Weeks
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Theory
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1st Week
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Topic 1: PROPAGATION-NEED AND POTENTIALITIES, SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL METHODS OF PROPAGATION AND THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
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2nd Week
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Topic 2: SEED DORMANCY: CAUSES (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS) AND METHODS OF BREAKING DORMANCY
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3rd Week
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Topic 3: SEED DORMANCY: METHODS OF BREAKING DORMANCY
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4th Week
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Topic 4: APOMIXIS, POLYEMBRYONY, CHIMERA AND BUD SPORTS
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5th Week
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Topic 5: METHODS OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION- CUTTING AND LAYERING TECHNIQUES
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6th Week
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Topic 6: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF ROOTING
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7th Week
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Topic 7: METHODS OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION- GRAFTING TECHNIQUES
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8th Week
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Topic 8: METHODS OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION- BUDDING TECHNIQUES
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9th Week
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Topic 9: FACTORS INFLUENCING ROOTING OF CUTTINGS AND LAYERING
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10th Week
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Topic 10: GRAFT INCOMPATIBILITY; ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF GRAFT/BUD UNION AND SCION-STOCK RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR INFLUENCES
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11th Week
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Topic 11: PROPAGATION STRUCTURES; MIST CHAMBER, HUMIDIFIER, GREEN HOUSES, GLASS HOUSES, POLY-HOUSES, COLD FRAMES AND HOT BEDS
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12th Week
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Topic 12: USE OF GROWTH REGULATORS IN PROPAGATION
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13th Week
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Topic 13: MICRO-PROPAGATION AND HARDENING OF PLANTS IN NURSERIES
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14th Week
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Topic 14: TECHNIQUES OF PROPAGATION THROUGH SPECIALIZED ORGANS; CORMS, RUNNER, SUCKERS, ETC
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15th Week
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Topic 15: SELECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF MOTHER TREES, COLLECTION OF SCION WOOD STICKS, BUD-WOOD CERTIFICATION AND NURSERY REGISTRATION ACT
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16th Week
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Topic 16: NURSERY TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS
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Practicals
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1st Week
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Exercise 1: MEDIA FOR PROPAGATION OF PLANTS IN NURSERY BEDS AND MIST CHAMBERS
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2nd Week
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Exercise 2: PREPARATION OF NURSERY BEDS AND SOWING OF SEEDS
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3rd Week
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Exercise 3: PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR SOLUTIONS FOR SEED GERMINATION AND VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION
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4th Week
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Exercise 4: USE OF MIST CHAMBER FOR PROPAGATION AND HARDENING OF PLANTS
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5th Week
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Exercise 5: SEED TREATMENTS FOR BREAKING SEED DORMANCY AND INDUCING VIGOROUS SEEDLING GROWTH
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6th Week
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Exercise 6: PREPARATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CUTTINGS
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7th Week
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Exercise 7: PRACTICING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAYERING
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8th Week
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Exercise 8: PRACTICING DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAYERING
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9th Week
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Exercise 9: PRACTICING DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRAFTING
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10th Week
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Exercise 10: PRACTICING DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRAFTING
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11th Week
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Exercise 11: PRACTICING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUDDING
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12th Week
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Exercise 12: PRACTICING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUDDING
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13th Week
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Exercise 13: MAINTENANCE OF NURSERY RECORDS
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14th Week
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Exercise 14: TO DEMONSTRATE APPLICATION OF NUTRIENTS AND PLANT PROTECTION MEASURES IN FRUIT NURSERY
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15th Week
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Exercise 15: APPLICATION OF PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS IN THE NURSERY
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16th Week
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Exercise 16: UPROOTING/DIGGING, LABELING AND PACKING OF NURSERY PLANTS
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