| Course ID: | HORT 4010E/6010E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Vegetable Crop Production |
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. |
| Oasis Title: | Vegetable Crop Production |
| Nontraditional 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 semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | In this course, students will:
1) Understand the process of planning for and planting a commercial vegetable crop.
2) Critique a research journal article.
3) Develop a production outline for assigned vegetable crop.
4) 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 |
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