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AGT 226 Horticultural Crop Production

ND2 levelComputing & ICT14 topics

AGT 226 covers 14 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Scope and classification of horticultural crops
  2. Characteristics and economic importance of horticultural plants
  3. Sexual and vegetative propagation
  4. Seed germination, viability and dormancy breaking
  5. Seed sowing and nursery practices
  6. Natural and artificial vegetative propagation
  7. Soil sterilization for nurseries
  8. Fruit crops and varieties
  9. Orchard establishment
  10. Orchard maintenance
  11. Harvesting and post-harvest handling of fruits
  12. Vegetable growing enterprises and site selection
  13. Economic vegetables, varieties and nutritional value
  14. Growth requirements and cultural practices of vegetables

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Scope and classification of horticultural crops

The scope of horticultural crops covers all plant products cultivated for food, fiber, ornament, medicine, and industrial uses, typically on a small to medium scale. Classification is based on use (food, fiber, ornamental, medicinal, industrial) and on crop groupings such as fruit, vegetable, nut, spice, and leafy greens.

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