Notes
Growth And Development of Horticultural Crops | 2nd Year
Unit 1.
Growth and Development, Parameters of Growth, Growth Dynamics, Morphogenesis
View Notes
Unit 2.
Annual, Semi-perennial and Perennial Horticultural Crops, Environmental Impact on Growth and Development, Effect of Light, Photosynthesis, Photoperiodism, Vernalisation, Effect of Temperature on Growth and Development, Heat Units, Thermoperiodism
View Notes
Unit 3.
Assimilate partitioning during growth and development, influence of water and mineral nutrition during growth and development, biosynthesis of auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscissic acid, ethylene, brassinosteroids, growth inhibitors, morphactins, role of plant growth promoters and inhibitors.
View Notes
Unit 4.
Developmental physiology and biochemistry during dormancy, bud break, juvenility, vegetative to reproductive interphase, flowering, pollination, fertilisation, fruit set, fruit drop, fruit growth, ripening and seed development.
View Notes
Unit 5.
Growth and developmental process during stress - manipulation of growth and development, impact of pruning and training, chemical manipulations in horticultural crops, molecular and genetic approaches in plant growth development.
View Notes