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VII. Suggested Reading
Bhardwaj RL and Sarolia DK. 2011. 
Modern Nursery Management.
Published by Agrobios
Publishing. New Delhi (India).
Kumar GA and Gopikumar. 2003. 
Forest Nursery and Tree Husbandry.
Kumar V. 2012. 
Nursery and Plantation Practices in Forestry.
Scientific Publishers (India).
Saini RS, Kaushik N, Kaushik RA and Godara NR. 2012. 
Practical Nursery Production
. Agrobios,
New Delhi (India).
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture(s)
Theory
1.
Introduction and importance of nursery,types of nurseries-temporary
and permanent, bare root, containerized and clonal nursery
01
2.
Nursery soil and water management, bed preparation, pre- sowing
seed treatments, seed sowing and intermediate operations, viz.,
pricking, watering, fertilization, weeding and hoeing
02
3.
Physiology and nursery environment interaction affecting seedling
growth
01
4.
Root culturing techniques
01
5.
Containerized nursery – type and size of containers including root
trainers, selection of growing medium
01
6.
Vegetative propagation – importance, selection of superior genotypes
01
7.
Advanced methods of propagation, containers, growing media,
fertilizers, sanitation and management in vegetative propagation,
types of green house and mist chamber for propagation.
03

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Forestry–Silviculture and Agroforestry
537
8.
Propagation structures and management
01
9.
Clonal propagation: miniclonal and micro cuttings technology,
special requirement for clonal propagation
01
10.
Vegetative propagation of bamboos and canes. Factors affecting
rooting of cuttings
02
11.
Lifting windows
01
12.
Important forest nursery pests and diseases and their management
01
13.
Seedling quality assessment, grading, packaging, storing and
transportation
01
Total
17
Practical
1.
Introduction and identification of modern equipments and tools used
in nursery
1
2.
Pre-sowing seed treatments
1
3.
Preparation of nursery beds and growing media for containerized
nursery
2
4.
Sowing of seed and other intermediate operations. Preparation and
planting of cuttings
2
5.
Use of vegetative propagation methods such as budding, grafting
and layering
2
6.
Miniclonal and microcutting technology
2
7.
Use of plant bio-regulators for rooting. Assessment of seedling quality
2
8.
Maintenance of nursery records. Identification of nursery insects
and diseases and their control measures
2
9.
Visit to forest nurseries. Nursery practices of commercially
important tree species
2
Total
16