The document summarizes a study tour to sites in South India related to horticulture. Key stops included: 1) A banana plantation in Gundulpet where banana is grown through ratooning for 7 years with resistance to disease and lodging. 2) The Banana Research Centre in Trichy where scientists are working on pest and disease management and resistance for banana. 3) TNAU where mango and sapota cultivation methods like UHDP and inarch grafting were observed. 4) NRCB with banana plantations using bunch covers. 5) PKKVK in Pondicherry focusing on rice, sugarcane and biocontrol agents including Tricho cards