Overview
• Under Cover Vegetable Production is from the compulsory
courses in this department. it studies basic subjects: establishing of greenhouses and its economics, economics,
site selection, types of greenhouses, covers types and their characteristics, controlling
environmental factors inside the greenhouse, planting, preparing and
sterilizing greenhouse soil, examples of production methods of vegetable crops
(production of tomato and cucumber).
Planting in the greenhouse, soilless cultivation and hydroponic
cultivation, and finally, organic Agriculture.
Intended learning outcomes
Successful
achievement of the course, the student would be able to:
1.
Explains the reasons for using greenhouses in the production of
vegetable crops
2.
Describes different methods of building plastic greenhouses to produce
vegetable crops
3.
Describes the economic benefits of the production of under covers vegetable
4.
Shows the advantages
and disadvantages of producing vegetables under covers compared to other
methods
5.
Explains the local method
used and compare it with technical methods.
1.
Teaching and learning methods
1.
1-
Lectures
2-
Practical training at
the Faculty Research Centre.
3-
Field visits
Methods of assessments
|
comments
|
percentage
|
Evaluation date (week)
|
evaluation methods
|
No
|
|
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20%
|
after the fifth week
|
first midterm exam
|
1
|
|
|
20%
|
after the tenth week
|
Second midterm exam
|
2
|
|
|
10%
|
after the twelfth week
|
Practical exam
|
3
|
|
|
10%
|
after the twelfth week
|
Report
|
4
|
|
|
40%
|
after the twelfth week
|
final exam
|
5
|
|
100%
|
total
|
|
