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Fruit Science
The Department of ‘Fruits Science’ under the College of Horticulture and Farming System Research of Assam Agricultural University was established in the year 2014. Initially,the department was functioning from Jorhat headquarter of the University and during March,2023 the College was shifted to its permanent campus at Lakhopur,Nalbari. Since its creation, the department is actively associated with the teaching, research and extension activities. Fruit Science is being taught in UG level with semester system of education. 
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
1 FSC (Hort)-123 * Tropical and Subtropical Fruits 3(2 + 1)
2 FSC (Hort)-213 * Temperate Fruit crops 3(2 + 1)
3 FSC (Hort)-312 * Orchard and Estate Management 2(1 + 1)
4 Hort (Hort)-112 * Fundamentals of Horticulture 2(1 + 1)
5 Hort (Hort)-122 * Plant Propagation and Nursery Management 2(1 + 1)
6 Hort (Hort)-212 * Weed Management in Horticultural Crops 2(1 + 1)
7 Hort (Hort)-222 * Dryland Horticulture 2(1 + 1)
8 PBG (Hort)-113 * Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics 3(2 + 1)
9 PBG (Hort)-123 * Principles of Plant Breeding 3(2 + 1)
10 PBG (Hort)222 * Breeding of Fruit and Plantation Crops 2(1 + 1)
* courses are compulsory
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
* courses are compulsory
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
* courses are compulsory
Projects
    • TERI sponsored project on "Developing a voluntary carbon market project for agroforestry plantations and regenerative agriculture in the state of Assam",
    • Govt of Assam sponsored project on "Establishment of Natural Farming and Organic Agriculture under R & D,sponsored by Govt. of Assam,", projcet cost Rs.25 Lakh
    • DBT,GOVT OF INDIA sponsored project on "Harnessing Endophytes and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi from Citrus Microbiome for Plant and Soil Health Management in North East India as Co-PI", projcet cost Rs.2957120 Lakh
    • SAVE THE CHILDREN,GUWAHATI sponsored project on "Moving towards a Sustainable Private Sector by creating responsible Business Behaviour in Tea Industry in Assam as Co-PI", projcet cost Rs.329000 Lakh implemented in 2019. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Himadri Shekhar Datta)
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