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IX. Learning outcome
After successful completion of this course,
• The students will gain knowledge on different specialty flowers, cut greens, fillers
their cultivation practices and post harvest management.
• Infuse confidence to take up cultivation as an enterprise.
X. Suggested Reading
Armitage AM and Laushman JM. 2008. 
Speciality Cut Flowers
. Timber Press. 2
nd
Edition, pp.
636.
Bhattacharjee SK. 2006. 
Vistas in Floriculture
. Pointer Publ., Jaipur, India.
Bhattacharjee SK and De LC. 2003. 
Advanced Commercial Floriculture
Vol.1. Aavishkar Publ.
& Distributors, Jaipur India.
Bose TK, Yadav LP, Pal P, Parthasarathy VA and Das P. 2003. 
Commercial Flowers
. Vol. I &
II. Naya Udyog, Kolkata, India.
Misra RL and Misra S. 2017. 
Commercial Ornamental Crops: Traditional and Loose Flowers
.
Kruger Brentt Publisher UK Ltd.
Mukherjee D. 2008. 
Speciality Cut Flowers-Production Technologies
. Naya Udyog Kolkata,
India. pp. 614.
Salunkhe K, Bhatt NR and Desai BB. 2004. 
Post harvest Biotechnology of Flowers and
Ornamental Plants
. Naya Prokash, Kolkata, India.
I. Course Title
: Biotechnological Approaches in Floricultural Crops
II. Course Code
: FLS 604
III. Credit Hours
: (2+1)
IV. Why this course ?
This course deals with advances in biotechnology of flower crops. The student
needs to be abreast with recent advances in tissue culture, genetic engineering and
molecular biology of flower crops
V. Aim of the course
Equip the students with the advances in application of biotechnology in flower
crops.
No
Blocks
Units
1
Scope of biotechnology
I
Scope of biotechnology
2
Cell, Tissue and Organ culture
I
Tissue cultures
II
Somaclonal variation and 
in-vitro
conservation
3
Genetic engineering and molecular
I
Genetic Engineering
biology
II
Molecular approaches