4 PROSPECTUS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 



The work will illustrate the effect of various condition"^ on plant 

 development and will include — 



(a) Respiration. 

 (6) Assimilation, 

 (c) Nutrition. 

 {d) Transpiration. 

 (e) Growth. 

 (/) Movements. 



{ii) The Improvement of Plants. — The lectures will deal firstly with 

 the principles underlying the modern development of plant- breeding, 

 such as Mendel's Law and Mutation, and secondly with the particular 

 methods adapted to Indian conditions, and this part of the course will be 

 supplemented by field work. 



The subjects treated will be — 



{a) Evolution, Variation and Mutation. 



(6) Selection. 



(c) Hybridization. 



{Hi) The Principles of Indian Fruit Growing. — The course will in- 

 clude — 



(a) The general management of a modern fruit garden. 

 (6) Special processes, such as Propagation, Pruning and root- 

 pruning. Weathering, 

 (c) Disposal of the produce. 



In the case of students who show special aptitude for work in Econo- 

 mic Botany and who are likely to become qualified to undertake original 

 work, the course will be extended to two years. 



{Second year.) 



In general this second year's work will deal with the practical applica- 

 tion of the principles of plant improvement, and a general knowledge 

 will be given to students of the planting, cultivation and imjirove- 

 ment of plants which are of special economic importance in their respec- 

 tive provinces. 



