Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

305346 (v.1) Vegetable Production 502


Area:

Muresk Institute

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

2 x 2 Hours Quarterly

Fieldwork:

2 x 2 Hours Quarterly
 

Syllabus:

A broad approach to the production and post-harvest handling of vegetables. The economic importance of vegetable crops and their role in human nutrition and classification. Site selection. Propagation, planting, establishment, growth and development of crops. Crop management including rotation, irrigation, nutrition and crop protection. Harvesting, handling, mechanisation and post-harvest physiology. Production and protection of specific vegetable crops from the following groups Brassica, Solonaceous, Cucurbits and bulbs.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

10 - Agriculture

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information.

 
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