HORT 330
Fruit and Vegetable Science and Technology
Course overview
Critically examine the science and technology of fruit and vegetable cropping.
Course information
| Prerequisites and Restrictions | You must satisfy the following requirement(s):
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| Available semesters | Semester 2 2024 Semester 2 2025 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Domestic fees | $1,058.00 |
What you will learn
After successfully completing this course, you¡¯ll be able to:
- Describe the highest-level differences among the fruit and nut crops and vegetables covered in the course
- Recognise and appropriately use the general language of pomology and olericulture
- Discuss and defend or critique the horticultural, physiological, and economic principles upon which management decisions in orchards are made
- Apply knowledge gained from lectures in the laboratory portion of the course
- Demonstrate familiarity with common tools of orchard and vegetable management
- Define the issues facing growers, compile the information and design solutions or improvements from the principles of culture, management, and physiology of tree fruit and nut crops presented in the course.
Course examiners
Associate Professor Clive Kaiser
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Sciences
clive.kaiser@lincoln.ac.nz