307290 (v.1) Olive Production, Processing and Marketing 302

Area:

Muresk Institute

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

303232 (v.2) Agribusiness Systems 102 or any previous version
AND
    303292 (v.2) Plant and Soil Resources 101 or any previous version
    OR
    303226 (v.2) Horticulture Plant and Soil Resources 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

A broad approach to the principles of production and postharvest handling, processing and marketing of olive products. Olive industry, tree physiology, flowering, pollination, fruit set and development of olives. Propagation, cultivars, orchard establishment and management. Pests and disease control. Nutrition, irrigation management harvesting and processing. Economic analysis and marketing of olive products.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

50301 Horticulture

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

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