Vegetable Crop Production


COURSE OUTLINE

 

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL Undergraduate
COURSE CODE AGRON1021 SEMESTER 6th
COURSE TITLE VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures and laboratory course 5 5
COURSE TYPE Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S):
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01176/

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
Students obtain basic knowledge of the science and the cultivation techniques of the main vegetable species produced in Greece.
General capabilities
§  Independent work

§  Literature search, data analysis and synthesis

§  Development of inductive reasoning

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to vegetable crop growing (basic principles, quality and nutritional value of vegetables, vegetable production worldwide and nationally)
• Classification and botanical characters
• Influence of soil and aerial environment on vegetable crops
• Outdoor vegetable growing techniques
• Growing vegetables in the greenhouse
• Hydroponic cultivation of vegetables
• Vegetable propagation
• Vegetable crop establishment
• Irrigation and fertilization of vegetables
• Other cultivation treatments (weed control, frost protection, climate control in the greenhouse, application of plant growth regulators, pruning, fruit setting in the greenhouse)
• Harvesting and post-harvest treatments of vegetables.

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In classroom
IT USE §  Power point, videos

§  e-class

 

TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 

Lectures 39
Assignment 15
Applied exercises 26
Independent study 45
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

 

125

STUDENT ASSESSMENT

 

Presentations of assignments and written exams at the end of the semester. Exams on practical courses include identification of vegetable seeds.

 

  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE

More literature sources will be available to the students during the semester.