303393 (v.4) Vegetable Production 401

Area:	Department of Agribusiness
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 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 groups including Brassica, Solonaceous, Cucurbits and bulbs.
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Field of Education:	050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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