COURSE OUTLINE
- 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
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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/ | |||||
- 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 |
- 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. |
- TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
| DELIVERING METHOD | In classroom | |
| IT USE | § Power point, videos
§ e-class
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| TEACHING ORGANIZATION | Activity | Semester workload
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| Lectures | 39 | |
| Assignment | 15 | |
| Applied exercises | 26 | |
| Independent study | 45 | |
| Course total
(25-hour workload per credit unit) |
125 |
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| STUDENT ASSESSMENT
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Presentations of assignments and written exams at the end of the semester. Exams on practical courses include identification of vegetable seeds. | |
- PROPOSED LITERATURE
More literature sources will be available to the students during the semester. |
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