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. |