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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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Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
Field of Education: | 50100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Categorised | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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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 |
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