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, 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.
 
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Field of Education:

50100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Categorised

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area