English title:
Vegetable Production
Course ID:
ICI20E
ECTS credits:
5,0
Title in native language:
Vegetable Production
Vegetable Production
Term Semester:
Autumn/Winter
Instruction language(s):
English
Course content:
This course deals with vegetable crops cultivated mainly in tropical areas, including temperate as well as tropical species. During lectures, general aspects of vegetable production techniques and field preparation are described as well as the detailed information about taxonomy, botany, uses, propagation and cultivation, harvest and postharvest handling of each species. Practical skills training such a recognition of different vegetable species or quality evaluation are performed during seminars.
Expected previous knowledge:
general and taxonomic botany
Learning outcomes:
Teaching and learning methods:
lectures, tutorials, excursions, practical training, discussions
Exam method:
To be eligible for the final exam the student must:
(1) Prepare and present short presentation about neglected tropical vegetable species
(2) Participate in the excursion to the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture in Dobřichovice
(3) Pass successfully two vegetable crop identification tests
Scheduled dates:
Start date: 1/10 (week/month )
End date: 1/11 (week/month )
Curriculum URL:
Organisation: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Country:
Czech Republic
Acronym:
CULS
ERASMUS+ code:
CZ PRAHA02
Teaching period summer semester:
10. Feb 2020 - 03. May 2020
Teaching period winter semester:
30. Sep 2019 - 22. Dec 2019
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