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Floriculture and Landscape Architecture
Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture
About the Department:
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.
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.
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.
Teaching:
The department is actively involved in Undergraduate and Post Graduate teaching and offers M.Sc. and Ph. D. Degree in the Discipline “Horticulture- Floriculture and Landscaping”
Courses offered:
- 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 | |
Highlights Of Practical Classes Of Ug & Pg Students:
Thrust Area Of Research:
- Screening of commercial varieties of important flower crops like Rose, Gladiolus, Marigold, Tuberose, Chrysanthemum, Bougainvillea, Gaillardia, Vinca etc., under Bundelkhand condition.
- Exploration, collection, introduction, conservation and evaluation of floricultural germplasm including wild flora of Bundelkhand region (neglected and underutilized flora) for landscaping.
- Standardization of agro-techniques for production of flowers in open and protected environment under Bundelkhand region for domestic and export market.
- Development of standard protocol for propagation of flower crops using in vivo and in vitro
- Development of a package for post–harvest technology of flowers and value addition in important flower crops (Dry flower techniques, floral crafts, flower arrangements etc.).
Co-Curricular Activities:
- Participation in KisanMela organized by the University.
- Participation in subject related celebrations (Millet Mahotsav/ International Day of Fruits and Vegetables/ World Pulses Day/ International Year of Millets etc.).
- Student’s participation in various sports activitiesat university level sports such as Tug of War, Volleyball, Kabbaddi, LangdiKud, and Cricket.
- Bouquets prepared by department students also to offer for the invited esteemed guests.
- Different types flower arrangement, greeting cards, bookmarks, key chain, and pendants have been made by the students.
Field And Laboratory Facilities:
- A. Field
- Instructional Farm (1.25 acre): This demonstration-cum-research farm is situated behind College of Horticulture. The farm essential to give practical field exposure and hands-on-training to the students and farmers on production of different floricultural crops. Various research activities are also being carried out for protection of floriculture in Bundelkhand region. The instructional farm has different units such as Herbaceous border, Medicinal and Aromatic plant block, Shrubbery block and bougainvillea repository.
- New Farm (7.5 acre): Anew farm has been developed by the department for development and demonstration of agro techniques of flower cultivation and seed production, bulbous crop block, mother block of MAP block in the farm.
- Botanical Garden (7acre): For ex-situ conservation of indigenous, rare, endangered and threatened (RET) plants. Besides, it’s a platform practical learning of UG and PG students about various components and landscaping to enrich their knowledge.
- Hi Tech Nursery:Hi tech Polyhouse, Insect Proof Net House, Shade Net house have been established for nursery raising, growing of high value flower crops
- A. Laboratory
Labs of the Department | Equipments |
Undergraduate & Post Graduate Labs | Refrigerator, Microwave Oven,Hot Air Oven, pH meter, Weighing Machine, Microscope, Clevenger apparatus, Conical flask, Measuring cylinder. |
Salient Achivements Of The Department:
- Botanical Garden
- Establishment of Hi-tech nursery for production and conservation of high value crops.
- Developed Floriculture Farm for the production of flowers and seeds.
- Establishment of Botanical garden that includes various components viz. rosary, palmatum, shrubbery etc. and different conservatories for the better infrastructure facilities and learning by doing.
- Bougainvillea Repository has been established by the department to demonstrate and conserve 25 different varieties of bougainvillea.
- A Home garden has been developed by the department that includes different principles of landscaping.
- A TulsiVatika was established by the faculty and post graduate students of the department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture.
Projects:
S.No. | Title of Projects | Funding Agency | Funds Allotted (Rs.) | Status (Completed/ Ongoing) |
1. | Development of botanical garden” for ex-situ conservation of indigenous, rare, endangered and threatened (RET) plants. | BUAT Banda | 86 lakhs | Ongoing |
2. | Estimation of floral reward potential of medicinal and aromatic plants and assessment of nutraceutical value of honey in Kannauj and Hathras (U.P) | NBB, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) | 60 lakhs | Completed |
3. | Establishment of Hi-Tech Nursery for Promoting Horticultural and forestry plants in Bundelkhand Region of Uttar Pradesh | RKVY | 426.0 lakhs | Completed |
4. | AICRP MAP &Betelvine (Volunteer Centre) | ICAR- DMAPR, Gujarat | 4.26 lakhs | Ongoing |
Student’s Placement:
| S.No. | Name of Students & ID No. | Batch | Designation and Organization |
| M.Sc. (Horti.) FLA | |||
| 1. | Adarsh Kumar, 1032 | 2019 | Lekhpal, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| 2. | Rahul Patel, 1384 | 2019 | Technical Assistant, Department of Agriculture, Pratapgarh (U.P.) |
| 3. | Rishi Kumar Singh, 1385 | 2019 | Horticulture Officer, Welspun living limited, Gujarat |
| 4. | Rohit Gangwar,1387 | 2019 | Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture Haridwar University, Roorkee, Uttarakhand |
| 5. | Ram Nihor, 1386 | 2019 | Project Associate-I, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow, U.P. |
| 6. | Rajat Patel, 1712 | 2020 | Assistant Manager, Fern and Petals (FNP Group), Chattarpur, New Delhi |
| 7. | Amit Kumar Singh, 1711 | 2020 | Agriculture graduate trainee (AGT), IFFCO, Prayagraj, U.P. |
| Ph.D. (Horti.) FLA | |||
| 8. | GuruduttOjha, 1775 | 2020 | Assistant Manager (Horticulture), Welspun Living Limited, VarshamediAnjar, Gujarat |
Recognition And Awards:
- Department stall in Kisanmela has won the first prize in the international year of fruits and vegetables (2021).
Faculty Publications:
- Department stall in Kisanmela has won the first prize in the international year of fruits and vegetables (2021).
Faculty Publications:
Training/Workshop & Outreach Program Of The Department:
- Three-days training programme on “Production Technology of MAPs”.
- Two days virtual workshop on “Post-harvest Management and Value Addition of Ornamentals”.
- One day awareness programme on “Doubling Income through Scientific Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”.
- 30 days Skill Development Programme for Gardeners.
Linkages:
- The department has linkages with National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi.
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Department in the News:
Activities:
Our Distinguished Visitors:
S.No. | Name | Designation | Year of Visit |
1. | Mr. Surya PratapShahi | Agriculture Minister (U.P) | 2020, 2024 |
2. | Dr. Sanjay Singh | Director, UPCAR, Govt. of UP | 2022 |
3. | Dr. A. K. Singh | D.G. Extension, ICAR | 2022 |
4. | Dr. V.K. Rao | Professor, Horticulture, GBPUAT, PantnagarUttrakhand | 2021 |
5. | Dr. Ajit Kumar Shasany | CSIR-NBRI, Director | 2019 |
6. | Dr. R.S. Kureel | Vice-Chancellor, MGUVV, Chhattisgarh | 2024 |
7. | Dr. Markandey Singh | Head, Floriculture and Landscaping, IARI | 2021 |
8. | DR Y.C. Gupta | Professor | 2017 |
9. | Dr. Anil Kumar Singh | Professor, BHU | 2021 |
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