UGA Bulletin

Course Description

The commercial production of vegetables, including planning and management for sustainable and profitable vegetable enterprises, emphasizing research-based practices. Topics include traditional and alternative production systems, such as organics, hydroponics, no-till and plastic culture, and other current practices.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will present a seminar on their vegetable research project or summarize research on an assigned topic.

Athena Title

Vegetable Crop Production

Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in HORT 4010 or HORT 6010

Non-Traditional Format

This course will be taught 95% or more online.

Undergraduate Prerequisite

(HORT 2000 or HORT 2000E) and HORT 3000

Graduate Prerequisite

Graduate student standing or permission of department

Semester Course Offered

Offered spring

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will understand the process of planning for and planting a commercial vegetable crop.
Students will critique and summarize research journal articles.
Students will understand issues related to vegetable production (labor, trade, production).
Students will compare two alternative vegetable production methods.

Topical Outline

Vegetable production by the numbers (Georgia, U.S., World)
Commercial vegetable growing regions
Planning for vegetable production (scheduling, sequencing, plant population rate)
Soil preparation
Irrigation systems
Planting methods
Cultivation and weed control
Pest management
Harvesting (equipment, packaging, grading)
Post-harvest management
Marketing

Institutional Competencies

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

Syllabus

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