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part of natural resource management contributing to economic growth, environmental
protection and trade.
In the present syllabus, courses have been organized to cover the current requirements
of the plantation, spice and MAP sector to increase the capability of horticulture graduates.
Either new courses have been formulated or existing courses upgraded to include latest
developments in various sectors. In the masters programme new courses ie, systematics,
growth and development, biochemistry and biodiversity conservation of PSMA crops have
been included. In most of the PSMA crops quality of the produce is of paramount importance
and hence a thorough understanding of the systematics, growth and developmental
physiology and biochemistry is essential. To ensure sustainability aspects, biodiversity
management are also added. Both national as well as global perspectives are taken care of
in deciding the course content, especially in the case of doctoral programme. Tools of
biotechnology have been extensively utilized in the improvement of PSMA crops and the
course to this effect has been included. As the climate changes are happening globally and
being crops which are greatly influenced by the change if climate, a course on abiotic stress
management is included. As most of the PSMA crops are export oriented, separate courses
on organic production and export are also included. All courses are designed in line with
the national initiatives as well as the global scenario.
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Restructured and Revised Syllabi of Post-graduate Programmes
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Course Title with Credit Load
M.Sc. (Hort.) in Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and
Aromatic Crops
Course Code
Course Title
Credit Hours
Major Courses (20 Credits)
PSM 501*
Production of Plantation Crops
2+1
PSM 502*
Production of Spice Crops
2+1
PSM 503*
Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
2+1
PSM 504*
Breeding of Plantation and Spice Crops
2+1
PSM 505*
Breeding of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
1+1
PSM 506
Systematics of Plantation and Spice Crops
1+1
PSM 507
Systematics of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
1+1
PSM 508
Underexploited Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and
2+0
Aromatic Plants
PSM 509
Growth and Development of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal
2+1
and Aromatic Crops
PSMA 510
Biochemistry of Plantation, Spice, Medicinal and
2+1
Aromatic crops
PSMA 511
Biodiversity and Conservation of Plantation, Spice,
Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
2+1
Minor Courses
08
Supporting Courses
06
Common compulsory courses
05
PSMA 591
Seminar
0+1
PSMA 599
Research
0+30