M.Sc (Fruit Science) Programme

Department of Horticulture

I Semester

Code    Course Title Type of Course Credits
HOR 501 Propagation & Nursery Management of Horticultural Crops Core/Major 2+1
HOR 502 Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops Core/Major 2+1
HOR 503 Organic Horticulture Core/Major 2+1
HOR 504 Post-Harvest technology of Horticultural crops Core/Major 2+1
HOR 505 Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops Core/Major 2+1
HPG 521 Research Methodology Supporting 2+1
HFS 592 Research –I (Synopsis) Research 0+2
  Total   20

II Semester

HPG 522 Basic Statistical Methods in Agriculture Supporting 2+1
HOR 506 Growth & Development of Horticultural Crops Core/Major 3+1
HFS 511 Tropical Fruit production Core/Major 2+1
HFS 512 Biodiversity and Conservation of Fruit crops Core/Major 2+1
HPG 523 Library and Information Services Open/Moocs 0+1
HPG 524 Technical Writing and Communications Skills Open/Moocs 0+1
HPG 525 Basic Concepts in Laboratory Techniques Open/Moocs 0+1
HPG 526 Agricultural Research, Research Ethics and
Rural Development Programmes
Open/Moocs 1+0
HFS 593 Research-II (Seminar) Research 0+1
  HVS-511/HFL-511/HPM-511/PHM- 511 Optional/Minor-I 2+1
  HVS-512/HFL-512/HPM-512/PHM- 512 Optional/Minor-II 2+1
  Total   24

Semester III

HOR 508 Nutrition of Horticultural Crops Core/Major 2+1
HPG 527 Intellectual Property and its management in Agriculture Open/Moocs 1+0
HFS 513 Breeding of Fruit Crops core 2+1
HFS 514 Sub-Tropical & Temperate Fruit production core 2+1
  HVS-513/HFL-513/HPM-513/PHM- 513 Optional/
Minor-III
2+1
  HVS-514/HFL-514/HPM-514/HVS-515/HFL-
515/HPM-515/PHM- 514
Optional/
Minor-IV
2+1
HFS-594 Research-III (Literature Review) Research 0+6
HFS- 595 Research-IV (Credit seminar) Research 0+2
  Total   24

Semester IV

HFS 596 Research-V (Data collection) Research 0+6
HFS 597 Research-VI (Field/ laboratory Analysis) Research 0+6
HFS 598 Research- VII(Data Analysis & Interpretation) Research 0+6
HFS 599 Research-VIII (Thesis seminar) Research 0+2
  Total   20