305346 (v.1) Vegetable Production 502
| Area: | Muresk Institute |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| 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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| 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: | Nonnecke, I.L. (1989). Vegetable Production. New York, AVI Publication. Rubatzky, V.E. and Yamaguchi, M. (1997). World Vegetables. New York, Chapman and Hall. Salunkhe, D.K. and Kadam, S.S. (1998). Handbook of Vegetable Science and Technology. New York,Marcel and Dekker. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Major Assignment (2) 50%, Seminars (2) 20%, Field Reports 10% Final examination 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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