Department of Horticulture

The staff is mainly engaged in imparting teaching to graduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. students. Besides teaching, research work is also being carried out leading to M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. thesis requirements. In horticulture, students are taught about fruits, vegetable, ornamental horticulture, preservation of fruits and vegetables, medicinal and aromatic crops and plantation crops. Every year 12-15 students in M.Sc. (Ag.) and 2-3 students in Ph.D. programme are admitted.

Courses Offered :
=> M.Sc. Agriculture
=> Ph.D. Agriculture

Research :

=> Foliar application of 200 ppm of NAA in mid October alone or followed by deblossoming is very effective in reducing mango malformation.

=> Aonla cultivar Banarasi proved good pollenizer for cultivar Francis and vice-versa.

=> To get heavy & quality winter crop and to avoid rainy season crop spray of 16.0 per cent urea or shoot pruning (upper 30 cm part) in Ist week of May proved useful.

=> In pomegranate, cultivars Ganesh, Dholka and Kandhari have been found more suitable for growing under Central UP conditions.

=> To improve quality and post-harvest life of guava fruits, pre-harvest spray of zinc sulphate at 0.4 percent, 20 days before harvest proved effective.

=> 20 g of Aspergilus niger (Pusa mrida) as well as Trichoderma viride mixed with 20 kg of F.Y.M. per plant applied in the month of July has been found effective against the wilt disease of guava.

=> In the month of July application of slacked lime (1.8kg) in Ganga Katri area and zypsum (3.0kg) per tree in uplands at root level has been found effective against the wilt disease of guava.

=> Foliar application of NAA (20ppm)+ potassium sulphate (2.0%) + zinc sulphate(0.4%) at fruit setting stage proved most effective in reducing fruit drop & increasing yield, quality and shelf life of ber fruit cv. Banarasi Karaka.

=> In tomato cv. Angoorlata proved to be best for colour retention in prepared juice and use of sodium benzoate found to be superior as preservative.

=> In case of gladiolus cv. Eurovision, 500 ppm GA3 applied as dipping of Corm +spraying of plant after 45 days of planting was found most effective, with regard to growth, flowering and Corm production.

=> In rose Rosa bourboniana proved superior as rootstock in influencing growth and flowering of budded cultivars.

=> In strawberry cv. Chandler, foliar spray of 0.4% ZnSO4 found most effective in improving yield and quality characters.

=> In strawberry cv. Chandler, foliar spray of GA3 at 100 ppm at flower bud initiation found most effective in improving growth, fruiting, yield and quality parameters.

=> In sweet lime stem cuttings treated with IBA 1500 ppm+PHB 1000 ppm exhibited improved shoot and root development as well as success and survival per cent.

=> In peach cv. Saharanpur Prabhat cuttings treated with IBA 2000 ppm + PHB 1000 ppm + boron 50 ppm exhibited significantly improved rooting, survival per cent and vegetative characters.

=> In Isabgol, application of 100 kg N/ha and crop sowing on 15th Nov. improved plant growth , delayed flowering and crop maturity and gave higher seed and husk yield.

=> In aonla cv. Banarasi pre-harvest spray of 1.5% Calcium nitrate improved physico-chemical composition. The maximum PLW(%) and spoilage (%) and maximum TSS , ascorbic acid and minimum acidity were also observed under 1.5 per cent calcium nitrate reatment.

=> In strawberry cv. Chandler application of Azotobactor at 6kg/ha resulted better growth and higher yield of quality berries with more propagating materials.

=> In phalsa cv.Sharbati, spraying of of GA3 at 50 ppm increased yield and quality parameters and Ethrel at 1000 ppm resulted early and uniform maturity.

=> In Gaillardia, application of 300 kg N/ha and planting at spacing of 30x20 cm (high density) improved the flower and seed yield under central U.P. conditions.

Other Departments at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology (CSUAT), Kanpur

• Department of Child & Human Development
• Department of Agri Business Management
• Department of Agricultural Biochemistry
• Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics
• Department of Agricultural Extension
• Department of Agronomy
• Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
• Department of Clothing & Textile
• Department of Crop Physiology
• Department of Entomology
• Department of Extension Education & Communication Management
• Department of Family Resource Management
• Department of Food Science & Nutrition
• Department of Forestery
• Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
• Department of Horticulture
• Department of Plant Pathology
• Department of Seed Science and Technology
• Department of Soil Conservation & Water Management
• Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry