305340 (v.1) Fruit Production 502

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Area:	Muresk Institute
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 1 Hours Monthly
Fieldwork:	1 x 3 Hours Monthly
Equivalent(s):	6766 (v.2) Fruit Production 302
Explores the broad principles of production and post-harvest handling of tree fruit crops and table grapes. Fruit tree physiology, flowering, fruit set and development. Pollination. Major fruit groups. Orchard establishment and management. Pests and disease control. Nutrition and growth regulators. Irrigation management. Mechanisation and trellis systems. Harvesting and handling.