Horticulture

Horticulture

The Department of Horticulture is a branch of agriculture that deals with the management and improvement of horticultural crops such as medicinal plants, fruits, vegetables, flowers and non-food crops such as ornamental plants. It also deals with the plant conservation, landscape restoration, landscaping, gardening and arboriculture and the study of value-added products of horticultural crops. The various disciplines of this department are

Horticulture

During practical classes, the students are exposed to hands on training on orchard layout, pitting, planting, media preparation, potting and repotting, preparation and application of growth regulators, different propagation methods, nursery raising of vegetables, training, pruning, harvesting, lawn making, varietal identification, preparation of processed products from fruits and vegetables etc.

In addition to providing hands on training, KIA students have also established some model units such as Herbal garden, Butterfly garden, Exotic/Minor fruits garden and Rose garden as part of their project work. These model units will serve as germ plasm resources for identification of different varieties and species. The innovative ideas from the students are being carefully scrutinized every year and used for establishing different such units with financial assistance. Students are also given hands on training on layering and grafting techniques and boquet making.

Food Science

Hands on trainings are given to students to determine the energy value of foods processing of different value added products, food preservation, quality standards and safety management.