Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

305317 (v.1) Advanced Horticulture Principles 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:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Growth development, differentiation in horticultural crops. Photosynthesis constraints, secondary products of metabolism, water relations, mineral uptake regulation of plant growth, growth regulators. Physiology of bud dormancy. Flowering, pollination, fertilisation, fruit set, abscission, growth and development. Self-incompatibility and parthenocarpy. Apical dominance and tree canopy management. Stress physiology and physiological disorders pre- and post-harvest of horticultural crops. Principles and practice of conventional and in-vitro propagation.
 
** 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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