1. Botany Department of Open Courses for Degree Semester V
St. Berchmans College, Changanacherry

2. AGRI BASED MICRO ENTERPRISES (BO5D01U)

3. Agri Based Micro enterprises
Course Objectives
A basic information about business opportunities in plant sciences
Information about sustainable agriculture and organic farming
Awareness about ornamental gardening, nursery management and mushroom cultivation

4. Module 1: Organic farming and composting techniques
Organic manures and fertilizers
Biofertilizers
Biopesticides
Biological control
Sustainable Agriculture

5. Module 2: Horticulture and Nursery management
Potting mixture, garden tools
Plant propagation – seeds, vegetative – artificial and natural
Micropropagation
Types of gardens
Nurseries
Plant growth structures

6. Module 3: Food spoilage and preservation techniques
Preservation techniques – drying, heat, low temperature, chemicals
Preparation of wine, vinegar and diary products

7. Module 4: Mushroom cultivation and spawn production
Mushroom – types
Spawn production
Cultivation of oyster and milky mushrooms
Farm design and pest management
Mushroom products

8. Module 5: Plant tissue culture and micropropagation
Concept of totipotency
Lab infrastructure
Tissue culture media
Sterilization
Incubation
Organogenesis
transplanting

9. Thank you