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Dec 30, 2024
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AGH 262 - Fruit and Vegetable Science Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Voc/Tech A study of tree fruits, small fruits and vegetable culture, including varietal selection, planting, pruning, fertilizing, disease and insect control programs. Prerequisite: AGH 106 or BIO 104 or BIO 112 or BIO 135 or BIO 138 or BIO 145 Competencies
- Relate history and origin of fruit production
- Name the country of origin of commercially important fruits produced in Iowa
- Recall the history of fruit production in Iowa
- Cite trends in the fruit industry
- Recall production trends (increasing/decreasing).
- State market trends (fresh/processing).
- Explain the management of apple orchards for Iowa
- Identify the factors in site selection
- Select adapted apple cultivators
- Name the planting systems with advantages/disadvantages of each
- Explain training and pruning of apple trees
- Identify the spray programs and/or IPM
- Explain the management of strawberries in Iowa
- Identify the factors in site selection
- Select adapted strawberry cultivators
- Name the planting systems with advantages/disadvantages of each
- Identify the spray programs and/or IPM
- Analyze harvesting/marketing options
- Describe patch renovation/renewal
- Explain the management of brambles in Iowa
- Identify the factors in site selection
- Select adapted bramble cultivators
- Name the planting systems with advantages/disadvantages of each
- Explain the pruning of brambles
- Identify the spray programs and/or IPM
- Analyze harvesting/marketing options
- Identify other kinds of fruits commonly grown by homeowners in Iowa
- Explain the factors in site selection
- Select adapted cultivators
- Name the various planting systems with advantages/disadvantages of each
- Explain various pruning/training programs
- Describe the spray programs and/or IPM
- Cite trends in the vegetable/crop industry
- Recall production trends (increasing/decreasing)
- State market trends (fresh/processing).
- Discuss the vegetable crop industry in Iowa
- Cite production acreage’s per crop
- State percentage of consumer demand satisfied by Iowa production
- Describe the marketing factors of Iowa vegetable crops
- Identify kinds and varieties of vegetables
- State origin of each
- Name insect pests of each
- Name disease problems of each
- Recall importance of each in terms of production tonnage/where
- Explain vegetable irrigation
- Contrast overhead irrigation with trickle irrigation
- Describe hydroponics
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