PAPER V: KUF 115- NURSERY TECHNOLOGY-

Introduction, importance and objectives of nursery, classifications, nursery sites and area, seed bed, methods of sowing, quality of seeds, time of sowing, shading, watering and damping off, Weeding, soil working and transplanting, nursery material and tools, plant containers, potting media, timing-out and culling, Green manuring, organic compost/manure, farm yard manure (FYM), bio-fertilizers, mycorrhiza and fertilizer application, macro-propagation and micropropagation techniques, Green house/mist chamber, Hormones and stimulants for rooting.