1. Scope and importance of fruit nursery 
2. Establishment and management of fruit nursery 
3. Site selection and layout of nursery 
4. Media for fruit nursery 
5. Tools and implements for fruit nursery 
6. Propagation structures 
7. Establishment of mother and rootstock block 
8. Seed dormancy types and methods of breaking dormancy 
9. Sexual method of propagation in fruit crops 
10. A Sexual method of propagation in fruit crops 
11. Graft incompatibility and Stock-scion relationships
12. Role of plant growth regulators in propagation 
13. Nutrient management in fruit nursery 
14. Water and weed management 
15. Nursery pests and diseases and their management 
16. Nursery registration act and certification 
17. Export and quality standards for nursery plants 
18. Specific standards for fruit crops