Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore

The institute documents teaching, research and extension activity across horticultural crop groups and reports crop-improvement and post-harvest research.

Programme and application information is published by TNAU. Confirm current eligibility and deadlines through the university’s official admission notices.

The Faculty of Horticulture was established in 1971. The B.Sc. Horticulture programme began in 1972; the institute records later departmental growth and postgraduate/doctoral programmes.

Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore is a TNAU institute focused on horticultural education, research and extension. Its official history states that the Faculty of Horticulture was established with the university in 1971 and that postgraduate and doctoral programmes were introduced at that time. Departments cover fruit crops, flower crops, spices and plantation crops, vegetables, and medicinal and aromatic crops. The institute describes research in crop improvement, production and post-harvest management, and reports that its research has resulted in releases of varieties across fruit, vegetable, spice, plantation, flower and medicinal crops. The Coimbatore campus is within the TNAU premises.