AGRIC 3530WT - Horticultural Production and Quality III

This course delivers an overview of horticultural industries across the domains of: annual field vegetable crops; perennial tree and vine crops; protected cropping; peri-urban and amenity horticulture. Students develop knowledge and skills in: identification of horticultural pests and diseases; nursery, glasshouse and orchard management; irrigation technology; plant health; post-harvest and supply chains. By engaging with online videos, lectures, workshops and field tours, students develop detailed knowledge of the production cycles, environmental management, quality control and markets of at least five horticultural crops significant to the SA horticultural industry. They develop the capacity to provide recommendations for the establishment and management of a new commercially viable horticultural enterprise. They develop skills in digital technology as applied to control systems management in a horticultural industry.