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The Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture: In a nut shell Floriculture and Landscaping used to be taught within the domain of Horticulture at the onset in 1952 at the State Agriculture College, Ranikuthia 3-year B.Sc. (Ag.) degree course, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It was then continued at Mohanpur from 1958 and was named “Birla College of Agriculture”. This college was merged with the University of Kalyani as the Faculty of Agriculture in 1960 and a separate department of Horticulture with Floriculture and Landscaping as a subject came into being. Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya was established on the 1st of September,1974 through bifurcation from the University of Kalyani and concomitant upgradation of the then Faculty of Agriculture. Fillip to Floriculture research was given with the establishment of a centre of the All India Coordinated Floriculture Improvement Project of the I.C.A.R. in 1974 . After 36 years of existence in Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya as a specialized subject in the department of Horticulture, a full-fledged Department of Floriculture and Landscaping came into existence in 1996 with the upgradation of the department of Horticulture to the level of Faculty of Horticulture, which consisted of five separate departments. Currently as per the BSMA the Department is named as Floriculture & Landscape Architecture while the PG & PhD programmes offered by the department are Floriculture & Landscaping.

Floriculture industry is thought to be a high income agribusiness, therefore there is an urgent need to develop infrastructure for strategic and systematic approach for floriculture research keeping in view the problems faced by the flower growers right from production to reaching the end users. Molecular flower breeding & bio-technology, optimization of greenhouse environment, high yielding varieties of traditional & modern flowers, protocols for extraction of essential oils, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, natural dyes, etc, drying & dehydration techniques including potpourris. The time tested and socially accepted first and second generation frontier technologies will be made use of to faster breeding for consumer preferences, to impart resistance to biotic stresses especially in crops that have shown low probability of success through traditional breeding. In brief, the followings are the priority areas:

• Increasing resilience of ornamental crops against biotic and abiotic stresses
• Technological back up for the existing and anticipated flower cultivation in terms of new and improved varieties, production technology for open field and hi-tech production systems, plant protection and post-harvest management for domestic and export markets.
• Breeding for exportable varieties including designer flowers and tolerance/resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses using molecular breeding and advanced techniques.
• Devising value addition protocols for essential oils, dry flowers, pigments and natural dyes for venturing into these areas.
• Laying focus on ornamental plant nurseries, consultancy for landscaping, eco-tourism and pot plant business
• Greenhouse designs for different regions and their construction with cheaper alternatives
• Market intelligence for providing information on demand, supply and price (domestic and international markets) of various flower commodities.
• Diversity of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L) through RAPD marker
• In vitro protocol Standardization in Marigold and rawvolfia
• In vitro and in vivo mutagenesis study in marigold and tuberose

BACHALOR DEGREE PROGRAMME

*Department of Vegetable Science, Department of Fruit Science & Department of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal & Aromatics

** Department of Fruit Science

*** Department of Vegetable Science

MASTERS  DEGREE PROGRAMME

* Compulsory course

DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME  

*Compulsory course