The Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture started with inception of the University i.e., March, 2010 and is the core department of College of Horticulture at the Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda.The Department offers post-graduate and doctoral degree programme in discipline of Floriculture & Landscape Architecture. The master programme was initiated in the year 2018 and doctorate programme was initiated in the year 2020. The department isengaged in teaching, research and extension activities for helping farming community.The department has highly qualified faculty with doctoral research experience in the current areas of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture. The major aim is to impart the quality education in different aspects of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, conducting research on different aspects of floriculture besides extension work.
Mandate:
- To impart knowledge and develop scientific temperament among the students byusing modern educational tools, to produce technically sound graduates with entrepreneurial skills in field of floriculture and landscape architecture, medicinal and aromatic plants.
- To develop need based and location specific climate resilient technologies of floriculture, medicinal & aromatic plants and transfer to farmer community of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.
- To impart vocational training on floriculture and landscaping for unemployed youth, ruralwomen and school dropouts of the region.
- To disseminate the location specific and need based innovative floricultural technologiesamong the farming community of the Bundelkhand region.
Vision
- To emerge as a global centre of excellence in teaching, research and extension in agriculture and allied sciences in the country to ensure sustained healthy food, nutrition and livelihood security.
Mission
- The university is committed to the cause of Indian agriculture through its quality teaching, demand-driven and location-specific research and extension programmes in the light of dynamism of socio-economic and agro ecological conditions, management perceptions, international trade scenarios and government policies.
The department offers 8 courses in UG, 12 courses in PG and 9 courses in Ph.D.
| Courses Offered in UG Programmes |
| Course code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
| HFL 111 |
Principles of Landscape Architecture |
1+1 |
| HFL 211 |
Commercial Floriculture |
2+1 |
| HFL 221 |
Ornamental Horticulture |
1+1 |
| HFL 222 |
Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops and Landscaping |
1+1 |
| HFL 311 |
Medicinal and Aromatic crops |
2+1 |
| HFL 321 |
Breeding and Seed Production of Flower and Ornamental Plants |
2+1 |
| NR 3212 |
Recreation and Urban Forestry |
1+1 |
| HFL 421 |
Nursery Production and Value Addition of Flowers (Under Experiential Learning Programme) |
0+10 |
| Courses Offered in M.Sc. (Horti.) FLS |
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
| FLS 501 |
Systematics of Ornamental Plants |
2+1 |
| FLS 502 |
Breeding of Ornamental Plants |
2+1 |
| FLS 503 |
Commercial Production of Cut Flowers |
2+1 |
| FLS 504 |
Commercial Production of Loose Flowers |
2+1 |
| FLS 505 |
Ornamental Gardening and Landscaping |
2+1 |
| FLS 506 |
Indoor Plants and Interiorscaping |
1+1 |
| FLS 507 |
Nursery Management in Ornamental Plants |
2+1 |
| FLS 508 |
Turf Grass Management |
2+1 |
| FLS 509 |
Value Addition in Floriculture |
2+1 |
| FLS 510 |
Protected Cultivation of Flower Crops |
2+1 |
| FLS 511 |
CAD for Landscaping |
1+2 |
| FLS 512 |
Seed Production in Flower Crops |
1+1 |
| FLS 591 |
Seminar |
0+1 |
| Courses offered in Ph.D. (Hort.) FLS |
| Course Title |
Credit Hours |
| Crop Regulation in Ornamental Crops |
1+1 |
| Postharvest Biology of Floricultural Crops |
2+1 |
| Specialty Flowers, Fillers and Cut Greens |
1+1 |
| Biotechnological Approaches in Floricultural Crops |
2+1 |
| Advances in Landscaping |
1+1 |
| Vertical Gardening |
1+2 |
| Modern Approaches in Breeding of Floricultural crops |
2+1 |
| Current Trends in Production Technology of Floricultural crops |
2+1 |
| Recent Developments in Protected Cultivation of Floricultural crops |
2+1 |
| Seminar |
0+1 |
