College of Horticulture Mudigere

College of Horticulture, Mudigere
ತೋಟಗಾರಿಕಾ ಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಮೂಡಿಗೆರೆ

Administrative building of the college.
Other name
 COH, mudigere
Motto To be a premier College of Horticulture by developing quality manpower
Type Public
Established 1971 (1991 shifted to Mudigere)
Affiliation UAHS, Shivamogga
ICAR
Dean Dr.D.Madaiah
Location Mudigere, Karnataka, 577132, India
Campus 441.2 acres (1.785 km2) which includes RRS.
previous dean Dr.Hemla Naik B
Website www.cohmudigere.edu.in
college of horticulture mudigere
college of horticulture mudigere

Location in Karnataka, India

Coordinates: 13°06′55″N 75°37′51″E / 13.115232°N 75.630830°E / 13.115232; 75.630830
Website www.cohmudigere.edu.in

College of Horticulture Mudigere (COHM) is a horticulture college located in Mudigere. Established in 1991, it is affiliated to the University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga. previously affiliated to UAHS, Bagalkot This renowned premier horticultural education center is oldest in Karnataka, The college has been rewarded as "ICAR-Accredited" from 25 August 2004 by ICAR Peer Review team and the Education Division.

History

University of Agricultural Sciences(UAS), Bengaluru started a degree program in horticulture at Bangalore, first of its kind in india established during 1970, Later during 1991-92 it was shifted to Mudigere, Chikmagalur District, by establishing a College of Horticulture mudigere (COHM). The College has been offering UG program since its inception and M.Sc(Hort.) program from 2010-11.

Location

The College of Horticulture is located in Western Ghats About 4 km South-West of Mudigere town(13,7,N 74,37,E 980m MSL) beside of the Mudigere-Hassan main road. It is located in an average elevation of 915 metres (3001 feet). The annual rainfall here is typically very high ranging from 3000 mm to 3500 mm.

Infrastructure

Main library of the college of horticulture mudigere

The college(cohm) is well equipped with spacious class rooms, various laboratories, audio visual teaching aids, crop museum, glass houses, poly houses, plant conservatory and sufficient land for field experiments. The teaching process is supported by library and computer center with ARIS network. For students accommodation at the campus, separate mess & hostels for boys & girls are available with wi-fi facility. For the accommodation of the guests, visiting professors and scientists guesthouses are built within the campus. outdoor as well as indoor sport stadiums encourages sports activity among students.

Crop Museums on different horticultural crops within the campus includes plantation and spice crops, fruit crops, vegetable crops; floriculture and landscape gardening. It provides an added advantage and good opportunities for the students for practical learning.

College also has a Zonal Agricultural Research Station within the campus which helps for practical teaching purpose on various horticultural crops and to involve in on going research works.

Extension Education Unit (EEU) and Krishi Vignyana Kendra (KVK) within college campus conducts various on campus and off campus training programmes, transfer of technologies, demonstrations, crop seminars on various horticulture and agricultural crops for the benefit of the farmers of the surrounding region.

Academic profile


Boards and courses

Undergraduate courses

COH mudigere offers Bachelor of science (Bsc) 4 year degree in horticulture which covers the following disciplines:

Postgraduate courses

The college offers 2 years degree of Master of science (Msc) in the following subjects.

Eligibility Criteria

For admission into B.Sc Horticulture course

The admission policy strictly follows ICAR norms. Students must have passed Pre-University (PUC) examination of Karnataka or equivalent examination with the combination of PCMB subjects. The admission of candidates is based on the reservation policies of the state government and candidates from rural areas with agricultural background are given due preference.

For admission into M.Sc Horticulture course

Aspirants must qualify through junior research fellow (JRF) or PGCET state entrance exams or equivalent.

Academic excellence

Admission year Students Intake Passing year Total no of Students Graduated No. of Gold Medal Secured
1991-1992 18 1994-1995 15 -
1992-1993 37 1995-1996 35 4 Gold Medals by One Student. 1 Gold Medal by one student
1993-1994 26 1996-1997 18 2 Gold Medals by one student
1994-1995 39 1997-1998 35 3 Gold Medals by one student
1995-1996 39 1998-1999 39 -
1996-1997 33 1999-2000 27 3 Gold Medals by 3 students
1997-1998 45 2000-2001 41 6 Students Passed Junior Research Fellow (All India) Excamination & among them 1 stood second Rank.
1998-1999 43 2001-2002 40 18 Student Passed Junior Research fellow (All India) Exmanimation & among them 5 Stood top Ranks.
1999-2000 38 2002-2003 - -
2000-2001 42 2003-2004 - -
2002-2003 - - - -
2003-2004 - - - -
2004-2005 - - - -
2005-2006 - - - -

Research

Naturally ventilated climate controlled poly house in College of horticulture mudigere

Research work done by the college of horticulture & Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station(RRS), Mudigere

Caramom, Cashew, Spices and Horticultural crops

Crop Improvement-New Varieties

Name of the Varieties Released date Yield Advantages
Mudigere-1 1984 250-300 Kg/hectare
Mudigere-2 1994 475 Kg/hectare
P 6 Drought tolerant clone
CL-730 and CL-692 2001-02 1.57 and 1.53 Kg/hectare respectively
CL-D-237 1.80 Kg/hectare

Paddy

Crop Improvement-New Varieties

Name of the Varieties Released date Advantages
INTAN 1974 A high yielding variety suitable for low land situations but susceptible to blast disease.
IET-7191 1987 This variety is tolerant to Blast disease
KHP-2 (IR-10781) 1990 suitable for midlands of hill zone also tolerant to Blast disease
CTH-1 (MUKTHI) 1992 suitable for upland conditions, early duration rice varieties for late planting also tolerant to blast disease.
Hemavathi (DWR-4107) 1994 for low lands of hill zone, high yielding, long duration blast
KHRS-26 (KHP-5) 1998 uplnad for direct sowing situations of hill zone
Sharavathi (IR-57773) 2001 uplnad for direct sowing situations of hill zone, non-lodging, blast and temporary submergence tolerant
IET 13901 2000 A medium duration, semi tall, blast tolerant rice variety

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