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HORT420 Horticultural Science
Updated: 09 September 2008
| Credit Points |
6 |
| Offering |
| Responsible Campus |
Teaching Period |
Mode of Study |
Armidale
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Semester 1
|
Off Campus
|
Student fees
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| Online level |
Level D - Comp/internet essential
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| Intensive School(s) |
| Start |
Finish |
Attendance |
Notes |
N/A
|
N/A
|
Mandatory
|
|
|
| Exam |
June
|
| Pre-requisites |
12 cp in AGRO or 200/300-level BOTY units
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| Co-requisites |
None
|
| Restrictions |
None
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| Notes |
None |
| Combined Units |
None
|
| Coordinator(s) |
Nigel Warwick
(nwarwick@une.edu.au)
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| Unit Description |
This unit covers important horticultural enterprises including fruit production and viticulture, floriculture and urban/landscape horticulture as well as the plant and environmental factors influencing plant growth and development. Emerging areas including irrigation management, tissue culture and post-harvest technologies will be discussed as part of three major themes:
(1) Horticulture Physiology encompassing a study of growth and development of plants with specific reference to tree and vine crops;
(2) Horticultural Environment dealing with environmental factors influencing the productivity of horticultural crops; and
(3) Horticultural Techniques including propagation, tissue culture, grafting, pruning and training.
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Prescribed Material
Mandatory |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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Recommended Material
Optional |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Disclaimer |
Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |
