303238 (v.2) Advanced Horticulture Principles 202

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Area:	Muresk Institute
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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.
Unit Outcomes:	Explain the physiological processes which influence the production of plants in horticulture. Identify factors that constrain rate and duration of growth and development of a horticultural crops. Assess the possibility of modifying physiological processes by managing factors that influence the quantity and quality of given horticultural products. Explain the production of secondary products and consider the management of the processes of production. Discuss the mechanism of bud dormancy and justify methods which may used to modify bud dormancy. Differentiate between different flowering, pollination, fertilisation and fruit set and discuss the physiology of different types and stages of reproductive development. Relate management to various endogenous andexogenous controls of flowering, fruit set and fruit development. Discuss the responses to stress in plants and consider how this information may be used to better manage crops during germination, vegetative and reproductive growth and development. Explain the principles of conventional and micro propagation and demonstrate budding and grafting and tissue culture of embryo, anther and in vitro cell selection.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Hartmann, H.T. and Kester, D.E, Davis, F.T and Geneve, R.L. (1997). Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices. 6th ed. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall. Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. (1991). Plant Physiology. California, Benjamin/Cummings. Wein,H. ed.. (1997). ThePhysiology of Vegetable Crops. Oxon, CAB International.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed references/texts.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Examination 30%. Group Project Report 30%. Seminar Presentation 20%. Test (2 x 10%) 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment.