 5. SAC 401* Nutrient management and Soil Science and 262 fertilizer technology Agricultural Chemistry 6. AEC 401* Agricultural finance, banking and 267 Agricultural Economics cooperation 7. FSN 451 Food safety and quality control 272 Home Science for horticultural products 8. ARM 402 Entrepreneurship Development Agriculture and Rural 276 Management Total EXP 401 List Enclosed Abstract Semester Credits I 17 (8+9) II 20 (13+7) III 24 (15+9) IV 22 (10) V 23 (13+10) VI 22 (10+12) VII 11 (0+11) VIII 21 (9+12) Total 160 (80+80)

10 B.Tech. (Hort.) EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING B.Tech (Hort) (3 modules) I. Crop Management (Any one each from EXP. 301 & EXP. 401) Course Title Credit Dept. EXP. 301 Commercial Nursery Production 0+5 Technology of Horticultural Crops EXP. 301 Industrial process for microbial products 0+5 Microbiology (From Agri. syllabus) EXP. 301 Hybrid seed production in vegetable crops 0+5 Vegetable Crops EXP. 301 Commercial landscaping and ornamental gardening 0+5 Floriculture EXP. 401 Micro irrigation systems and applications 0+5 Agronomy (From Agri. syllabus) EXP. 401 EXP. 401 Value addition and quality control in Horticultural produce Greenhouse production of horticultural crops 0+5 Food science (From Agri. syllabus) 0+5 Floriculture & Vegetable Crops II. Crop Protection Course Title Credit Dept. EXP. 401 Commercial Biocontrol Agents 0+5 Entomology & Pathology (From Agri. syllabus) EXP. 401 Commercial Mushroom production 0+5 III. Social Science Course Title Credit Dept. EXP. 401 Marketing and Financial Management 0+5 Agrl. Rural Management EXP. 401 Agricultural Project Analyses 0+5 Agrl. Economics