Course Name- Production Technology for Ornamental

Transcript:Course Name- Production Technology for Ornamental:
Course Name- Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping Course Code- 20014400 B.Sc. (Ag.) IV Sem. (Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping) Presented By- Dr. Mahendra Kr. Yadav Identify different types of ornamental and medicinal crops. Examine various principles of landscaping, uses of landscape trees, shrubs and climbers, production technology of important ornamental crops, etc. Determine about Demonstrate various Package of practices for loose flowers and their transportation, storage house and required condition for cut and loose flower. Construct about the various problems with the production technology of medicinal and aromatic plants. Importance of Processing and value addition in ornamental crops and MAPs produce. Course Objectives B.Sc. (Ag.) IV Sem. (Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping) Processing and value addition in ornamental crops and MAPs produce. B.Sc. (Ag.) IV Sem. (Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping) A) DRY FLOWERS Processes in dry flower making A) DRYING i. Air drying Tie the flowers in loose bunches and hang upside down until they are dry in a room with good ventilation and darkness. It is the ideal method for seedpods, grasses and many flowers having more cellulose material. Crisp textured flowers like Helipterum, Helichrysum and Limonium could easily be dried either by hanging or positioning them erect in containers for 1-2 weeks. Gomphrena flowers from half to full bloom maturity take 7-9 days for air drying and roses take 5-10 days. Acacia, amaranths, castor flowers, citrus leaves, cockscomb, corn flower, fennel, fern, golden rod, gypsophila, grasses, herbs, ear heads of wheat, oat and rye, hydrangea, lavender, protea, marigold, poppy seed pods, physalis, peppers, roses, statice, thistle, yarrow and yucca can be dried by this method. B.Sc. (Ag.) IV Sem. (Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping) ii. Sun drying Plant material is embedded in drying medium (sand) in a container and exposed to the sun daily to facilitate rapid dehydration. In India, open sun drying is followed for drying many flowers. Flowers like small zinnias, marigolds, pansies, and pompon chrysanthemum embedded in sand upside down fashion and kept in the Sun would dry in a day or two. For Gomphrena, Zinnia and French marigold it would take 3-4 days. Open sun drying is followed for corn flowers, custard apple (small), Casuarina pods, mini coconut, eucalyptus, evergreen cones, gomphrena, gourds, pomegranates, poppy pods, lotus pods, typha heads, palm leaves, grass ear heads. iii. Oven drying