Objectives of training and pruning:

1. To control the shape, size and form of a tree :

• To get the desired tree, training and pruning training and pruning can be used to maintain the shape and size
• Plant should be maintained in organized fashion by removing unwanted portion or plant

2. To improve quality, color and size of fruit

• In some ornamental plants and fruit trees, many buds and fruits are produced at a time in a branch

• If these are developed into flower, the quality decreases
• Thus proper training and pruning is necessary to properly maintain all these

3. To develop a strong and open framework

• For a better framework, a tree must have only one main stem and other several scaffold (primary) branches and many secondary and tertiary branches
• So the narrow crotch angle branches should be removed and the branches should be well distributed around the tree; at least should go apart from one another
• Thus training and pruning help to develop a strong and open framework

4. Equal and uniform distribution of light to the plant
5. To facilitate cultivation, insect control and easy harvesting of fruits
6. To remove injured unnecessary, diseased and infected plant parts
7. To rejuvenate old plants

• In some old unproductive orchard trees, severe pruning encourage the development of vigorous shoot
• Coffee, rose, bougainvillea, can be rejuvenated by severe pruning
• By removing disease and damaged branches we can rejuvenate the plant by encouraging new shoot development