Plant Propagation and Nursery Management

This textbook 'Plant Propagation and Nursery Management' is written according to the syllabus of B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture prescribed by the ICAR-Fifth Deans' Committee. It covers the complete syllabus includingpropagation structures;nursery techniques and management; sexual method of propagation; apomixis, polymebryony, chimera and bud sport; selection and maintenance of mother trees; collection of scion wood stick, scion-stock relationship and their influences, and bud wood certification; natural vegetative propagation;conventional artificial vegetative propagation; and biotechnological artificial vegetative propagation (micropropagation).Simple and lucid language has been followed for clear and easy understanding of the beginners. The book is illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Questions are set at the end of each chapter under Outcomes Assessment to assess the understanding of the students.Although the book is primarily designed for B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture students, the counterparts of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture also may be benefitted. It may serve as a help book for post-graduate students and nurserymen.