305346 (v.1) Vegetable Production 502

Area:	Muresk Institute
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0

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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 and 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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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
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